Tag: Rumpelstiltskin

  • Spinning

    Spinning

    Cross-posted at Luna Station Quarterly. “My daughter can spin straw into gold.” The miller’s boast captures a king’s interest and the innocent, ordinary girl must do the impossible—or die. “Rumpelstiltskin,” as told by the Grimms in 1812, is a familiar story whose origins go back hundreds of years. In variants, such as the British “Tom…