In Search of Snow White: Real-Life Origins

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Welcome, Darklings, to our first dive into the origins of fairytales, starting with the iconic tale of Snow White. I hope you enjoy this exploration as much as I've enjoyed unravelling the mystery. Stay tuned for more captivating adventures ahead! 🍎✨ If you enjoyed this video and would like to support the continuation of our adventures, I'm always grateful for a cup of coffee ☕Your generosity keeps the candles burning and the mysteries unravelling: www.buymeacoffee.com/theresurrectionists Yours in darkness and discovery, L x

[@sammansfield21]

I don't know how I came across your channel, but been watching since the 1st video. Should definitely look into any dark histories from disney and also the Disney parks (I've heard there's a few dark things that have happened since it's openings....namely in particular buildings)...and im from the UK too (most of my favourite channels are US/Canada). Keep up the amazing work ❤

[@stephenlitten1789]

I'm wondering if Elizabeth Bathory isn't an inspiration for parts of the tale.

[@Catmom-gl5nt]

Can you cover Snow White and Rose Red? Or even better, One Eyes, Two Eyes, Three Eyes?

[@mousemd]

This is an interesting narrative. I actually got a hold of an American translation of Grimm's Brothers Tales. I have only one book. I understand there are 4, with around 100 Tales each?

[@manaash4316]

The 1937 film, the Queen never says "mirror, mirror, on the wall," she says "Magic mirror, on the wall" ;)

[@SirThopas3]

I've always wondered if Basina, a Frankish princess (fl. 590) was the inspiration for the Snow White story. Her father's (King Chilperic I) third wife, Fredegund, is the epitome of the "Evil Stepmother" trope. When Chilperic died of dysentery, Fredegund ordered the assassination of her stepchildren so that her son could inherit the throne. Basina's brother was murdered and Basina was forced to flee, eventually seeking shelter and becoming a nun (she later organized a nun rebellion and kidnapped her convent's prioress, but that's another story). Fredegund continued to be absolutely batshit insane. She was jealous of her daughter, Rigunth, and tried to kill her by crushing the lid of a chest down onto her neck. Fredegund is also suspected of assassinating King Sigebert I, and attempted to assassinate Sigebert's son, King Guntram of Burgundy, and Queen Brunhilde (Fredegunde did succeed in murdering Brunhilde's sister, Queen Galswintha, and although Fredegunde didn't succeed in killing Brunhilde, her son Chlothar II did. Chlothar defeated Brunhilde in battle and executed her by having her pulled apart by four horses). Fredegunde also ordered a bishop to be stabbed to death while he was conducting Easter Mass. I think Fredegunde was so damn terrifying that she embedded herself into the German psyche in the form of every evil queen and stepmother.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

Thanks for the rabbit hole!

[@mollsch6820]

How have I never heard of this? What century are we talking??

[@SirThopas3]

@@mollsch6820 this would be the 500s-600s AD, before France and Germany were even a thing. They were broken up into tiny kingdoms, Basina's father was king of Neustria, which was technically in France but the Franks occupied both Germany as well.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

What an excellent observation! Thank you immensely for sharing your insight. I hadn't thought of Fredegund myself, but I wholeheartedly agree that she embodies the essence of the evil queen character in many fairytales. This truly highlights what I cherish most about engaging with my viewers: the opportunity to learn and grow together 🖤

[@paurushbhatnagar8100]

Thanx for info , is she basina of thuringia ? Most brother Grimm fairy tales are based on earliest societies like franks & gauls or Germanic tribes describing their lives.

[@laramatthews2082]

In nearly every classic nursery rhyme, myth, and fairy tale there is a bit of historical truth/fact

[@Jurni2023]

I can relate to these tales.. as I was adopted at 5yrs old after spending 5yrs in multiple foster homes.. My adoptive mother(step-mother) was the Archetype of these wicked women.. Treating me with contempt, jealousy, envy all my life.. Hating when my father ever gave me any hint of affection or tried to stand up for me. It's very sad but true...these tales are more real than sum people realize... In fact my friends over the yrs have nicknamed me.. SNOW WHITE(my appearance) And Cinderella(my mother's treatment of me and my life in general) .. I'm 54 now and my adoptive parents passed a few yrs ago... But even up til her death ..my "step-mother" still treated me cruely when I was around her. Very sad to grow up hated by a woman you only wanted love and acceptance from especially after being abandoned by my birth mother..and never having a chance to meet either birth parents as they had passed by the time I was 30 and i found out who they were..

[@jessicamartinez3613]

I was adopted as an infant but otherwise your story is my story.

[@theresamay9481]

So sorry this happened to you. How horrible. Hope you can grow beyond it

[@LuanBakashima]

Women abuse girls worse than men in many cases.. 😡

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

I'm so sorry this happened to you, but there are numerous steps that have given their stepchildren nothing but love; however, once the father dies there will be a no holds brawl for assets and the stepmom will have had her thumb on the scales when the will was made.

[@mentallydisturbedscience8900]

Something we don’t like to talk about today is how competitive some moms are with their daughters. My daughter is 19 and I’m so proud of the person she is. I’m excited to find out what this kind, thoughtful, brilliant, stunningly gorgeous child of mine is going to do with herself because the truth is, the world is her oyster. I’m not jealous of her because I had my time. I married the love of my life when I was young and beautiful, and we built a life I’m proud of. I’m thrilled now to let my daughter have her day in the sun. But the stories she tells me about some of her friends’ moms… 😬

[@priscillajimenez27]

Having worked in the school district I've seen mom's get so jealous of their kids successes and of their good relationship with their teachers, and they they to sabotage them

[@priscillajimenez27]

@@Hannari-xt6nr I think you misunderstand. Good relationship meaning the teacher being able to mentor the children when they are "high risk". I've worked in inner city schools with kids who were at risk of committing crime and failing when they got older and not having involved parents. So teachers build relationships meaning letting them open up to them and not treating them like a number in the classroom and looking out for them. We've had students whose parents were locked up or partied a lot and had no direction or good role models. We helped their academic self esteem and so on. Some parents appreciated but many got mad that their kids loved us even though their kids improved in their schooling and they didn't care. We would try to keep open communication with these parents and many didn't want to. Moat were single moms or grandma's just passing the years and getting a check because their kidsnwere classified. We literally had a mom sabotage her son from progressing to a better program because she knew she wouldn't get the sake "incentives". I'm telling you these parents were sick. We had one boy we would give a second lunch because he was always hungry. Another kid we'd wash their hair because mom wasn't taking care of them. I don't mean buddy relationships but adult figures they can lean on

[@priscillajimenez27]

@@Hannari-xt6nr wow you're so out of touch. Probably shouldn't speak on things you don't know about. I've actually checked in on these kids and they're doing much better than they were when me and other staff firdt met them. Many even got out of special ed. Like I said not all the parents were like that. Many actually kept open communication with us and worked as a team to help their kids. Sadly not all parents all like that. All kids deserve parents but not all parents deserve kids. Even worked with foster kids who went through abuse. Heartbreaking. A child can't learn if they're dealing with trauma or feel like no one cares. We weren't their friends. We were very disciplinary and had expectations in thr classroom and they knew that. But they knew we also cared. Also I always made sure to equip them with coping skills so they'd be okay when the school year was over snd i wouldn't be with them anymore. Just from your comments to me and the initial comment from the nice mom, you honestly seem miserable. Might wanna get checked to see why you're so hyper negative over nothing. 🤔

[@priscillajimenez27]

@@Hannari-xt6nr wow projecting much. You can't even be happy for thr kids getting out of special ed and learning how to cope in their situations and being better people instead of being in the streets. You claimed to be in UN and now you're a neurologist. Bruh you're funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'll pray for you

[@priscillajimenez27]

@@Hannari-xt6nr sure buddy 🤣🤣🤣

[@makeupboss3568]

Margeuerethe Von Waldek was the epitome of Classic Snow White . I did a video on a painting I found of her and the cosmetics most likely used at that time in history. Unfortunately my account got hacked, but it was fun learning about her . She was a Princess from Hesse. I might have to try doing it again. Lots of politics between her families.

