behind every myth/legend there is fact
so the fairytale Rumpelstiltskin is sure to have a factual base?
if so what is it??? whats your proof
please people whats the proof to your statements
Freud was right about you Robert L
Malruhn yours makes the most sense
Sirius did you read the question...what is the fact behind it??? DUH!
Malruhn
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Rumpelstiltskin is a story - not a myth or legend.
It was a story about hope being eternal - and good triumphing over evil and greed. It's a story - just like Harry Potter - just a story. Being a story doesn't make it either a myth OR legend.
Anonymous
I believe Rumpelstiltskin was a shaman who practiced soccery and diviation. He could have exisited thier is no such thing as mythology all mythology has some sort of proof of it really happending.
Robert L
I did hear that the tale of rumpelstiltskin is a phallic analogy. Think about the name.
Shadow
Sometimes fiction is just fiction.