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Rumpelstiltskin

by Jonathan Langley · 1992

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king, on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

Genre
fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisfolklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
elveselvesMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens

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