German children learn the verse from the Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstilzchen, number 55 in their collection. The little man dances around a fire in the forest and sings: Ach, wie gut ist, dass niemand weiß, dass ich Rumpelstilzchen heiß! “Oh, how good that nobody knows that Rumpelstilzchen is my name!” His power over the queen lasts only as long as his name is his alone. A messenger overhears the verse in the forest, and the queen says the name. The little man cries out that the devil told her.