![]() However there’s no imp making deals to help Miryem, she must save herself. The rumours of Miryem’s skill reach the Staryk kingdom, and they come to see if what is said is true.Ī man who’d marry me like this wasn’t marrying me at all he was making a bargain for a girl-shaped lump of clay he meant to use at his convenience, and he wouldn’t need to value me high when my father made it so clear he didn’t.Īs with the original fairytale, things are done in threes and the power of names is important to the Staryk. The Staryk lust for gold and are known to kill anyone who takes what is theirs the white animals in the forest, the colourless trees. In the cold of winter, the glow of the Staryk Road can be seen close to their village. When she takes matters into her own hands, the business prospers and rumour spreads of the girl who can change silver into gold. Miryem is the moneylender’s daughter, her father being far too nice for the profession. It completely passed me by that Naomi Novik’s Uprooted was based on Beauty and the Beast, but Spinning Silver is clearly inspired by Rumpelstiltskin, yet also so much more. ![]()
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