Snow White

"The most beautiful in the entire Kingdom is Princess Snow White."

- The Magic Mirror answered to Queen Chrystal that Snow White is the fairest of them all

Princess Snow White is the titular main protagonist of the animated Japanese fairy tale series, The Legend of Snow White. She is the daughter of King Conrad and Queen Rosebud, and the stepdaughter of Queen Chrystal. She is the princess of the kingdom of Green Valley; the "Fairest of Them All", whose beauty is defined by her inherent kindness and purity, with skin as white as snow, lips as red as the rose and hair as black as ebony wood.

After the death of her mother, her father remarried, believing that Snow White needed a loving mother's care. After Snow White's father leaving the kingdom for a war, she was treated to be miserabled and abused by Queen Chrystal. Despite the cruelty of her stepmother, Snow White remains sweet, kind-hearted, gentle, beautiful and innocent.

Shortly after finding love in a handsome young Prince named Richard and becoming the fairest woman in the kingdom, Snow White learns that Queen Chrystal is determined to kill her. Frightened, Snow White forcibly runs away from her castle to escape her stepmother's wrath, but she finds shelter in the cottage. Later, Snow White befriends the Seven Dwarfs, guessing the names was Boss, Jolly, Goldie, Gourmet, Woody, Chamomile and Vet. Now a refugee, Snow White dreams of reuniting with Prince Richard and living happily ever after.

Background
Snow White was born in her Kingdom as a princess by birth, for she was the daughter of King Conrad and Queen Rosebud, the rulers of a Kingdom named Green Valley. Her skin as milk and white as snow, her lips were as red as the rose, and her hair was as black as ebony wood, just like her mother had wished. The Royal Family resided in a beautiful castle, just located in a valley with green deep at the kingdom.

Snow White's mother, Queen Rosebud, fell ill and tragically died shortly after she was only four years old. After some time, as a result of believing his daughter needed the care of a loving mother figure in her life as she was still a child, and the Kingdom must have a Queen, Snow White's father, King Conrad, remarried a vain and cold-hearted Queen named Chrystal.

On Snow White's twelfth birthday, the King, Snow White's beloved father, leaves for war breaks out in the Kingdom, and leaving his daughter all along with her wicked stepmother. As a young lady, Snow White's vain and wicked stepmother Queen Chrystal treated her, scolded her so poorly like a servant in her own home.

Each day, the Queen asked her Magic Mirror, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" When the Mirror answered, "You are the fairest woman in the land, my Queen," Snow White and the other women were safe from the evil Queen's cruel jealousy. After Snow White's mother's personal maid, Molly, were banished by Queen Chrystal, she was left alone with her heartless stepmother. The people of the Kingdom felt sorry for their princess when the evil Queen treated her poorly, but they could not rebel due to Queen Chrystal's cruel power.

Official Description

 * Snow White is a beautiful young princess who charms everyone with her boundless kindness and graceful beauty. Sweet and caring, Snow White is always ready to help - these qualities were used by her wicked stepmother, Queen Chrystal, to kill her for being the fairest woman in the kingdom. Frighteningly, Snow White is forced to leave her castle and hide in the forest, does not succumb to despair and tries to remain optimistic and hopeful. Thanks to her faith in the best, she meets her loyal friends - the Seven Dwarfs, and finds her true love - Prince Richard. And although the wicked Queen poisons Snow White with a poisoned apple, he dream still comes true - Prince Richard appears and saves her life.

Personality
"It's so lovely! Everything so small. It must be a dollhouse."

- Snow White regarding the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White is the sweetest and most gentle princess in her kingdom. She is naive, resilient, sentimental, helpful and very kind, but can also be quite assertive and has the sternness of a mother; for she was raised by her parents. She is also shown to be quite playful, as she teased Jolly. Snow White can also be heart-brokened, as her father, King Conrad, told her that her mother, Queen Rosebud is dead, and her father had to leave the Kingdom for war breaks out to the Kingdom, leaving her with her wicked stepmother, who treated her miserable.

