Could Regina be the miller’s daughter?

[hjbau]

Maybe Snow thought that the Stable Boy was attractive too and that is why Snow told that Regina liked him to get him out of the way and in doing so the Stable Boy is killed by Regina’s mother or some other way.

[malchore]

I heard that fairy tale long ago, and can’t remember much of it. It could be that Regina is the Miller’s daughter. But when did she gain all that magical power? I mean, she’s quite powerful. I don’t recall the Miller’s daughter being able to cast spells and such.

And she had a prior relationship with Maleficent. So, keep that in mind.

In That Still Small Voice when Jimminy gave the list of names to Rumps, Rumps was playing with his Spinning Wheel (that thing that spins straw into gold thread) and said something to the effect of “This is nice, thank you very much” with a big smile on his face. I got the impression that Jimminy was responsible for stealing the spinning wheel and gave it to Rumps. If that’s true, Jimminy stole it from Regina a LONG time ago.

[hjbau]

I sort of wondered if Regina learned her magic from Maleficent. I don’t know about that, but it is an idea.

[obisgirl]

interesting theory.

[ciela_crow]

I think that Regina is the miller’s daughter, but after Snow White let Rumplestiltskin know that Regina
didn’t guess his name, I think he killed her baby instead of taking it. In the conversation with Regina and Melificent, Melificent told her that even the curse can not bring her loved one back from the dead.

[riddleraven]

But the reason we think he wants kids in the first place is to replace his son. So it doesn’t make sense for him to go through all that trouble just to kill the baby.

[obisgirl]

I agree.

He even joked to Belle about skinning children, so I don’t think he hurts kids.

[mrosche]

Most of that theory makes sense except for the secret Snow shared since it has already been revealed that it was her affair with the stable boy. My theory is that the miller’s daughter is Snow White’s mother, since she refused to give up her first born Rumpelstiltskin takes her life and leaving Snow White with the King, thus setting in motion Regina’s reign as the Evil Queen so she will use the curse to take him the land where his son is.

[playarita]

Personally I prefer the idea of Cora being the Miller’s Daughter since Regina seems to have been born into some wealth from birth.

Here is one version of the tale from the Rumpelstiltskin wiki page:

Another of the Grimm’s tales revolves about a girl trapped by false claims about her spinning abilities, The Three Spinners. However, the three women who assist that girl do not demand her firstborn, but instead ask that she invite them to her wedding and say that they are relatives of hers. She complies, and when the three appear at the wedding, amazing the king with their ugliness, they tell the king that their various deformities (an overgrown thumb in one, a pendulous lip in the second, an enormous foot in the third) are the result of their years of spinning. The horrified king decrees that his wife will spin no more. In contrast to Rumpelstiltskin’s self-seeking, therefore, these helpers ask only the “payment” of extending their benevolence to the heroine, and ensure that she will not need their help again. In one Italian variant, the girl must discover their names, as with Rumpelstiltskin, but not for the same reason: she must use their names to invite them, and she has forgotten them.

The one part I really focused on was the idea that the Miller’s daughter lied about her spinning abilities. Perhaps she had some ability but greatly exaggerated for various reasons–wanting to get out of the small village she was from, to use it as a means of escaping an arranged marriage.

I believe that Rumpelstiltskin may have helped Cora because he understood where she was coming from. She was a spinner like him. He understood the desire of wanting to do and be more than simply your occupation. He certainly knew about what it was like to be in a loveless marriage.

However I believe that Rumpelstiltskin wanted Regina to either push along the curse but to also attempt to remember what it was like to be a father. Perhaps he figured that even if he was the Dark One he would still be a better parent then Cora could ever be.

But I do also like the idea of the Miller’s daughter being Snow’s mother. As much of what could happen (Rumple wanting to be a father again as well pushing the curse along etc could be achieved with Snow’s mother being the Miller’s daughter)

[evilqueen]

Cora is definitely miller’s daughter, as it has been confirmed in Stable Boy. Whether she is THE miller’s daughter from the original Rumplestiltskin story, I don’t know but my guess is YES. But Snow’s mom being miller’s daughter is an interesting theory!

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