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This episode is true to the original tale by the Brothers Grimm.

It contains some language, violence, and adult motifs that some might not find suitable.

Discretion is advised. Hello and welcome to Disney Story Origins episode 20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. You're going to

Oh, When someone says the name Snow White these days, images of seven dwarfs singing about going off to work, or of a young girl in bright clothes singing longingly for her prince to come are often brought

to mind thanks to Walt Disney.

The story has become most identified with Disney's retelling, but over 400 variants of the tale have been counted, and it has a long history

full of paternal malevolence and sometimes polygamy, which gives the tale a decidedly adult history.

While the brother's Grimm retelling is now the most commonly bought and sold version in print,

several variations came from Italy, including the young slave and the crystal casket.

The former appears in Jean Batista Bicels Il-Pentamaroni first published in 1634,

and neither tale is a direct to antecedent, but both contain many of the motifs and plot devices found

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