Have you ever wondered why a name is so powerful in mythology and folklore? Watch and find out! I hope you enjoyed this video! My apologies if there were any issues with the audio. All music is my own, and I have tried to credit any pictures I have used.

Sources:

Rumpelstiltskin:

Grimms Story:

https://archive.org/details/householdstories01grim/page/162/mode/2up

The Name of the Helper:

https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0500.html

Some Scholarly Articles I used:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41389005?searchText=Naming+the+Helper+Maternal+Concerns+and+the+Queen%27s+Incorrect+Guesses+in+the+Grimms%27+%22Rumpelstiltskin%22&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DNaming%2Bthe%2BHelper%253A%2BMaternal%2BConcerns%2Band%2Bthe%2BQueen%25E2%2580%2599s%2BIncorrect%2BGuesses%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGrimms%25E2%2580%2599%2B%25E2%2580%259CRumpelstiltskin%25E2%2580%259D%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4830948f629aa474c3ee66cca5c47b04&seq=1

https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-principle-of-rumpelstiltskin

Isis & Ra:

Translation + Original Text:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/isisandra.html

https://www.attalus.org/egypt/re_and_isis.html

https://collezionepapiri.museoegizio.it/en-GB/document/185/

Scholarly Articles + Research:

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mg6x6q4

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7t12z11t

https://hmolpedia.com/page/Ren

Richard H. Wilkinson, “Symbols,” in The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion, ed.

Richard H. Wilkinson, 'Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings', in Richard Wilkinson, and Kent R. Weeks (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings

Dunand and Zivie-Coche, Gods and Men in Egypt, 130

Julia Troche, Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

01:38 Rumpelstiltskin Story

04:45 Rumpelstiltskin Analysis

09:10 Isis & Ra Story

11:38 Isis & Ra Analysis

16:10 Odysseus Story

18:18 Odysseus Analysis

21:40 Conclusion