Rumpelstiltskin
WordNet
noun
(1) A dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A fairy tale collected by the brothers Grimm.
- A fictional character in that story, a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, and whose name is critical to the conclusion.
Synonyms
- English: Tom Tit Tot (from English Fairy Tales, collected & edited by Joseph Jacobs, 1884)