WHOA! Now let’s talk about THAT!!! Fathered by a coward. So Rumple became papa. Like Regina became Cora. Spinsters woman who never married, so he wasn’t raised by his mother, I’m thinking. Maybe aunts?
So in greek mythology there are three spinsters, the three fates. One spins your thread, that is birth, the second one decides the length that is your life, and the third cuts it, that is your death. Together they control your future and what it holds. These have to be the spinsters… They are mentioned as the Spinners in Homer’s Odessey and Midas is from greek mythology too. Vampirefan12 actually raised the question in general discussion. https://oncepodcast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2826&p=39016#p39016