[@ladywisewolf3942]

My mother grew up in the 1930's in what was at the time East Prussia a part of Germany and was imbued with German folk tales especially the Bros. Grimm. And grim they were as she retold them to me, this little American kid who wasn't quite used to these kind of children's stories. One telling of Cinderella was a bit more gruesome than Disney's version. Apparently when the prince was searching the land for the owner of the glass slipper left by Cinderella at the ball , her two ugly stepsisters were determined to fit into that slipper to marry the prince. However their feet were too large . So before the prince tried the slipper on the first sister, she lopped off her toes and bandaged her foot, then fit easily into the shoe. But a magical crow came to the prince and warned him by saying "cruu cruu cruu, there's blood in the shoe" and so the prince caught the deception. The next sister tried the same thing only this time cutting off her heel so she could fit. But again the crow tattled and the prince found out. But while he was at their home, he met and tried the shoe on Cinderella and this time the crow said something to the effect of " the fit is true". And the rest everyone knows. Needless to say, as a little kid I had a few nightmares about this.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for sharing :) 🖤 The original Cinderella has come horrific elements for sure! I hope to make a video on it in the future. Thank you for watching!

[@mistiroberts1576]

That version of Cinderella was in a book of Fairy Tales that I had and was the first version I heard as a tiny girl

[@sylverscale]

I remember the same thing but with doves. They said "Roogedigoo, there's blood in the shoe. The shoe is too small, the rightful bride is still at home." (Translated from German)

[@Lisa-x3n5x]

That's the one I remember.

[@christianealshut1123]

That element of crippling the feet for the sake of beauty and finding a husband makes me wonder whether Cinderella might have Chinese origins, because of the footbinding they did on their women (and women had to have small feet in order to be eligible for marriage.) However in China they did it on small girls, not grown women.

[@goldcat3512]

Fun fact the guy who drew Disney's Snow White was an American of Icelandic descent he based her look of off a lady who was also of Icelandic decent she was from the West of Iceland. I am genetically also from the West of Iceland and I have see through/beyond pale skin and my hair is basically black. Women from that area often have this combination, my great grandma had the same coloring as me.

[@PhoenixAurelius-138]

Interesting. Isn't Björk from West Iceland? She definitely has that coloration. When I visited Iceland years ago, there was a predominantly very tall, blond haired, and fair-skinned population, but there also was a less common group of dark haired and fair-skinned people who tended to be shorter.

[@AGirlinGlasgow2]

I am of Icelandic descent too, & I have very dark hair & very pale skin 😃

[@miinfl7143]

So do a lot of Irish people and they have Icelandic blood.

[@desilanni8144]

I'm an FBI (Full Blooded Italian). I have light, fine hair and very blue eyes. My skin is also very light, pale would describe it perfectly.

[@desilanni8144]

The Romans occupied Britain and left their DNA.

[@setelliott9683]

Seems more like a warning of the existence of narcissistic mothers and the importance of the people who can intervene.

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

Yes!!! And are we paying attention to the young ones around us? 😁 A reminder to is definitely in there. Carefully of course, but still.

[@higherview136]

my son had two children. his wife abandoned he and the young children and ran off with another man and later on my son met and developed a live in relationship with what we would consider to be a “evil stepmother“ type who had two children of her own that were brought into the relationship. My granddaughter and my grandson were absolutely miserable because of the way they were treated by my son‘s live-in girlfriend and while my son was gone out of the house working, my grandchildren were abused. I told my grandchildren to read Grimm story tales knowing that step mothers are usually quite evil toward their step children in various stories including Hansel and Gretel. Numerous people prayed to God and the woman is now gone from their lives. My grandchildren recently moved into an apartment with their dad and with no “evil stepmother“ or “evil preferred step siblings” To vex them anymore. Praise be to God for answering prayer

[@YaelleG]

For 5 years now I have seen the word narcissist used online no less than 5 times per day EVERY day, every time someone wants to describe a bad person. It has come to have NO definition. There are actual people out there who are narcissists & the use of the term isbeyond out of control. I’m talking, it’s used in place of common words!!!

[@martavdz4972]

@@YaelleG Yep, where have the words "self-centered" and "selfish" gotten to? Much less used nowadays, not even when they'd be appropriate and accurate. But the mother in Snow White probably is an actual narcissist, with very severe sociopathy.

[@BellotaVerde]

All these fables are so misogynistic. Evil females (step moms, faires) vs the good males (hunters, dwarfs, fathers)

[@southernwanderer7912]

I've read the Grimm's Fairy Tales and they are "grim" -- pun intended -- to say the least. Many encompass tales of starvation, obviously covering a time of starvation in Germany. Hansel and Gretel is a prime example. The majority seem to feature dreams of food, many with whole tables filled with food, from roast beef to amazing deserts.

[@juniorjames7076]

I see these stories as tales of hope, love and how to survive in a world of wars, plague and famine.

[@southernwanderer7912]

@@juniorjames7076 Hansel and Gretel is a story of a starving family leaving 2 children in the woods to fend for themselves because they couldn't feed them. Not a tale of hope to me.

[@lanazak773]

Yes, always thought they were the origin of the word grim

[@myriamickx7969]

When I was a child, I had an old book of the Grimms’ fairy tales, complete with engraved illustrations. Some of them were pretty realistic, not to say really scary. They just delighted me, as much as the dark side of many tales!

[@andreamuller9009]

Actually, it is the lie that Hans and Grete Metzler told (Hansel and Gretel are diminutive forms that you give to children) to justify the murder of Katharina Schrader. For context: Katharina Schrader was born in Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains in 1618 as the daughter of a charcoal burner. She became a baker and developed a gingerbread recipe that was also very popular in southern Germany. By the way, she was by no means old, nor ugly, and certainly not a witch. The Nuremberg baker Hans Metzler wanted to marry her, probably to get the recipe, but Katharina turned him down. In revenge, he reported her as a witch in her hometown of Wenigerode. Surprise ! Not many people know that, there were also women who had to face a witch trial who were acquitted by the court and declared innocent.... Katharina was one of them.... the court files are still in Wernigerode today. Katharina fled from her stalker Hans Metzler to the Spessart, where she bought a property near Marburg and lived as a recluse in the forest. Hans and his sister Grete ( no children at all , at the time) tracked down the woman who lived alone and murdered her... they didn't get the gingerbread recipe... that was still there when the ruins of the house were discovered in the 1960s ...as well as Katharina Schrader's bones in one of the 3 ovens. The recipe was clearly written in Katharina Schrader's handwriting... it could be compared graphically with Katharina's declaration in the Wernigerroder court files and her signature. They probably tried to burn the body after strangling her... but that didn't work - her bones were only slightly sunken. When Katharina died she was in her mid-30s. After their terrible act, the siblings spread the lie about the "witch" who "wanted to eat them" throughout the Spessart... and clashed over their "heroism" in escaping a "witch" to justify the murder. So it's actually a criminal case. Unfair towards Katharina... The lie became a fairy tale and the Brothers Grimm wrote it down about 200 years later..... so she is still framed as a malicious witch, even though she was just a talented baker who became the victim of a murder out of envy and greed vindictiveness.

[@LugreliaCreates]

That mirror talks too much. All it had to say was that Snow White was fairer. The Queen didn't need to know the location. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Awesome video. ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 Thanks for sharing.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

And ruin a great story? It is good the mirror talked so much. ;-)

[@maxzomick8733]

So many more questions about the mirror I can’t even think about the actual story . Who made it ? How was it made ? Is it alive ? Is it like AI terminator or more like a simple computer ? Can it move like Harry Potter pictures ? So many questions unanswered ….

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

Ikr? "Snitches get stitches!" springs to mind. Mirrors are fragile and should mind their Ps and Qs! ...& Come to think of it, I wonder where that saying comes from, what Ps? Which Qs? 🤷😁

[@LugreliaCreates]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You are so right. LOL. My bad. I take it back. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alia9087]

me thinks it was a scrying mirror

[@Buchpiratin]

I was really afraid when I first came to this video. I'm a teacher from Germany and I hab to grade papers about modern versions of old fairytale themes. In more than one paper my students just copied what they found on the Internet about "the true snowwhite". Not realising, there's no evidence for that assumption. I am so greatful, this video shows the stories of the women as a likely inspiration to a nee way of telling tales, that origin dates way back even B.C.

