Who is Regina/EQ...really?

[maddarilke.livejournal.com]

I know that most of the residents of Storybrooke have names that have a connection to their Fairyland characters--

Mary-Margaret Blanchard = "Blanche" is French for "white."
Ruby = Red Riding Hood
Regina = Latin for "Queen"
Archie Hopper = Crickets "hop"

...etc. Now, look at the Mayor's full name: Regina Mills.

Didn't the story of Rumplestiltskin begin with a Miller's daughter?

Could Regina have been The Miller's Daughter before she was an Evil Queen? And would that mean that she's known Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold for far longer than we're aware right now?
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Comments

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

and the story of the Nixie involved a woman who fell in love with the son of a man who owned a mill-pond. (which would mean that she has an ulterior motive for keeping a huntsman nearby)

of course, maybe she's both of those (your suggestion and mine), and maybe Regina is neither.
(based on the previews, it's seeming to be Rumplestiltskin himself who tried and needed help spinning stuff into gold)