Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Name of the Day: Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin, the first dude to conduct a 'Guess the name' contest (Source - the Grimm Bros), has different aliases in different cultures. Apparently they call him Tom Tit Tot in England, Whuppity Stoorie in Scotland and Pancimanci in Hungary. Fairtalechannel.org says 'Rumpel is the sound made by little stilts or legs of this dimunitive character'. Several people have tried to milk the mythical aura of this charming gnome by gnaming their stores after this bloke. This one here and that one there are a few groups of people, still spinning gold, by spinning his yarn.

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