[@mojoden]

Beautifully spoken - yet again. Thank you.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I appreciate your kind words! Thank you for being here 🖤 :)

[@sylverscale]

German here. I grew up with a slightly different version that is still much closer to what you told. It was the mother wishing for the beauty like you narrated but then the evil step mother who did all these things. Snow white was a little older (more like 13 to 15). Everything happened like you told with the hunter and the dwarfs and the murder attempts, but instead of the whole period of the prince obsessing over her and dining with her they dropped the coffin while about to transport it to the castle, and then the piece of the apple got dislodged. They married (not even knowing each other) and invited the stepmother, and the dancing to death in the red-hot iron shoes happened like in the version you have.

[@carolrosecarlson5585]

Me, too!!!

[@Anna-Jade]

I am English and this is the version that I grew up with.

[@anniehope8651]

I'm Dutch and I also grew up with very similar versions, not the watered down Disney version. It was just that the story was cut off at the moment the prince arrived. I never heard about him carrying the coffin around.

[@melodini3125]

This was the first version I heard as well. Later I heard one where the mother was tied to the moon in some way and so fluctuated between good and evil depending on the fullness of the moon and that her father was tied to the sun. Snow White was born at twilight and so was considered a balance between them. In that version it’s the mother going in and out of her evil state on the new moon that is jealous of Snow White. The 7 dwarves were all tired to something too… I’m forgetting what… maybe the planets? It was supposed to be like the alchemist’s version of the story full of symbolism.

[@karphin1]

There certainly are elements of both the old stories in the Snow White. Fascinating stories. The brothers Grimm saved these old tales with their own imaginative elements.

[@werpu12]

Grimm took old folk tales and softened them, the original tales often ware way more brutal and many of them have real events as background. Bluebeard for instance has its origins in Gilles de Rais, a brutal serial killer in the 100 years war and the tales spun after his death! The wolf in Little Red Riding hood, in its original tale was very likely a werewolf in its original story!

[@anniesavidge2468]

@@werpu12I don’t know even Grimm’s versions are pretty brutal.

[@werpu12]

@@anniesavidge2468 Jepp we will never fully know anymore, the original form of the tales often has been lost! And yes their version was brutal, but that was the 19th century, I know 19th century childrens tales like Struwelpeter, which was way more brutal than whatever Grimm had in their collection (Struwelpeter was even illustrated with fingers being cut off etc...) and that book was seem as an educational book!

[@deliciaford4343]

​@@werpu12Where can you find these old original tales that you know of? Thanks

[@xx-yd5mm]

they were extremely Christian and belonged to a strict typenof christianity that hated women and they actually sanitized the tales and added lessons they sometimes didn't have! they sucked. like Cinderella's original slippers were fur!

[@AlbertCanil]

Allow me to yet again praise the incredible archaeological work carried out, allowing a strange window to open just ajar into a human past way beyond the confines of traditional literature and history. As usual the impeccable voiceover work with crystal clear vowels and a constant tempo, even through the most harrowing passages, really make your videos stand out.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, I appreciate your support :) 🖤

[@janeyrevanescence12]

The problem with the evil stepmothers is that in the very first published version of “Children’s and Household Tales” had the MOTHER be Snow White’s persecutor. Not stepmother. Full fledged biological mother. This changed in later iterations because it strongly went against the Grimm’s desires to share what they believed to be German values. This meant that the villainess had to change. Hence the introduction of the Evil Stepmother. Yes, the Brothers Grimm were the first to do what Disney did: sanitize their own dark stories.

[@StubbyandShifu]

I was lucky enough to read the brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson in the unsanitized versions. I was a child and I survived.

[@nbenefiel]

Me too

[@lyamainu]

I love that you mention seasons! I’ve always thought it had a lot of similarities to the story of Persephone.

[@olabunch5192]

I did too.

[@debbylou5729]

Mothers in many periods of time, at least among the very rich or ‘high born’ weren’t encouraged or even allowed to become close to their children. They used wet nurses. In some historical books I’ve read some women who wanted to care for their own children were punished. Punished doesn’t always mean beaten. These ‘noble women’ were expected to use Nannie’s, wet nurses and attend to their roles in court. This could easily end with the mother feeling jealous and violent to what she believed was a threat. A few books have theorized that most peasant or serf women were far closer to their children and mourned heavily when a child died

[@daizyflower272]

Totally agree, this was the case in order to carry on the genetic line of royalty. Let alone talk about incest in the royal line.

[@cthonisprincess4011]

This isn't entirely true. While noblewomen did have servants to attend to the labours of childrearing, they were still close and formed bonds with their children and genuinely grieved losses. I can think of several noblewomen from English history alone who had bonds with their children.

[@ReeseeLambert]

Not mine 😭

[@martavdz4972]

Stressing ONLY IN SOME PERIODS OF TIME, ONLY IN SOME COUNTRIES AND ONLY IN SOME SOCIAL CLASSES.

[@SweetButDeadly101]

I subscribe to very few channels as I am a demon for good grammar and use of language. I have been consistently impressed by the content and the research of each of your offerings. Congratulations on producing such captivating content. You have gained another subscriber today. Keep up the good work!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm thrilled to hear that! Thank you so much for your kind words and support 🖤

[@michellekeith5602]

Oh how utterly fascinating . You must be the bane of text messaging's existence 🤣🤣🤣

[@MisterHowzat]

​@@michellekeith5602English is one of the most, if not the most, butchered languages. Users of other languages by comparison jealously guard the correct usage of their languages. Relatively speaking. And they will correct you on your errors. By comparison. I know speakers of other languages who would laugh or mock or even scold you when you make an error in grammar or vocabulary or pronunciation. But when it comes to English, we're allowed to be lax?

[@michellekeith5602]

@@MisterHowzat unfortunately, I believe that the grammatical lax is the symptom to a much greater and much more worrisome problem . I feel it reflects the " whatever" attitude that has become it's own culture or plague as it were. I agree while heatedly with you when you state that our language is more often than not, the scene of a massacre. I will admit to being able to speak 3.5 languages as I can understand more than I speak currently , and yet I have no doubt I am better versed and probably only have minor offenses when speaking other languages. 🤣🤣🤣

[@michellekeith5602]

@@MisterHowzat I would like to clarify the half language. I have 3 daughters ages 23, 21, and 19. The language they speak is a new version of English that I am having to study if I want to know or understand anything they are talking about . A wonderful example is something called the Gen z Genesis breakdown. I am a Christian and this breakdown is in fact accurate biblically while simultaneously being a mass murderer of our language 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@katherinelarini8514]

I was amazed by the parallels between the Snow White fairy tale and the life of the German Countess Margaretha von Waldeck... her story definitely seems to me to be the origin of the fairy tale... I had never heard of her story before or the connection to the fairy tale - excellent video... your devoted darkling...

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@DEVILTAZ35]

Thank you so much. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself this Easter Sunday here in Oz. You just saved me from total boredom. I hope you have been well. That was quite a break from content. I actually like the nature explanation out of the three. It seems to make the most sense.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm thrilled to hear that! Thank you for your support 🖤 I'm very well thank you, and I hope you are too! :)

[@DEVILTAZ35]

@@The-ResurrectionistsI am doing well too thanks. Just watching your new video now actually x

[@mymeilarose]

Yes easter Sunday about Jesus is risen

[@thewssbxchannel4908]

What a beautiful channel you have produced. What a gift thankyou.

[@thehilaryglow]

The entry of Norway in the upcoming ESC brought me here. That Nordic poem turned into a song immediately made me think of Snow White, the story is very very similar.

[@twebster179]

My favorite! Gregory Maguire's novel Mirror Mirror reimagines her as Lucrezia Borgia..

[@EllisR.]

Didn't "Mirror, Mirror" reimagine the stepmother as Lucrezia Borgia?

[@mistiroberts1576]

I loved that book

[@aaabbb8812]

I remember reading that story. Very interesting take on the Snow White story.

