“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” While Juliet may have meant this line in a more metaphorical, why-couldn’t-you-be-anything-other-than-a-Montague type of way, it takes on a bit more literal meaning when we start talking about Rumpelstiltskin and his baby-stealing antics. Come with me and learn what IS in a name, especially a strange name like Rumpy’s, in this week’s wisdom and whimsy-filled episode of Funklore.
Sources for this episode:
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Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). Rumpelstiltskin. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 222-224). Canterbury Classics.
Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck
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