Snow White is a dreamer and a romantic girl, but she is willing to work extra hard if there needs to be in order to earn her keep. She enjoys singing, dancing, cooking (which is thanks to the dwarfs teaching her how to do this), daydreaming, and a love of animals. However, her kindness and selflessness can often blind her judgment, and she is quick to break rules if it means to help someone in trouble (as seen when she helped, Jolly wants to help her too). Snow White is always quick to rebel against anything that will go against her high moral values, such as when she let the disguised Queen enter the cottage, thinking her as a sickly, old peddler, despite the warnings from the dwarfs. Snow White is shown to be clever as she recognizes that her stepmother is in disguise as an old peddler woman and tricked her into eating the poisoned apple.

Possibly because of her mother has died when she was young, Snow White is very empathetic towards the dwarfs when they need a someone to do chores for all of them. Snow White is well-known as an optimist; even when others were rude to her, or when things looked grim, she always had a positive outlook on life.

Snow White is the most pure-hearted princess; she is never mean-spirited, unfriendly, unsympathetic, callous, or headstrong, and, because of her resilience and hopeful nature, she shows a great inner strength against adversity. This is an example of the fact that one does not have to be physically tough to be strong.

Snow White is coined as the Fairest of Them All; this is because of her purity showing much more beauty than her stepmother Queen Chrystal's vanity and jealousy. She can also be playful, and somewhat sassy, as she takes advantage of Jack's sour disposition and initial dislike for her by teasing him, as opposed to acting out of shock, much to Jack's annoyance. She dislikes Jack's initial attidue towards her. Snow White is always helpful and brave, but she is also annoyed by Jolly's stubborness. Snow White is well-known as an optimist; even when others were rude to her, or when things looked grim, she always had a positive outlook on life.

Though generally childlike and gentle, Snow White can also be assertive, with the authoritative nature of a mother. Once she takes residence in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, Snow White takes control of the household, turning it from an unkempt hovel to a clean and humble environment, something the dwarfs show acceptance and delight over. She furthered her authority by giving the dwarfs a designated bedtime, as well as forcing them to wash in order to eat dinner; and despite some initial reluctance from the dwarfs, they were ultimately unable to bypass Snow White's firm attitude. In addition, she showed leadership potential when guiding the animals around the house during their cleaning session, successfully instructing them on how to best clean the house and various items inside.

Having been teached by the dwarfs how to do houseworks, Snow White is hard-working. In spite of her housework being forced upon, she was shown to be efficient with her chores. In the dwarfs' cottage, she didn't hesitate to clean the household upon discovering how filthy it was, never minding the work that had to be put into such a task. She doesn't take her blessings of finding shelter in the dwarfs' cottage for granted, instead making the decision to work for her residence.

Possibly Snow White's greatest flaw is also her greatest strength. Due to her strong sense of kindness and goodwill upon others, the young princess can at times be gullible and easily manipulated to rebel against the orders of others, such as when she invited an old harmless and sickly peddler woman into the cottage for health care, disobeying the Dwarfs' orders to stay away from strangers. This would result in her downfall. However, as mentioned above, Snow White's loving heart is ultimately able to prevail, as her mutual love for Prince Richard saves her life. This exempliflies both the dangers and advantanges of having a pure heart and making her a more human character.

Snow White is a very deeply compassionate and pure-hearted girl. She holds respect for all life and is kind to almost everyone she meets. However, when she saw what her evil stepmother, Queen Chrystal, had done, she grew more and more brave and eventually resolved to stop Chrystal, proving herself a courageous and selfless woman. Snow White remains hopeful of a better tomorrow and uses her experiences to make her a stronger person. When Snow White is happily to live with Prince Richard, she was very joyfully and always being kind to her friends.

Physical appearance
"The most beautiful in the entire Kingdom is Princess Snow White."

