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Snow White

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This article is about the traditional fairy tale. For the Disney character, see Snow White (Disney). For other uses, see Snow White (disambiguation).

Schneewittchen (Snow White)
Schneewittchen by Alexander Zick
Folk tale
Name:	Schneewittchen (Snow White)
Data
Aarne-Thompson Grouping:	709
Country:	Germany
Related:	"Bella Venezia" "Myrsina" "Nourie Hadig" "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree"

"Snow White" is a German fairy tale known across much of Europe and today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide. The original version collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 is entitled as German: Sneewittchen (in modern orthography Schneewittchen) as tale no. 53. The final version of the tale was finished in 1857 under consisting title and registration number.^[1]
The fairy tale features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual names in the Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912) and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of "Snow White and Rose Red" (in German "Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot"), another fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.^[2]
In the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification, tales of this kind are grouped together as type 709, Snow White. Others of this kind include "Bella Venezia", "Myrsina", "Nourie Hadig" and "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree".^[3]

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