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What is Rumpelstiltskin?
This is a title of an English fairy tale. It`s a pity I cannot translate it... Help, please.
thank you
Jan 29, 2015 10:52 AM
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Pardon me, I don't mean to laugh.
The reason you can not translate it is because it is a made up name that is actually from German,
English has many roots of other languages making our language so hard to understand.
here is a little history on the name of your story from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
Name origins;
The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally "little rattle stilt". (A stilt is a post or pole which provides support for a structure.) A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks. The meaning is similar to rumpelgeist ("rattle ghost") or poltergeist, a mischievous spirit that clatters and moves household objects. (Other related concepts are mummarts or boggarts and hobs that are mischievous household spirits that disguise themselves.) The ending -chen is a German diminutive cognate to English -kin.
The earliest known mention of Rumpelstiltskin occurs in Johann Fischart's Geschichtklitterung, or Gargantua of 1577 (a loose adaptation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel) which refers to an "amusement" for children named "Rumpele stilt or the Poppart".
January 29, 2015
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I lokoed it up on Wikipedia. the story was first written in German, where his hame was Rumpelstilzchen, which roughly translates as little goblin.
January 29, 2015
This is the name of one of the main characters in the fairy tale. It doesn't really have a meaning a such.
January 29, 2015
It is a germany fiction story for children
January 29, 2015
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