[@pwblackmore]

Good heavens... I am always flabbergasted by the amount of research you folks do! This story is no exception, and I am in awe by the detail you provide. So many records to dig through ... and I would be mean and petty if I were to just give a thumbs up. I am now binge-watching your series - and no doubt will need to again to assimilate everything. Thankyou so very much,

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

Are you from Boston, by any chance? 🎭

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

My own thoughts on the seven dwarves are that they originally represented the 7 stars of the plough. This has been a significant and influential constellation and is often the only one many people can identify. The Romans knew it as Septentrionis, the seven ploughing oxen, who turned the night sky like oxen turned a million stone, as in the past it was the circumpolar constellation in the centre of the sky, it isn't anymore due to procession of the equinoxes. The motif of death and apparent resurrection is interesting. If my circumpolar theory contributes to the tale then it might be worth noting the centre of the night sky, around which the plough appeared to rotate, was thought to be held up by a pole, upon death it was thought the spirit of the departed would climb this pole to the celestial realm where they would live on after their apparent demise. The word dwarf and their English equivalent the Duergar, appear to be beings composed of darkness that inhabit the night, the name appears to stem from a word for dark, whereas "elf", their opposites, were conceived as beings of light. In northern English folklore the Duergar tries to lure travellers to tragedy in the treacherous uplands in the darkness but are dispelled by the coming of dawn. In the past travelling at night across rough terrain was indeed fraught with very real dangers. The magical properties of mirrors stems from the belief that what you were seeing was the spirit world and your reflection was your own spirit, vampires, who had no soul, had no reflection, and to break a mirror would, it was thought, affect your spirit and you'd suffer seven years bad luck as a result. Apples, it seems, turn up in many folk takes, ascribed properties that would, for example, enable one to see the faeries, imposing a mind altered state that made this and other insights possible. I wonder if cider might have something to do with this, in the past if you were drunk it was thought you were possessed by the spirits or gods, imbued with divine wisdom, knowledge and perceptions.

[@charlottewagner715]

Wow, that's a terrific explanation for the seven dwarfs - much better than my thought that the Pleiadies (also known as the 7 Sisters, although no one ever seems to be able to count 7 of them) are somehow involved. There are also the seven visible planets, counting the Sun and Moon as planets because they move in the sky, then the rest of the planets up to Saturn. But I can't, at the moment see any links to Snow White. It has struck me that many of these fairy tales have versions in, for example, Korea and Japan. I would love to know how the time scale works - how long ago did they appear in these cultures?

[@christinakoerner3385]

What an interesting explanation it .makes a lot of sense to me

[@Badficwriter]

Light elves were sometimes mixed with ghostly figures, white ladies. Bright and white not necessarily meaning good, but neutral. Duergar is used so vaguely, they might be full size or tiny, bringing disease.

[@ariste01]

Yeah for some reason my mom decided it would be appropriate to raise me with the original versions. The little mermaid was my favorite because every step she took caused her pain in her legs and i, unfortunately, could relate to that.

[@lyamainu]

My mom raised me with the original little mermaid too! She was pretty explicit about the moral “if you fall in love with someone your parents don’t approve of, the person won’t love you anyway and you end up dead.”

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

The "lesson" of the Little Mermaid tale is - do not try to be what you are not. Falsehood- no matter how pretty or enchanting brings only sorrow.

[@davidkermes376]

i thought "the little mermaid" was popularized by hans christian andersen.

[@tiffanykim2773]

Your mom sounds cool.

[@JoyPeace-ej2uv]

@@davidkermes376 Yes he lightened it up

[@crowseed]

Snow White was called Snowdrop in the original German. The poison apple was probably thornapple. The two plants have an opposite and profound effect on the nervous system, and thornapple can mimic death. Snowdrop is an antidote to this, as is fly agaric (sometimes known as the prince or king). It's possible the tale is a means of remembering and passing on knowledge of plants.

[@lindamarshall-wc4yt]

What you have typed is fantastic and we'll worth researching. Thanks!

[@PPfilmemacher]

⁠@@lindamarshall-wc4yt ​​⁠​⁠NO NOT TRUE, not even remotely well researched, its highly likely he didn’t even speak any german besides some simply memorized phrases. First off all: The traditional German name for „Snow White“ is actually „Schneewittchen“ a compound of 2 ancient german words (one still regularly used, one being outdated centuries ago and a grammatical diminutive. Schnee/-witt/-chen „Schnee“: literally snow, Derived fron Middle High German „snê“ from Old High German „snēo“, from Proto-West Germanic „snaiw“ „witt“ meaning white, but being almost everywhere outdated by now, and replaced with the reformed spelling „weiss“ and reformed again after WW2 spelled „weiß“ (the letter „ß“ is a replacement of the double „S“ Cognate with Danish hvid, Dutch wit, German weiß, Norwegian hvit, West Frisian wyt. „-chen“ As A diminutive word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to derogatorily belittle something or someone. A diminutive form(abbreviated dim) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings Which means the English name „snow white“ is pretty good translation from the German original except not integrating the reason of the „-chen“ ending literally meaning a smaller cuter version of something and would be literally translated from German in to English „little Snow White“

[@therickestrick5209]

Ich lerne gerade deutsch, und ich weiß sogar, was dieses comment sagt, war falsch. (Entschuldigung wenn mein deutsch nicht sehr gut ist)

[@caity613]

Her name originally was Sneewittchen (now spelled Schneewittchen). Snowdrops are called Schneeglöckchen in German. Very similar, though not exact. That is an interesting thought about the thorn apple/jimson weed though. I think in German that's called Stechapfel, which is obviously very similar to just Apfel (apple). Interesting!

[@canadianbrit]

There is a disney animator from my hometown who animated snow white. The disney portrayal of her is based on a woman who worked at a local diner...... The local media ran a story on it a few years ago

[@ReeseeLambert]

Wow. May I ask, where is your hometown? Cool

[@rachelwhitaker5244]

Margaret’s vondorek the second one has the beauty of Snow White, pure white as snow, the hair of smooth silk that bring the innocents of her personality, and roses of her lip giving that sweet tender feeling. As to eatting the poisonous apple is so close to the Snow White.

[@greeboX]

Uuuuhhh... I love this video. Finally someone who tells the Grimm-version without the "Kiss ends the spell" stuff. 😄 And you even mentioned "Gold Tree and Silver Tree!" 🤩 I never thought about a possible root in reality.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

It means a lot to me that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much :) 🖤

[@noreenclark2568]

I've nearly heard of gold tree , silver tree ever.

[@raraavis7782]

Very nice. Being German, I was aware of most of these connections, but I'm impressed to see it so thoroughly covered in a KZbin video. Looking forward to checking out some of your videos about topics, I'm less familiar with.

[@barbaraferron7994]

I read somewhere that dwarves would band together for protection and company, since they were outcasts and could emphasize with each other.

[@pohjanakka4992]

If we assume the dwarves of the story are supposed to be based on some type of real life version. But I have always assumed they have been put in the story as supernatural beings, that they are German folklore dwarves, nature spirits, or one version of the fairy, the ones who live inside mountains and guard the treasures the land hides. They make that magic coffin for her, and it would be easy to assume that at least at the time when the Grimm brothers finally wrote the tale down people who told it or heard it assumed that she did indeed mature and grow up while in the coffin, as far as I have been able to find out the people at that time had pretty much the same idea of child marriages as we do, and would have thought the idea of a child marrying an adult, even if a young adult, man rather scandalous, fairy tale or not. The average age for marrying seems to have been more or less in the early to mid-twenties. The only exception was political marriages between royal houses, and even then the consummation of the marriage usually waited until both were at least in the older teens.

[@raraavis7782]

That part of the story actually has a firm (and unexpected) root in real events of the time.

[@deerinheadlights100]

I read somewhere that dwarves were in fact often miners at that time due to their small size.

[@raraavis7782]

@@deerinheadlights100 Yes. That's right. I live close to the area of Germany, where this story originated. The Siebengebirge (7 mountain area). That's where the number 7 comes from. This region used to have copper mines and the miners often started working there as children already. With the lack of sunlight and proper nutrition causing stunted growth and malformations from Rachitis (rickets) (severe lack of vit D from sunlight). And there you have your dwarves. Who, of course, would have often shared accomodations. Both because they were poor and because they weren't well regarded by the rest of society.

[@ReeseeLambert]

Oh-.

