A video going around recently was claimed by some, even published in some online media, as a scene from a 1987 movie. But some pointed out that they’d seen the movie, and that this is not at all the 1987 movie. It was discovered that this was an AI-generated video, created by a Russian woman, and posted on Instagram as username stroinaya.

Why is it creepy? For one, when one sees the Rumpelstiltskin character, you’re not quite sure if it’s a child, or a very small adult. That, and he suddenly peeks out from around the hay/straw and frightens the 1960s-looking woman. Turns out, the woman is a common “actress” in her other videos. Alot of people felt his tip-toe dance and pointy shoes were pretty creepy too.

It’s even evolved into a Tiptoeing In My Jordans Meme!

Rumpelstiltskin is a famous German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in their 1812 collection Children’s and Household Tales.

Summary of the Story

• The Boast: A poor miller falsely tells a greedy king that his daughter has the magical ability to spin straw into gold.
• The Task: The king locks the miller’s daughter in a tower room filled with straw and demands she spin it into gold by morning, or she will die.
• The Deal: A strange little man appears and spins the straw into gold in exchange for the girl’s necklace, then her ring, and finally her firstborn child once she becomes queen.
• The Name Challenge: When the first child is born, Rumpelstiltskin returns to claim his payment. He agrees to give up the child if the queen can guess his secret name within three days.
• The Resolution: A royal messenger overhears the little man hopping around his campfire in the forest singing his name (“Today I bake, tomorrow I brew, the next day the queen’s child comes too… nobody knows my funny name is Rumpelstiltskin”). The queen guesses the name, and the imp vanishes in defeat.

Etymology and Origin

• Name Meaning: In German, Rumpelstilzchen translates literally to “little rattle stilt,” referring to a type of folklore goblin or poltergeist (rumpelgeist) that makes noise by rattling posts and knocking on floorboards.
• History: Folklorists trace the narrative type (ATU 500: Name of the Supernatural Helper) back thousands of years across various global traditions. Similar equivalent figures appear in other cultures, such as Tom Tit Tot or Whuppity Stoorie in Britain.

More!
https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rumpelstiltskin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19cj1y90UAY&t=1
https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Rum.shtml
https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/rumpelstiltskin