- The Magic Mirror answering the fairest of them all is Snow White

Snow White is a beautiful young teenage twelfth-year-old princess blessed with such pure surpassing beauty, gentle grace, sublime grandeur and unmatched charms, elegance and loveliness so flawless, special and enchanting she is the Fairest of Them All. Snow White is considered the most beautiful girl in her kingdom with milk-white skin, rosy-red lips, ebony-black hair, and blue eyes. She is very sweet, but also very shy. Being fairly shot in height, Snow White has a rather slender, flat-chested figure, and dainty feet.

Her simple court dress consits of a pink bodice with a below white collar; her long puffy sleeves are a white color than her bodice, which was very fashionable. It involved cutting the cloth on the outside of the outfit and pulling through another layer of cloth from underneath. The long yellow shirt right down to her legs with tan pumps decorated with pink bows. Snow White's short hair is styled in a bob and wavy, and parted in the middle. She also wears a white hairpin with a margaret flower in her hair. Snow White wears a pin with gem in her neck bodice.

When in the ballroom, Snow White wears a ballgown with a light pink bodice with a below white collar; she has long puffy sleeves are a white color than her bodice, which was very beautiful. Her gown has a light pink peplum, a laced pink petticoat, and a ribbon of bow.

After at the village with the dwarfs, Snow White wears a light purple bodice with two laced with white puffed sleeves. Her dress has a small white collar. Snow White's dress has a short red dress right down her knee, and she wears a brown boots. She has a white apron along with her dress. Snow White is still wears her pin which Prince Richard giving to her before he go.

When she was a child, Snow White was a beauty to behold, with short wavy black hair, baby blue eyes, a fair white skin, and a short height. Snow White's movements as "graceful, stately, and elegant", indicative of an aristocratic upbringing. When she joins her prince on his horse, Snow White rides sidesaddle. Another indication of her "dainty" and "ladylike" style.

Snow White's innocent-looking appearance contrasts with that her stepmother's sexual maturity, both in appearance and demeanor. Yet the narcissistic desire of the Queen to become the most beautiful woman sets the conflict between stepmother and stepdaughter. The mirror serves as the "male judge of female beauty" in this contest, and the Queen seemingly depends on the mirror's "judgmental voice" in her self-evaluation. While both women are depicted as beautiful in the film, Snow White is evaluated as being better than her fierce and cold-mannered stepmother.

Powers and Abilities

 * Cooking Skills: Thanks to the dwarfs teaching her how to cook, Snow White has knowledge of cooking, which she showcased in the show. She made soup for the dwarves, and after they smelled it, they commented that it smelled good and attempted to try it. Snow White made each pies for her friends. She can prepare meals and making desserts for everybody.
 * Animal Empathy and Communication: Snow White has a special ability to communicating and talking with animals. She always using her charms to make the animals helping her. With her sweet nature, Snow White has shown a remarkable affinity to most animals she encounters.
 * Magic/Magic Earth: Snow White uses her magic to get the elements of Earth.

The Legend of Snow White
At the castle, King Conrad and Queen Rosebud ruled a happy and peaceful Kingdom, but while their people were happy and content, the King and Queen were not for they longed to have a child. When Queen Rosebud looking at the beautiful snowflakes outside the window, she wished to have a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as the rose and hair as black as ebony. The winter was long and snow covered the entire Kingdom, but soon the winter became spring. In the spring, the flowers became bloomed and the grass stood and wait for the Sun, a baby daughter was born to King Conrad and Queen Rosebud. The princess was named Snow White because her skin was as white as snow that had fallen the long winter.

Snow White grew to be a precocious child, but soon after, the Queen became ill. Queen Rosebud told her husband that he must've taking care of the princess, and he must marry a new Queen for Snow White's sake. After the Queen died, Snow White and her father mourned in silence and solitude, then the King remarried a woman named Chrystal from a nearby Kingdom. The new Queen was very beautiful, but inside she was cruel and cold-hearted. She had such vanity that she consulted her Magic Mirror every day, ordering the slave within to reveal who is the fairest of them all. Every day the mirror said that Queen Chrystal is the fairest, and she is very pleased.

