🧶 A poor girl. An impossible task… and a terrible bargain. In the end, only a name can save her.

We think of Rumpelstiltskin as a simple children’s tale. But what if I told you this story is older than the Brothers Grimm? Older than castles, kings—even older than writing itself?

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🕯️ In this episode of The Resurrectionists, we peel back the golden threads of Rumpelstiltskin to reveal a mythic pattern stretching back 4,000 years—through Bronze Age metalworkers, biblical demons, and the ancient belief that names hold power.

📜 What if the little man wasn’t just a trickster—but a memory of something divine? Something dangerous? A story so old, it remembers when fire and metal changed the world.

⏱️ Chapters:
03:38 – The Grimm Version (But Older Than You Think)
05:59 – Spinning, Fate, and Alchemy
07:07 – The First Metalworkers: Gods or Something Else?
09:02 – The Ultimate Price
10:27 – The Power of the Secret Name
13:10 – A Divine Language of Creation

📚 Sources & Further Reading:
– Durham & Lisbon Folklore Study (BBC Summary): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487
– Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales — ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat…
– No Fairy Tale: Origins of Some Famous Stories Go Back Thousands of Years — Science News:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/n…
– Rumpelstilzchen: The Name of the Supernatural Helper and the Language of the Gods — Academia.edu:
https://www.academia.edu/5428826/Rump…
– Tehrani, J.J. (2016) The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood – Royal Society B
– The Name of the Supernatural Helper – Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index (ATU 500)
– The Testament of Solomon – translated by F.C. Conybeare, 1898
– Alchemy and Mysticism – Alexander Roob (Taschen)
– Solomon and the Construction of the Temple – Jewish Virtual Library
– The Watchers in the Book of Enoch – Oxford Biblical Studies

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