Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rumpelstiltskin is a fictional character, the title character of the German language fairy tale Rumpelstilzchen by the Grimm Brothers. Rumpelstiltskin is a nasty dwarf who wants to take the first born child of the miller's daughter, who is destined to be a princess. The name "Rumplestiltskin" is an English approximation of the original German name. The character is known by a variety of names in a number of other languages: Dutch: Repelsteeltje French: Grigrigredinmenufretin This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.