by saying his name.
No, he's just a character from a fairy tale.
In the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin," the character wants the baby because he believes it will bring him power and control over the child's future.
Rumpelstiltskin is the name of the dwarf in the German fairy tale who lost a wager with a queen when she guessed his name.
Rumpelstiltskin is a minimum of 220 years old, dating by the ogre wars.
rapunzel, rumpelstiltskin..
Rumpelstiltskin is a character from a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, not Irish. The story is set in Germany.
Sleeping beauty, The Nettle Spinner, and Rumpelstiltskin are the three I know of.
Rumpelstiltskin. Have a look at this site http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/044.txt it gives you the full story.
The girl in "Rumpelstiltskin" is not given a name in the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. She is simply referred to as the miller's daughter or the maiden.
Rumplestilskin is a fairy tale--most fairy tales usually tell of someone of royalty (kings, queens, princes and/or princesses) that encounter someone or something "evil". There are no real exaggerations in rumplestilskin, which are what tall tales are.
Two words. Fairy tale.
"Rumpelstiltskin" is a well-known fairy tale that was first published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. It tells the story of a miller's daughter who is forced to spin straw into gold by a magical imp named Rumpelstiltskin. The tale explores themes of deception, greed, and the consequences of making promises you cannot keep.