What happened after the queen guessed the little man's name in rumpelstiltskin?;

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Seamus Robertson

31 October, 07:34

What happened after the queen guessed the little man's name in rumpelstiltskin?;

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Desmond Booth · Answer 1

When the imp comes to the queen on the third day, after first feigning ignorance, she reveals his name, Rumpelstiltskin, and he loses his temper and their bargain.

In the 1812 edition of the Brothers Grimm tales, Rumpelstiltskin then "ran away angrily, and never came back".

The ending was revised in a 1857 edition to a more gruesome ending wherein Rumpelstiltskin "in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two".

Other versions have Rumpelstiltskin driving his right foot so far into the ground that he creates a chasm and falls into it, never to be seen again. In the oral version originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin flies out of the window on a cooking ladle.