After the years passed, Snow White grew up to be a beautiful young woman, and she became more and more beautiful than her stepmother. One spring day, when Snow White celebrated her 12th birthday, her father King Conrad is going away to war, leaving the Kingdom in the hands of Queen Chrystal. One day, when the vain Queen asked her Magic Mirror, it informed her that Snow White has finally became the fairest of them all. This news made Queen Chrystal angrily in jealousy.

The Evil Queen summoned her Huntsman Samson to her and ordered him to take Snow White into the forest and kill her. The Queen asked him to bring Snow White's heart back in a leather sack that he had succeeded in the task. The morning arrived with brilliant sunshine and the birds twittering, Samson took Snow White to a secluded glade and, checking that no one else is present. Snow White picking flowers and saw Samson throws a bow to shot the girl, screamed in terror. However, Samson cannot bring himself to kill Snow White upon seeing a black bear to kill her. He warned the girl stay away from the bear and told her of her stepmother Queen Chrystal's insane jealousy and told her to run away and never come back. She took his advice and fleed through the forest. Overcome by terror, she eventually collapsed, sobbing. As light entered the forest, the woodland squirrel named Pikki cautiously approached Snow White while she cried, and she was comforted by him and befriended him.

No longer frightened, Snow White and her new friend lead to the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs; she entered and found that no one is home. Feeling hungry, Snow White noticing that the cottage had food, and she eaten seven breads. Later that evening, Snow White and Pikki went upstairs to find seven little beds. Feeling sleepy, she fell asleep over three of them.

The Seven Dwarfs return home from a day's work at the Dwarfs' Mine. They entered the house, creeping around as they search for the 'thief' they believe that had invaded their home. They heared a noise coming from upstairs, and, after an unsuccessful attempt by Jolly to chase the thing down, they entered the bedroom together. The Dwarfs approached the three beds that are being slept in, and are about to strike when Boss removed the bed cover to reveal Snow White sleeping, causing them to hold their eyes upon seeing her.

They are all infatuated with her, but Goldie grumbles about her unwelcome presence, telling that she must leaving. She was first startled by the dwarfs, but soon befriended them. All the dwarfs, except for Goldie, agreed that Snow White was welcome to stay if she doing the housework for them to keep her safe from her evil stepmother. The next morning, Snow White wave goodbye for the dwarfs as they leaving for the mine, guessing the names of Jolly, Boss, Chamomile, Vet, Gourmet, and Goldie because Jolly told her. Noticing that the whole cottage is a complete mess, Snow White cleaned the cottage, but she was very clumsy.

When the dwarfs returned, they learned that their cottage wasn't clean yet. They told Snow White to get out of their house, Jolly became saddened and went to talk with Snow White. Knowing that Jolly was happy, they agreed and told the princess must stay with them forever. And so, Snow White was no longer alone on the lovely day, and the dwarfs welcomed the young princess into their humble home and they became her new family.

When Samson went to the dwarfs' cottage, Snow White welcomed him and told the dwarfs all about her stepmother, Queen Chrystal. The next morning, after a night of the laughter and fellowship, the Seven Dwarfs headed off to the mine. After the dwarfs left, Snow White is cooking meal, washing clothes, and cleaning the cottage, with the help of her pets, Milk, Pocket and Cucù. Snow White and her friends lived happily together as a family.

Meanwhile, back at the castle, Queen Chrystal, after being told by the Magic Mirror that Snow White is still alive, descended into her laboratory and prepared a Poisoned Lace, one laced around the victim's waist which will sended the victim dead. Believing that the princess will be dead, Queen Chrystal sended her pet bat to bring the lace to Snow White.

As Snow White opened the door, she found a beautiful green lace, and laced it around her little waist. She soon fell to the floor after feeling the poison's effects, which caused her to be dead. The Evil Queen had gotten her wish to be possessed of beauty unsurpassed. Fortunately, the dwarfs found the lace and unlaced it around Snow White's waist. She was breathing and alive again. The dwarfs was very happy and warned her to stay away from the strange things and strangers.

