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Rumpelstiltzchen

So one cannot quite say how far it resembled the tale of Rumpelstiltzchen: there is certainly one difference, which is at once patent, namely, that while the German Rumpelstiltzchen was a male fairy,

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So one cannot quite say how far it resembled the tale of Rumpelstiltzchen: there is certainly one difference, which is at once patent, namely, that while the German Rumpelstiltzchen was a male fairy, (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

fairy is foiled by being in the meantime accidentally overheard exulting, that the mother does not know that his or her name is Rumpelstiltzchen, or whatever it may be in the version which happens to (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

Another version of the story seems to have been current, which represented the bogie as in no wise to blame ^: but I attach some importance to the foregoing tale as forming a link of connexion between (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

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  • attestation: So one cannot quite say how far it resembled the tale of Rumpelstiltzchen: there is certainly one difference, which is at once patent, namely, that while the German Rumpelstiltzchen was a male fairy, (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "So one cannot quite say how far it resembled the tale of Rumpelstiltzchen: there is certainly one difference, which is at once patent, namely, that while the German Rumpelstiltzchen was a male fairy, our Welsh Sili ffrit or Sili go Dwt is of the other sex."

  • attestation: fairy is foiled by being in the meantime accidentally overheard exulting, that the mother does not know that his or her name is Rumpelstiltzchen, or whatever it may be in the version which happens to (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "fairy is foiled by being in the meantime accidentally overheard exulting, that the mother does not know that his or her name is Rumpelstiltzchen, or whatever it may be in the version which happens to be in question."

  • attribution: The best known version is the German one, where the fairy is called Rumpelstiltzchen; and it will be found in the ordinary editions of Grimm's Mdrchen (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "The best known version is the German one, where the fairy is called Rumpelstiltzchen; and it will be found in the ordinary editions of Grimm's Mdrchen."

  • attestation: Another version of the story seems to have been current, which represented the bogie as in no wise to blame ^: but I attach some importance to the foregoing tale as forming a link of connexion between (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "Another version of the story seems to have been current, which represented the bogie as in no wise to blame ^: but I attach some importance to the foregoing tale as forming a link of connexion between the Rumpelstiltzchen group of fairies, always trying to get hold of children; the brownie Idnd, ever willing to serve in return for their simple keep; and the troublesome bogie, that used to haunt Welsh farm houses and delight in breaking crockery and frightening the inmates out of their wits."

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