ATU 709 Snow White

ATU 709

Snow White

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Other Tales Of The Supernatural · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Dwarfs adopt girl as sister. 64 variants
Glass coffin. 64 variants
Compassionate executioner: substituted heart. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) substitutes an animal, whose heart he takes to his master as proof of the execution. 64 variants
Mysterious housekeeper. Men find their house mysteriously put in order. Discover that it is done by a girl (frequently an animal transformed into a girl). 64 variants
Punishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes. 64 variants
Jealous mother casts daughter forth. (Cf. S12.) 64 variants
Red as blood, white as snow. Often from blood on snow as a suggestion, a wish is made for a child (wife) with skin like snow and cheeks like blood, etc. (Sometimes black as a raven.) 64 variants
Apple causes magic sleep. (Cf. D981.1.) 32 variants
Comb causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1072.1.) 32 variants
Hairpin causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1072.2.) 32 variants
Resuscitation by removal of poisoned apple. By shaking loose the apple from the throat of the poisoned girl the prince brings her to life. 32 variants
Resuscitation by removal of poisoned comb. 32 variants
Murder with poisoned lace. 32 variants
Murder with poisoned comb. 32 variants
Murder with poisoned apple. 32 variants
Mirror answers questions. (Cf. D1163, D1323.1.) 16 variants
Magic clairvoyant mirror. 16 variants
Stepdaughter heroine. 16 variants
Prophecy: superb beauty for girl. 16 variants

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.