Back at the castle, Queen Chrystal learned that Snow White is still alive again, used her dark magic to send a curse. Under the curse of her evil stepmother, the entire Kingdom was turned to stone, no one was spared, except for the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. Then the Evil Queen prepared a Poisoned Apple, one bite of which will sended its victim into the Sleeping Curse, which can only be cured by 'True Love's Kiss'. She disguised herself as an old peddler woman, leaving the castle and went to the dwarfs' cottage to find Snow White.

At the cottage, Snow White decided to bake pies for the dwarfs. She is then startled by the appearance of an old peddler woman who was actually, unbeknownst her, her wicked stepmother in disguise, knocking at the door. She offered Snow White the apple, but the girl had feeling strange. Thankful toward Snow White for being so good to her, Queen Chrystal told her that the apple is no ordinary apple; but is a magic wishing apple, capable of finding joy and happiness. Snow White taking the apple and, before taking a bite, she hugged the old woman and told her the witchcraft doesn't frighten her. Snow White did so and soon fell to the floor after feeling the poison's effects, which caused her to fall into a Sleeping Curse. After she fell, Queen Chrystal scolded Snow White that she knew her disguise and the apple was poisoned. The wicked Queen brought Snow White back to the castle to possess her body.

With the arrival of the young handsome Prince named Richard, the dwarfs and others plotted to defeat the Evil Queen. Meanwhile, at the castle, the Queen prepared her magic to take Snow White's body. At that time, Prince Richard and his friends have gathered in the cave of the sword. Boss repeated the chant that is written on his amulet to extract the sacred sword from the stone. The Prince putting out of the sword, and they went to the castle to save Snow White. When they found Snow White, they learned that the Evil Queen died as she tried to steal the girl's body.

The dwarfs had found Snow White and they grieved her death. At mourning, they hold a funeral for her at the forest. Finding her so beautiful, even in death, they cannot find it in their hearts to bury her and instead place her in a handmade coffin covered by flowers.

As the time went by, Prince Richard riding to the clearing where Snow White's coffin coffin had been placed. The dwarfs and Samson making way for Richard to approach Snow White. He then gave the princess a kiss, a "True Love's Kiss", which broke the curse, reviving Snow White. She woke up and, upon seeing Prince Richard, reunited with him. The dwarfs and others rejoice, Prince carries Snow White to his horse. When King Conrad learned that Queen Chrystal did to Snow White, he smashed the Magic Mirror. Snow White returned to her castle, and reunited with her father. Snow White and Prince were married, and she waving her father and each dwarf goodbye before leaving with the Prince for his castle, where they lived happily ever after.

The Legend of Snow White: Richard of Albertville
In this movie, Snow White appears at her bedroom, alongside her pets, Milk, Pocket and Cucù. As Molly went to give Snow White and the pets a breakfast, she told Molly that she can't take her pets to the woods to play, for her stepmother Queen Chrystal forbidden her not to leave her room. Realized that the princess want to go outside, Molly decided that she would talk to the Queen. Worrily, Snow White searchs for Molly in the castle, as the time, she bumped into her stepmother.

Snow White apologized Queen Chrystal, but as she left, the Queen ordered the princess must lower herself to drop her fan. Seeing this, Molly try to stop, but Snow White dropped the fan to the Queen. As Queen Chrystal left with laughing, Molly scolded Snow White that a princess mustn't doing that and that only servants can do this job. Next morning, Snow White making some plants beside her fireplace to make the bed for her pets. At that time, Queen Chrystal went to her room and told Snow White that she can take the pets go to the woods to play and that the Queen have been nervous lately. Snow White and her pets playing in the woods happily together, however, when she returned to the palace, she learned that her wicked stepmother banished Molly from the castle forever.