[@thehomeschoolinglibrarian]

What a wonderful video and a nice break from the endless Disney Princesses stuff my 4.5 year old daughter insists that I read.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@mariefricchione437]

Enjoy reading them to your sweet daughter-they grow up so fast!

[@mauricebate5069]

I love listening to these videos they really make you think ! its the best on you tube well though out and perfectly narrated More please 👍❤

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! I'm grateful for your encouragement! 🖤

[@SLAV326]

More like this please. With Grimm tales.

[@tamarrajames3590]

Hello again, this was very interesting, I grew up with Greek Mythology, the Grimm’s fairy tales in their original form, and Baba Yaga stories as my night time stories. I distinctly recall the wicked Queen having to dance in red hot iron shoes until she died. The punishments meted out in the Grim stories were very gruesome, but easily accepted as a child. I am inclined toward Margarethe as the source for the tale, given the close parallels to the Snow White story. I seem to recall that she bore a child to the Prince while still in her deathlike slumber, which would indicate her growing up whilst in that state, and the Prince doing more than kissing her. I must look up the tale again to see that I am not misremembering. These stories of my childhood were like old friends, each bearing within it important lessons and warnings of what could befall a girl who didn’t pay attention to the full arc of these tales. The Greek Mythology stories likewise carried messages of what happened to those who failed to treat strangers (who could be Gods) with a proper degree of hospitality, and the rewards for showing respect and charity. In the Baba Yaga stories, she was always up to mischief, but her kind hearted Daughter and wise cat always managed to unravel her wicked plans, so they came to naught. I’m glad I was brought up on these tales, for they have stuck with me over these many years, and in my 70s, still carry the wonder I found in them as a child. I do not think the “cleaning up” of these tales, so children would not be traumatised by them was a positive choice. Children are much more flexible than they are given credit for being. I very much enjoyed your thoughts on possible source material, but might add, my Grandmother often attributed them the rights of passage in a girl’s life, Seven is the age of reason, and is often the age at which some foolish act brings a serious consequence. Sixteen marks her transition into womanhood, and her time of being tested, to prove she has absorbed the qualities a good Wife and Mother must display to make a good Marriage. I would love to see you tackle more of this kind of material going forward. Thank you again for a very thoughtful provoking presentation that took me back to my childhood, when these tales were fresh and new to me. I very much enjoyed revisiting my child reactions, where I tried to warn the protagonist against some foolish action I knew would not see her faring well, and my delight at her being saved by love, or some talking animal she had treated well.🖤🇨🇦

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and sharing all your insights! The number seven is definitely significant in the tale of Snow White, so it was interesting to read about your grandmother's interpretation that it could be connected to the rights of passage in a girl's life. Thank you for watching, I'm so happy you enjoyed the video! :) 🖤

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@The-Resurrectionistsif you would be interested, I could share some of the more intriguing tales for you to have a go at. I fully understand if you would prefer to pick tales without suggestions, so please don’t take me as being pushy. I am so glad I found your channel, as so many people dismiss “fairy tales” as nonsense, intended to scare children into being good. They are so much more than that. I’m loving what you do.🖤🇨🇦

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

Seven and Sixteen? [Ponders] are you sure your modern filters aren't editing your memory for you? and it wasn't fourteen, seven and seven plus seven, I recall a lot of fourteen year old brides in noble houses and elsewhere down through history.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@pelinoregeryon6593 It depends on where in the world you are, and when. Many girls were formally married between 12 and 14, but didn’t share their `husband’s bed until 16. In medieval times, in many countries, they began having babies at 14 because death came too easily and often. I know, in the story, Sleeping Beauty fell into suspended animation at 16, and in some translations Snow White was 7 when she ate the apple, and 9 years passed before the bite of apple was dislodged, waking her up, making her 16 when she woke and was Married.🖤🇨🇦

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

@@tamarrajames3590 OK, it was just a mildly random thought that led to my query anyway, I must be remembering the middle ages then 🙂 🤔 and probably imperfectly anyway, it was a long time ago after all 😁

[@DrKhaos23]

Have you done a video yet on the Nursery song, "London Bridge is Falling Down"? I think that would be an interesting one to go over. Keep up the good work, these videos are really fascinating.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! I haven't as yet, but it's in the pipeline so keep an eye out for it! :)

[@iksRoald]

That song is also in Norwegian, as a goup game, and is said to be from the actual time when our viking king Olav Haraldson and his fleet pulled the bridge down by running toews around the pillars ardn then rowing the longships downstream. Early 1000`s (he died 1030, to become our national saint and etarnal king)

[@iksRoald]

The song in Norwegian is «Bro bro brille …»

[@JacquelineLambert00]

Poignant today…

[@safiremorningstar]

It is not the only tale they got wrong so is the story of Rapunzel it's basically based on the story of King Solomon's daughter... And has been around for close to 2000 years before they got to it.

[@ReeseeLambert]

Ahhh. Did he have locks as Sampson??

[@brianedwards7142]

People talk about eating somebody's organs (plural) but I bet they could barely get through one harmonium.

[@stuartgmk]

😅😅😅

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Brilliant! 😂

[@rjmun580]

Would eating a pump organ give you wind?

[@diakritika]

Organs contain lead. Not recommended.

[@MrChristianDT]

I hate the guitars. Too stringy.

[@jessecaple170]

😢Love the new content. Anticipating soooo many fairytales with that lovely voice❤🥰

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! Your comment made me smile :)🖤

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

8:33 it’s ironic, because just as we got to this point in the story, where in modern times we’ve heard the prince unable to help himself kisses her just once… but she’s been dead for years. It’s a tad unseemly. This way makes better sense .

[@mjinba07]

Yeah, and the carting her lifeless body around and mooning over it - shades of necrophilia. Made me wonder what their marriage could have been like. - Now lie still, darling. Loosen up. Pretend not to breath. Better yet, just hold your breath.

[@iainmulholland2025]

I don't think we'll see an accurate Disney film of the original story... I've read some of the original tales and they are very Grimm indeed involving sex, murder and suicide. Snow white is quite tame by comparison.

[@ReeseeLambert]

I would love to find some of these original tales…

[@sorinaina71]

In modern times, the mirror has been replaced by Instagram.

[@sammansfield21]

Hanzel and Gretal....there must be something behind that 1

[@tamarrajames3590]

Interestingly, the cottage of the “Witch” was discovered through looking for a place that paralleled the illustration of two trees flanking a path in the original publication. It led to a cottage that belonged to an elderly woman who was a baker and maker of sweets. She was murdered by being pushed into her own oven, and the Brother and Sister stole her savings, arriving home to change the circumstances of their family, using the old woman’s money and jewellery. Her bones were discovered in her oven when the burned cottage was investigated for clues of what had happened. An entire book was written on the subject some years ago, and I’m sorry I have forgotten the title and author, but it might be found by searching “ The true story of `Hansel and Gretel’. Good luck.🖤🇨🇦

[@sammansfield21]

@@tamarrajames3590 oooo will have to look for it. Thank you ❤️

[@Urbanwitchpodcast]

There is. It tells of a time between 1300s to about 1850s, when there was a mini ice age across Europe, and in Germany, among other European countries, there was a great famine. Many families had to choose between abandoning their children in the Black Forest, or all starve to death. Too many mouths to feed meant certain death, but by leaving the kids int he forest at least they stood a slim chance and it halved the food bill. The canabalism element of the witch was based on the real contemporary records of starving people eating their own children I order to survive. The gingerbread element was added as it’s an ancient symbol of good times and prosperity. Ginger used to be worth a fortune and so was highly prized. The witch aspect was down to the fact that because of the heinous act of eating your own children, it was thought far too vile for a child’s own mother to do, and so the figure was crafted as a witch in order to provide a more palatable scapegoat for the terrible acts committed by normal hungry peasants.

[@coryket]

I've seen a documentary on this one: In the Original text it's not the stepmother, but the mother. So both parents send their kids away. The witch who tried to eat them has similar habits of speech as the mother - therefore is understood to be the mother showing other personality traits. The story is a reminder of starvation times, where parents in Germany had no ther choice but to send their kids away - or eat them (not feed them).

[@MooMoo-fw3kh]

Yeah witches and spirit cooking of children still done today in secret societies.

