Fairy Tales Explained - Snow White


Once upon a time, there was a queen that was not dealing well with the ageing process so she became jealous of the youth and beauty of her stepdaughter and ordered to be killed in the woods. But, the hunter felt guilty and preferred to let her runaway and be killed by the winter or the wild animals.  Instead, he killed a boar and brought its entrails, as proof, for the queen.


While running in the forest, she found a small cottage. She went inside, with no permission, and ate, drunk and slept in somebodies bed.


This was the house of 7 dwarfs and they came back from work and realised that somebody invaded their house, ate from their food and were sleeping in one of their beds, but they didn't mind because of her beauty.


In the next morning, she told them her story and the dwarfs let the princess stay with the condition of cleaning, cooking, making the laundry and the beds. She happily accepted. 


The queen, that was using witchcraft, found out that she was still alive and tried to kill her 3 times, by deceiving her.  The third time, she was successful and the princess ate the poisonous apple.

The dwarfs decided to not burry her, because she looked alive. So they made her a glass coffin.

Many years passed, and one day, a prince walking in the woods, saw the beautiful girl and felt in love. After the dwarfs tell him the story, they allowed him to take her to his lands, because he could not live without her anymore.

During the journey, one of the servants that is carrying the coffin, trips and the piece of poisoned apple falls out from Snow white's mouth. She magically awakes! 

The prince proposes marriage and she immediately accepts the request of a stranger she doesn't know and never saw before.  

At the wedding, Snow's stepmother, that was also invited, was forced to wear a red- hot iron shoes and dance in them until she dropped dead.


They lived happy ever after. 


Story conclusions for the children hearing this fairy story as they grow: 

Women need to be the most beautiful to be happy.

Women are cruel to each other.

Men are kind.

A beautiful woman can  invade a house that it will be fine because of her beauty.

The most beautiful women are sweet, naive, kind and skilled in domestic tasks.

If you are very beautiful, men will fall in love with you, even if you are dead.

If you are sleeping or passed out and in the moment you awake, a stranger proposes you marriage, it's normal to accept.

Evil people will be punished.


German tale published in 1812 by the brothers Grimm

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