In the castle, Queen Chrystal is going to get a party to make everyone admiring her beauty. During the party, Snow White and her pets went to the courtyard to see a rainbow. However, when she learned that her pets are missing and thought that they want to play hide-and-seek. As she tried to catch the pets, Snow White saw they are standing in front of a tree where a young man named Prince Richard appears. Snow White is then seen by her pets and is shocked to fall down to the grass. Prince Richard helped her to get up and introduced himself to the princess. Snow White introduced herself to the Prince and he told her that he knew her when he was at the party of her castle.

The Legend of Snow White: The Series
Snow White was born in Green Valley to her father, King Conrad, and her mother, Queen Rosebud, with skin was as white as snow, hair was black as ebony and lips was as the red color of the rose after the long winter. A four years later, during her fourth birthday, her parents gave Snow White three nice, sweet animals as her own pets. While playing in the woods, she heard the whistling behind some bushes. As she entered the bush, Snow White saw seven dwarfs, now walking back home now whistling. She started to run, and told her nanny Molly that she saw the dwarfs and went to the palace to tell her mother.

Differences from the source material
While there are many similarities between the Brothers Grimm's version and this Snow White, there are also many differences:
 * In the original version, Snow White is only seven years old when she incites the Queen's jealousy after the magic mirror reveals Snow White is more beautiful than her.
 * In the first edition, it was Snow White's biological mother who wanted to kill her (although in later editions, it was changed to a stepmother).
 * The huntsman, who was ordered to do away with the girl and bring back her heart as a token for the queen, lets her go after the princess begs him to spare her life and promises to never return home.
 * The wild woodland creatures in the wood never become her friends, yet they never come to harm her.
 * The dwarfs' cottage is found in a neat state with supper ready on the table, and from which Snow White helps herself from each setting.
 * Twice the wicked queen attempts to do away with the princess, by use of ribbons to suffocate her, then with an enchanted comb to drug her, but only with the third attempt of an apple that was poisoned does it fully work out.
 * A piece of the poisoned apple gets stuck in her throat, and she falls unconscious.
 * The dwarfs, who saved Snow White after her attempted two murders, can't rescue her and place her in a glass and gold coffin with her name engraved on it and that she was a king's daughter.
 * Three birds come to sing for the princess, being an owl, a raven, and lastly, a dove.
 * Over the years, Snow White grows into a beautiful woman inside the coffin. A prince happens to hear of a beautiful princess sleeping in the forest and discovers Snow White's coffin.
 * The prince buys the coffin from the dwarfs and the prince's servants carry it back to his castle. While they are proceeding, they stumble over a bush, and the piece of the poisoned apple flies from Snow White's throat, and she awakens.
 * Upon saying goodbye to the dwarfs, Snow White promises that she would return to visit them often.
 * The wicked queen learns that the new bride-to-be is fairer than she, and upon arriving at the wedding, finds out the bride is Snow White. She is then made to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she falls down dead. Other bowdlerized versions say that the Queen dies instantly from the rage in her heart after seeing Snow White still alive.
 * In some translations, Snow White's name was actually Snowdrop or Snowball.

Trivia

 * Snow White is only shown as a royalty as a princess in the series.
 * Snow White is the youngest character, being 12 years old.
 * Snow White was originally going to have blonde hair, but her hair was changed to black to make her more relatable.
 * Interestingly, in the story, she might have never realised that the old woman was her stepmother in disguise, nor that she ever had any malicious intentions. After biting the apple and falling into the sleeping curse, the next thing she would've known was waking up after being kissed by the Prince, so she probably assumed that it was indeed a wishing apple and that her wish had come true. However, during her appearance on The Legend of Snow White, Snow White did learn that the peddler woman who visited her was in fact her evil stepmother in disguise and that the apple was poisoned.
 * All the stories, Snow White is one of the princesses who are being raised by a villain, after Cinderella and Rapunzel.
 * Unlike her Disney's counterpart, Snow White interacted with her stepmother Queen Chrystal in the show, and she is not being orphaned, like in the Disney film.
 * Besides their shared love of nature and fun, Snow White and Prince Richard also bond over the fact that they both lost their mothers when they were children.