My friend LL summarizes this story. A wealthy peasant who only lacks a child and declares he’d want one even if it’s a hedgehog. He gets his wish but is unsatisfied, and even wishes the child dead. But the indefatigable diminutive half-man half-beast child, hidden behind the stove, gets a few gifts and happily goes off with them into nature, where he cultivates his herd and saves two kings. He makes deals with both, and punishes the malevolent liar king and marries the other’s daughter, shedding his spines in consummating love, and gaining a kingdom and his father’s acceptance.

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In his rage, with the earth’s help, Rumpelstiltskin kills himself. This small magic man, able to produce gold endlessly, lives outside society and covets a child. Biblical parallels. The illusion of wealth. The miller’s daughter is able to play the system and win over everyone. This is kind of a success story.

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We talk about what may commentary about the value of women in this story, where a woman is surrounded by three men, who determine her fate, and yet she is the only one who can produce a child, which is what both the King and the titular mysterious and powerful, but incomplete man want. Rumpelstiltskin, who can produce infinite gold, lives outside society and is ultimately valueless. He kills himself with his own rage, with the earth’s help.

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