We think we know the story of Snow White from Disney and the Brothers Grimm. But acclaimed folklorist Maria Tatar reveals dazzling variations from across the globe.
The story of the rivalry between a beautiful, innocent girl and her equally beautiful and cruel mother has been endlessly repeated and refashioned all over the world. In Switzerland you might hear about seven dwarfs who shelter a girl, only to be murdered by robbers. In Armenia a mother orders her husband to kill his daughter because the moon has declared her "the most beautiful of all."
The Brothers Grimm gave this story the name by which we know it best, and in 1937 Walt Disney sweetened their somber version to make the first feature-length, animated fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Since then the Disney film has become our cultural touchstone—the innocent heroine, her evil stepmother, the envy that divides them, and a romantic rescue from domestic drudgery and maternal persecution. But, as every fan of the story knows, there is more to Snow White than that. The magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the catatonic sleep, and the strange scene of revivification are important elements in the phantasmagoria of the Snow White universe.
Maria Tatar, an acclaimed folklorist and translator, brings to life a global melodrama of mother-daughter rivalries that play out across countries and cultures.
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9780674271128
9780674238602
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Color Plates
- Little Snow White
- The Young Slave
- The Death of the Seven Dwarfs
- Maroula and the Mother of Eros
- The Enchanted Stockings
- Princess Aubergine
- Snow-White-Fire-Red
- The Magic Slippers
- The World’s Most Beautiful Woman
- Silver-tree and Gold-tree
- King Peacock
- The Beautiful Daughter
- The Mirror of Matsuyama
- The Girl and the Dog
- The Unnatural Mother and the Girl with a Star on Her Forehead
- The Hunter and His Sister
- The Witch’s Daughter
- Nourie Hadig
- Blanca Rosa and the Forty Thieves
- The Wonder Child
- The Jealous Mother
- Bibliography
- Credits
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