[@Svartalf14]

it's interesting to note that the wish for a girl with snow white skin, blood red lips, and raven black hair is a motif found in Irish mythology

[@paulchambers3142]

Again another great presentation leaving three options which could all or non be true. As folk law...fairy tales can change and differ from regions there may well be a combination of the evidence...unfortunately we can't ask the Grim brothers. Are you aware of any original documents still in existence from the brothers? Like others here....I saw my notification of your excellent work and clicked on it immediately 😀 Well done 👏

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Your support means everything to me, thank you! 🖤 Regrettably, the survival of original documents from the Grimm's collection is sparse. While there exist a few early draft versions of the stories they gathered before publication, none offer any insight into their sources. One interesting aspect of Snow White lies within the Grimm's notes: rather than the servant hitting her back to wake her, Snow White's revival is attributed to her father's royal physicians. According to the Grimm's draft version, her father directed them to tie ropes to Snow White and to each corner of the room, miraculously bringing her back to life!

[@isabellalucia7820]

Oh, that’s interesting - four corners, four cardinal compass points? Four seasons? Four winds, maybe?

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

Some of these illustrations seem like they were in an old Reader's Digest of Grimm Brother's tales. There used to be a coloring book with the same illustrations. Once upon a time..

[@chrisdorrell1]

So ? This woman is a pure artist with her research and voice. If you don't like you don't have to but millions should. She truly is an amazing woman.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@chrisdorrell1I don’t think the poster here intended anything negative. To my eye she was just sharing a memory brought up by the illustrations used.🖤🇨🇦

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

​@chrisdorrell1 You need to chill. I wasn't complaining. Don't put words in my mouth. That's rude and presumptive of you.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

You have presented a marvelous piece of German rich history in the telling of Snow Vhite. I believe that, given the time period, the Brothers Grimm took bits and pieces of maybe the folklore of the surrounding nations and combined them into Snow White. That's only this humble opinion.

[@aprilrich807]

Fascinating as always! Again-thank you for the hard work on this piece.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

Ever thought there were some shared elements there? a small girl breaks into someones home while they're out, finds meals set out on the kitchen table, steals food from each plate then goes to sleep in one of their beds .. have you any idea which came first? Goldilocks or Snow White? If Snow White was the older tale I might consider the possibility Goldilocks was a deliberate parody of those ellements of Snow White poking fun at the fact that what she does is actually burglary and Goldilocks hair perhaps a deliberate contrast to Snow Whites hair as part of that, so not all that disimilar to more modern parodies poking fun at ellements in old fairy tales.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for sharing your insights! 🖤 You're absolutely right about the similarities between the Goldilocks story and Snow White. While Snow White was first published in 1812, predating Goldilocks' 1837 publication, there are indications that the Goldilocks tale was known long before that date. As with most folklore, pinpointing the exact time these stories started being told orally is challenging, so there's no real way of knowing which came first.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

@@The-Resurrectionists Well thanks for suggesting there might be some value in that observation 🙂 though I'm more than sure I can't be the first to ever notice that similarity 😁

[@IRSA1]

Impeccably researched and retold. Any other fairytale of your choice has the potential of becoming just as fascinating in your skilled hands.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! That's incredibly kind and sweet of you to say :) 🖤

[@southernwanderer7912]

I think the last reason, winter/spring is more logical. I'm sure this nursery rhyme is much older than the first two ideas presented.

[@mikeyb4610]

Another brilliantly insightful and thought provoking presentation into a simple ‘fairytale’ that I, from a young age have always believed to be the story of a narcissistic mother who perceived her daughter as a threat by being so beautiful (pretty) . In reality it is true that when a mother / stepmother envies her daughter in such an uncontrolled and grievous fashion it could lead to Pathological jealousy: This type of jealousy is irrational and can include extreme insecurity, as well as a desire to control and manipulate - in no instances was there a rational explanation of why the Queens were jealous or if they habitually dispensed of their rivals!…maybe they needed therapy to irradiate those negative emotions…more please (Request = Rapunzel) 😊✨

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

6:37. Snow White , is a little naive, isn’t she? Did her Mom even bother to change her disguise?

[@chasx7062]

Maria Sofia ! A fairy tale ending for a Saint

[@brigidspencer5123]

When I took a course in Children’s Literature in university, we were told that faerie tales were created for adults not children. It was Walt Disney who invented “happily ever after.” There wasn’t any entertainment like TV, radios, books, etc, adults made up stories to entertain each other while spending time together after the day’s work done. And if you believe that adults back then were worried about their children’s mental health, just loo to Iceland where it got so bad that the government told Icelandic parents to stop frightening their children with stories, especially the Grylla & her 12 awful children. Parents used these stories to frighten children into behaving.

[@barbaraferron7994]

I have always wondered if the word grim actually came from the Brothers Grimm because grim is a good description of most of the tales they collected. Many of the stories are downright gruesome.

[@verenamaharajah6082]

Grimm is a German surname and has no bearing on the English word ‘grim’ which means gruesome or horrid. Pure coincidence that they sound similar.

[@ttx3]

medieval horror stories

[@FredPilcher]

Disney will never pay for its destruction of these wonderful stories.

[@ConstanceDawley]

Maybe Karma will exact payment.

[@CountryBwoy]

🙄🙄🙄

[@ginadoyle4089]

@@ConstanceDawleyridiculous. Stories have evolved for centuries.

[@jennyzarate7086]

You mean for adapting them and making them accessible for people around the globe, with very good quality? 🙄🙄🙄.

[@Charlie-hl7jr]

Disney did what they were allowed to do, what anyone can do with stories that are public domain. They adapted them to their own personal medium. That hardly means that no one else can or hasn’t made their own versions of these stories.

[@mikka1439]

This was a topic at school which I found absolutely fascinating as I have always loved fairy tales. We read several variations of the fairy tales and a historical explanation was given. So interesting!

[@michellekeith5602]

With most fairytales and mythology you will find elements that either mirror or closely mimic a real figure or event in history. Fascinating, yet a bit frightening

[@saintfighteraqua]

Wonderfully done.

[@jasonuren3479]

Still resembled a child? Amazing twist I'd never considered before! Thanks!

[@andydavis8437]

I love the eloquent storytelling, Amazing job! As with many fables, I think their origins lie deep in the annals of prehistory and change over time with retellings and historical relevancies. I believe “Beauty and the Beast” and “Jack and the beanstalk” are among the oldest known stories going back thousands of years, and no doubt picked up new meanings over the centuries. As for Sleeping Beauty, I like the Seasonal explanation. As you remarked we are now most familiar with the Disney narrative (my favorite movie version is Blancanieves (2012))

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm delighted to hear that you found it enjoyable! 🖤 It's truly fascinating how these stories serve as windows to a distant past, offering insights into the cultures and beliefs of bygone eras. I plan to delve into both 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in future videos :)

[@thor4594]

OK I can’t be the only one who LOL’d at the “ Magical Trout” 😂😂😅

[@RachaelMorgan-om4xw]

You're right, Thor ...... Too...many....jokes..... 🤭🤔😊

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

To be fair, it's possible that the Prince was *also* a child. Explains the fierce fascination with dead things *and* the hasty engagement.

[@GwenApMannanan]

In the original story he is 30-33 while she is 14.

