Snow White

Origin
One day in winter before Snow White was born, her real mother was sitting by the window embroidering at an ebony frame. And she pricked her finger, so she opened the window and shook the drop of blood on the snow outside. And it looked so beautiful that she said, "Oh, how I wish I had a little daughter with hair as black as ebony, skin as white as snow, and lips as red as blood. She'd never had a baby before; but a little while after a baby daughter was born with those very features.

But then Snow White's mother died and the King married Queen Brangomar, the Wicked Queen. As long as the King lived, Queen Brangomar was as sweet as sugar to Snow White. Then she grew awfully jealous of Snow White. Of course everybody loved the Princess best. First Brangomar pretended that Snow White might grow up vain, so she took away all her princessy clothes and made her wear old, rag-baggety things. Then she pretended that she might grow up lazy, so she made her sweep and dust the Palace. And Snow White is really almost like a kitchen-maid, and sleeps in a little closet under the stairs where the servants keep the umbrellas and overshoes.

Eventually, the Wicked Queen sent Snow White in the woods with a huntsman who was under orders to kill her. However, Snow White convinced the huntsman to spare her life and she escaped further into the forests. There she met seven dwarves who gave her a home and protected her. The Wicked Queen, learning that Snow White was still alive, made several attempts to kill the fairest maiden herself. On one attempt, she was nearly successful with a poisoned apple, but Snow White's life was saved by the dashing Prince Florimond of Calydon. Snow White married the prince and the two of them made the Wicked Queen pay for her crimes.

The Seven Dwarves
In the original story, the dwarves were not given names, but in the public domain 1912 musical, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the 1916 film Snow White, the dwarves names were given as:


 * Blick: The oldest of the seven.
 * Flick
 * Glick
 * Snick
 * Plick
 * Whick
 * Quee: The youngest of the seven at ninety-nine years old. This "boy" apparently had a chronic case of kleptomania.