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Children’s and Household Tales (1812):
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Children's and Household Tales

Title: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

Feature: Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge

Medium: prose text story

Cover date: 1812

Publisher: Realschulbuchhandlung
Written by: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm


10 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Snow White Snow White
(lead character)
lead character
  [princess] Realschulbuchhandlung 335
The Magic Mirror The Magic Mirror supporting character
CBR Scale: I sentient inanimate
[1st app: Children's and Household Tales (1812)] Walt Disney Pictures 32
Bashful Bashful
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 128
Happy Happy
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 135
Sneezy Sneezy
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 131
Sleepy Sleepy
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 128
Grumpy Grumpy
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 145
Dopey Dopey
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 141
Doc Doc
(details) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: I dwarf
Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 145
The Huntsman The Huntsman supporting character
  [hunter] Realschulbuchhandlung 18

Adaptations of this prose text story:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912)

Children's and Household Tales is also known as: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" or Kinder- und Hausmarchen or Grimm's Fairy Tales. Children's and Household Tales (or Kinder- und Hausmarchen) is commonly known simply as "Grimm's Fairy Tales."

The Aarne-Thompson Grouping number for this story is: 709. The story was first published in the Brothers Grimm collection Kinder- und Hausmarchen (known as "Children's and Household Tales" in English).

The story of "Snow White" was a traditional German folk story. The Brothers Grimm version introduced or featured many of the elements known to modern audiences, including a group of seven dwarves (or dwarfs), who were yet unnamed, as well as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, and the glass coffin.