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

@@GwenApMannanan How could we know what was in the "original" story, though? It's possible that the very first oral telling(s) could have involved two children, and over the years it evolved so that the teller changed the ages but didn't change any of the characters' behaviors/characteristics 🤔

[@GwenApMannanan]

@@lunettasuziejewel2080 exactly the type of answer I would expect form someone who doesn’t study history and didn’t even listen to the video

[@maried3717]

I love your narrative of Snow White’s origins. I never would have thought about it so deeply. Now I must research and learn more about the women who could have been the muse’s for the tale

[@pwmiles56]

Cupid and Psyche is another ancient story in this vein. However, I don't think one should be reductionist i.e. say they are the same story. The German storytellers had a message they wanted to send, a nice if rather out-of-fashion message about girls growing up to be loving and caring however beautiful they are. So it's not the same as Apuleius, which is about Jungian "individuation" i.e. the maturation of an adult feminine personality -- at least in the interpretation of Erich Neumann, which I follow.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. Rapunzel is a great suggestion! :) 🖤

[@pwmiles56]

@@The-Resurrectionists I think Rapunzel was someone else's suggestion, but I should certainly like to hear your take on it :-))

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm so sorry! Weirdly, I was answering another viewers comment with their Rapunzel suggestion. I'm working my way through my comments and I've only just read your original one...so I'm very confused right now! 😅 (I think it's a sign that it's time for me to take a tea break!) It's fascinating that you bring up Cupid and Psyche-I can definitely see the parallels! Many scholars draw connections between Snow White fleeing into the woods and the concept of entering 'the underworld,' echoing mythical narratives like Cupid and Psyche or even the story of Persephone and Hades to some extent. However, I do agree that ultimately, the Grimm's version presents a cautionary tale on the perils of jealousy and serves as a warning for older women to age gracefully. Whether this was the original message or not remains somewhat unclear. Your support is greatly appreciated! :)

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

@@The-Resurrectionists I didn't think of Psyche but Persephone I did when you were talking about it perhaps representing the turn of the seasons, though I can't see any true connection between them other than the theme if that was what the tale represented, but then my memory of the Greek myths is largely limited to translated and anglicised (and likely sanitised for the young) versions in childhood books so I'm no doubt missing some details.

[@jessiQa1776]

You've earned my sub with this today friend, first time watcher❤

[@heathergroves1176]

This was very interesting. Thank you! Have you ever looked into the origins and myths surrounding Melusine?

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! 🖤 And yes, I have indeed! Surprisingly, the tale of Melusine is intricately linked to the origins of a nursery rhyme! I'm in the process of researching further, so I can't provide an exact date for when that video will be released, but keep an eye out for it! :)

[@safiremorningstar]

No I'm not surprised that her own mother is like the stepmother in the fairy tale because frankly my mother was exactly the same way.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm sorry to hear that: I hope you've found healing from what sounds like a painful experience 🖤 In my opinion, it was a mistake on the part of the Grimms to begin toning down the stories after the first volume. Initially, they likely didn't foresee the immense popularity the book would garner among children, leading to significant alterations in subsequent volumes to cater to a younger audience. The Grimm Brothers' decision to adapt their tales for children, albeit unintended, may have contributed to society's idea that mothers are always nurturing. It's important to recognise that reality can often be far more complex and nuanced. Sending you love and strength 🖤

[@safiremorningstar]

@@The-Resurrectionists thanks but I got lucky much like snow did, snow had the huntsman and the dwarfs to protect her etc, our housekeeper Abigail she kept my mother from throwing me down a flight of stairs and told my father no uncertain terms that if she laid a hand on me ever again that she was going to take me far away where they wouldn't be able to find her or me, it was Central America and my father was a chaplain working for the military wasn't hard for her to make yourself disappear she was native, people already thought I was her daughter, and now my kids think of her as their grandmother, even though they've never had a chance to meet her. But yes it took a very long long time to even be able to face the fact that my mother did not want me, the idea of me yes the actual wanting of me no She often said I'd rather have 10 boys than one girl. So yes I could sympathize very well with poor Snow White, I know it's going to say I edited this I didn't I'm just adding one little tidbit here because I'm using voice to text it writes things as it wants and not as I would like my hands don't work very well and like I said it's a long long time since those events that I mentioned, here is the biggest irony when I was in that country that I mentioned and it was before Abigail became our housekeeper we had a different one at the time the teacher was doing the fairy tale business you know reading one fairy tale and reading a different one when she did Snow White every single kid in the classroom turned around and stared at me, because at that time we just come from the states and my skin was so white I was what they used to call Lily White I have rosy cheeks and red lips and a whole black hair as far as everyone was concerned except for my mother who insisted it was dark brown. Nobody in the classroom not even the teacher believed it was dark brown. It took but only a few months before I became as dark as a any native to quote Rudyard Kipling's Kim. It hasn't been lost on me that this is what happened if Snow White had lived with her stepmother for too long she would have turned into exactly the same kind of person as her stepmother and she probably would have been equally as cool cold-hearted and deadly, but to outward appearance she would have been sweet and kind Etc but the servants in the castle would have known otherwise by how she treated poor princess her daughter. Like I said I was very lucky I had people around who helped me and adopted Irish grandfather who told me to look up psychology books to understand my mother and other people I was about 6 or 7 at the time and he knew how smart I was. Abigail our housekeeper came around about the time when he died. We had other housekeepers but none that were willing to put their body or their life on the line to protect me. Abigail was my mother and she called me her daughter and she meant it I used to draw pictures but I never understood who the pictures were only years later did I realize the pictures were probably my interpretation of her and how I saw her I never understood the story about the little boy who his mother is the most beautiful woman in the world to me I never understood that story... Till years later when I saw a picture of Avigail, let me see my mother had been telling me for years that our housekeeper Avigail was an old she was as old as her or older and I had not seen that all I had seen was the beautiful black hair the lovely face and I never saw her as old. I never saw the Care lines in the sides of her eyes even in the pictures I drew she was always Young. I have often thought of rewriting the Snow White story for modern audience and putting some of that the original in because in a way I have lived the fairy tale and it did not have a happily ever after, but real life seldom does does it l

[@pwmiles56]

@@safiremorningstar My goodness, what a story, thanks for sharing it.

[@charlottewagner715]

How unusual! My mother disliked me heartily and I disliked her right back! This is the first time I've come across someone who also had this kind of a fraught maternal relationship, and it was that fact (being the "only one") that made me uneasy more than anything else. People would tell me about their weird mothers, but always ended their stories by saying they loved them anyway - perhaps it was more a matter of not admitting to their true feelings? For the record, my mother neither loved nor wanted me. I never loved her or wanted to be her daughter. When I learned about the facts of life, I was frantic with revulsion at the thought that I had once actually been INSIDE her body - eeuw eeuw eeuw!! - the German word "ekel" is much better at describing how I felt about THAT. Fortunately I had a fabulous grandmother who adored me and hopefully prevented me from growing up as too much of a hot mess. Also a loving and supportive aunt / godmother, whom I described as the mother of my heart. When my mother died, I felt so free! The grey cloud that had sat just over my head was gone and blue skies and sunshine took its place. Oh bliss, I could at long last BREATHE!! When my aunt and I came home from the cremation (ha - flames - how very appropriate) she immediately told me all my mother's secrets that my mother had forbidden her to tell me. I got so mad that I immediately changed all 3 of my Christian names that she had "given" me, to names that meant something to ME. This is turning into an epic - sorry. All I'll still say is that I worked my way through the inevitable damage (involving a spine injury that broke my sacro-iliac into 3 pieces, which is still occasionally a bit painful). I had been thinking that the only times she had EVER been nice to me was when one of my friends was around, so she DID feel a bit of loyalty towards me - and it hit me that the act was for the friend's benefit, not mine - and I nearly fell off my chair I was laughing so hard!! And I pronounced myself cured of my toxic "mother". But I have vowed to never Never NEVER incarnate with her again...

[@safiremorningstar]

