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Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin is a fictional character, the title character of the German language fairy tale Rumpelstilzchen by the Grimm Brothers.

Rumpelstiltskin is a nasty dwarf who wants to take the first born child of the miller's daughter, who is destined to be a princess.

The name "Rumplestiltskin" is an English approximation of the original German name. The character is known by a variety of names in a number of other languages:

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