SNOW WHITE
Name: Snow White
Snow White, (in German, Schneewittchen, Snowdrop in their first edition) is
the title character in a fairy tale known from many places in Europe, the best
known version being the one collected by the Brothers Grimm. The German version
features elements such as the mirror and the seven dwarfs.
In the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification, they are grouped together as type
709, Snow White. Others of this type include Bella Venezia, Myrsina, Nourie
Hadig, The Young Slave and Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree.
In non-German versions the dwarfs are generally robbers and rapist, while the
talking mirror is a dialog with the sun or moon. In a version
from Albania, collected by Johann Georg von Hahn and published in Griechische
und albanesische Marchen. Gesammelt, Ubersetzt und erlautert (1864), the main
character lives with 40 dragons. The sleep is caused by a ring.
The beginning of the story also has a twist in that a teacher urges the heroine
to kill her own mother so that the teacher can take her place. The origin of the
tale is debated; it is likely no older than the Middle Ages.
Name: Snow White
Snow White, (in German, Schneewittchen, Snowdrop in their first edition) is
the title character in a fairy tale known from many places in Europe, the best
known version being the one collected by the Brothers Grimm. The German version
features elements such as the mirror and the seven dwarfs.
In the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification, they are grouped together as type
709, Snow White. Others of this type include Bella Venezia, Myrsina, Nourie
Hadig, The Young Slave and Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree.
In non-German versions the dwarfs are generally robbers and rapist, while the
talking mirror is a dialog with the sun or moon. In a version
from Albania, collected by Johann Georg von Hahn and published in Griechische
und albanesische Marchen. Gesammelt, Ubersetzt und erlautert (1864), the main
character lives with 40 dragons. The sleep is caused by a ring.
The beginning of the story also has a twist in that a teacher urges the heroine
to kill her own mother so that the teacher can take her place. The origin of the
tale is debated; it is likely no older than the Middle Ages.