​@@charlottewagner715it sounds like you and I have more in common than you know my grandmother was also very loving person but my grandfather who my mother was so much like was anything but a kind person, you know the people read her letters to me who saw her behavior in certain times could see she was not a good person and that she didn't love me but then again like I said my adopted Irish grandfather had me look up psychology books and I realized that my mother behaved the way she did because her father never wanted a daughter he was German and in that period of time when she was born a daughter was seen as kind of like I said baggage or next to nothing think Henry the 8th and you get a pretty good idea but the son of sons were the things you wanted think Hitler and you have a pretty good idea of the mentality before Hitler even came to power that was going on why Hitler could persuade people to do his bidding was because the mentality was already there, and the irony of all this is that my grandparents the ones that survived the war because they moved to Switzerland before the war even took place we're Jewish to have that kind of mentality...My poor grandmother was a put-upon woman and I realized that many years after she had already passed just how put upon she was but that was only after having spent two months or 3 months getting certain things that I needed to get in Switzerland and basically meeting up with my grandfather to because my mother insisted on it at the time and I would do anything she asked me to do because I was still at that time a teenager and the kind of person who think of a beaten dog and how it will pretty much do whatever its Master wants because it still wants its Master's favor and you get a pretty good idea of my mentality at that time I was trying to get her both her good favor and her love which I would never have... The one time I had to take English in summer school the summer school teacher told us we had to write an essay on a real life person that we know he read my essay about my brother and at first he was going to give me a failing Mark until I said if you don't believe me and you don't believe what I wrote my essay just talk for 5 minutes to my mother,after talking to my mother he changed the grade on the essay from failing to a bee which should tell you everything you need to know about how my brother I was treated by my mother no matter what he did and how I was treated. Like I said till that summer that I had to go to collect some stuff in Switzerland for business I was doing I never really understood how my mother was the way she was until I spent some time with my grandfather and thankfully not a whole lot of time... So yeah I totally understand what you mean I just wonder what Secrets could have made your mother such a nut job I know what my mother was a nut job from but then again I got lucky my adopted Irish grandfather had me study psychology and studying my mother and it helped, but the realization that she didn't love me and was not capable of loving me didn't come to the last time I saw her.. your mother sounds in many ways worse than mine my may have been physically and psychologically abusive but she was as a general rule always trying to cover up her crazy act being a lot like a drunkard who asks for forgiveness after every binge... And it didn't help having a father who told me that she really can't remember what she does when she was being violent. Abigail my true mom wasn't buying any of that, and I've missed her for the last 40 + years she never got any of my letters because the mail their requires that somebody tells you that there is mail and that you collected otherwise people don't collect their mail from their mailbox and it gets sent back to the person who sent the letter in the first place. You can imagine what sending a letter to the person who's like your mother and the letters come back to you unopened where is the markings that not at this address or not responding to the letter and your mother tells you the woman who calls you her daughter and insists on you calling her mom or mother that this is probably because unless somebody tells her there's mail she doesn't pick it up. But you only find that out nearly half a year after you've been sending letters from a certain place your mother has put you in a private school because she's always wanted to go to a private school... Only this one was also a nightmare. Like I said my life has been a fairytale and not a good one. But you know what I mean don't you.

[@mackenzieneal1660]

This is really good to watch in a dark room at night. So glad this showed up in my recommendations.

[@coliesnow3141]

I could tell those stories too. Even worse, I was adopted at birth, so the weird jealousy over things like my hair and skin... was extra bizarre

[@Kamrasell]

The Scandinavian king Kristian II (1481-1559) fell in love with Dyveke, the daughter of a Dutch tavern owner in Bergen. Of course they couldn't marry, so he had her as a 'frilla' (a mistress with privileges ). The tavern owner, the mother, became influential and powerful in the royal court. At 16 Dyveke, was killed by poisoned cherries. Was it the nobility, a rival kingdom, the new queen or even the mother...? Who knows. My first thought coming across the story was: "Snow-white!!".

[@hebbyhope2094]

Mirror, mirror on the wall, L's videos are the best of all! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@altair8598]

Excellent, as always. Hoping for an exploration of Baa Baa Black Sheep and the medieval wool tax, with none for the little boy...if there is enough meat on it for your channel!

[@nicholaswalker2494]

Thank you dark one as always a very good video

[@The-Resurrectionists]

You're very welcome! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@dkdisme]

Fascinating stories!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@cocoaorange1]

I never knew in the original Snow White, she was just a child when her mom wanted her dead, a sick woman.

[@amberlaughlin3518]

Funny. My mom was exactly like the evil queen to me growing up. She was clearly very jealous of me. She was into witchcraft. She attempted to kill me several times as a child. And I have all the attributes of snow white. Spent most of my time as a child in nature with the animals

[@amberlaughlin3518]

My mother also one time, I was watching little red Riding Hood. And the scene where the wolf says "the better to eat u with my dear"., My evil mother was standing behind me. Unbeknownst to me and said,"the better to eat u with my dear". Yeah I hate that bi@ch with a passion. I will get my justice one day "mom"

[@morriganwitch]

My favourite fairy tale , could you expand on Snow White and Rose Red xxx

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I will add it to my list :) Hope you're well! 🖤

[@morriganwitch]

@@The-Resurrectionists I am thank you spent a gig weekend in London so pretty tired . How about you ?

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

Yes, I remember the Ladybird series of books had this tale

[@elmiraojaghian4741]

The fairytales existed much before these two histories in the video. There belong to the period of history that oral cultural transformation of history and culture was practiced across the world. Some of these stories have more than a thousand years or more, history, in more than one culture. Thanks for posting your presentation, I enjoyed it.

[@deboralee1623]

the Queen wants a black-haired daughter, but the little girl shown has...um, not-so-black hair. (3:30-3:43)

[@PinkKitten77]

I love these stories. The voiced person reads it so intresting.

[@SandraNevins-c3l]

Captivating. Imo it's been my thought...there's a grain of truths to faerie tails, orally told stories , lessons to be learned.

[@jamessotherden5909]

It seems like elements of both tales. Very nice video.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much :) 🖤

[@PaulG.x]

I have heard the dwarfs were from Düsseldorf , where they were known to congregate on the wharf. Wharf dwarf Düsseldorf

[@michaeltelson9798]

I know that Ali Baba and the 40 thieves was originally from Bavaria (forward of 1001 Arabian Nights: 1934 edition of Harvard Classics). Have you access to the early versions?

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I haven't had the chance to delve into Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves yet, but it's a fantastic suggestion! I can already imagine it would lead to a captivating journey down the rabbit hole of folklore and adventure. Thank you for the recommendation!

[@michaeltelson9798]

I should mention that for those too young to know what the Harvard classics series is. That university put together about 60 volumes of books into a complete set that if the reader read them would give them the equivalent of s as liberal arts education. Some of the works, including the “1001 Arabian Nights” would be abridged now. The version in the set I inherited is the Sir Richard Francis Burton original translation that has racial comments. Burton did translate it from original source material. Abridged versions have cleaned it up. This is not to say that the series is tainted, but it was what was written. There is Augustine’s Confessions, Beowulf, Two Years Before the Mast, The Prince, Voyage of the Beagle, various philosophical texts, etc. it’s a wonderful set of books that would take a lifetime to completely read.

[@johndunning9]

Thank you for your research. You know, I went down the rabbit hole on this tale. Somethings I came across was really fascinating. The tale as we know it came about around 1919. Something else happened around that time, IBM. If you look into your phone or computer screen, it is a dark mirror. And today we can ask it questions like, who's the fairest of them all. How long did computers exist before it became public?

[@MCS7000]

Mirrors have been used for scrying for centuries. Scrying is intently staring into a silvered or blackened piece of glass or mirror until you see visions.

[@FlameLegend100]

So this proves that almost every story or animation has a true story behind it.

[@kashhusain8154]

Amazing video. Thanks so much for this.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

You're very welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@ChristianoWhite]

Heart of my Hart. Pandora. Encased in Sleep. ♥️

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Your beautiful narration of these fary tales and possible interpretations is admirable. Please continue, your dedication to unravel the mysteries of this stories is appreciated.

[@neilfraser2349]

Witch: That damn girl is so resilient! She keeps taking my poisoned gifts and STILL WON'T DIE! 7 Dwarves: That damn girl is so STUPID! Why does she keep taking poisoned gifts from the same old hag??? 😂

[@thelestrangelair]

Wonderful video, thank you. As for Snowwhite still being a child, thus the prince being into that, I say no. She was still alive, only under a spell of sleep via the apple,clearly s she did not rot. So even as a child, I assumed she grew up as she slept. Bella L

[@Badficwriter]

Makes sense. Even dead people's hair and fingernails grow.

[@diakritika]

Margareta died likely of slow heavy metal poisoning… her skeleton, if found, could be analysed for this.

[@latitude1904]

We all remember it as "Mirror, mirror," but it was actually "Magic mirror on the wall." Many people, sure of their memory of "Mirror mirror" call foul and say it can't be. It's just another example of a Mandela Effect. I remember Mirror Mirror, too

[@ascottishwitch8133]

I’ve always known that some Disney stories were taken from history and based to actual stories I don’t know how I knew I had done some research but nothing like this. I’m so glad I found this channel

[@WholeHeartily]

The story of Snow White is decidedly less creepy when you realize she’s 7… it makes more sense that the dwarves let her stay. Her gullibility is also more reasonable