Snow White and 7 dwarfs can be real

The researchers found evidence that the world famous fairy tale "Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs" doesn't have to imagine 100%.

In the article "Schneewittchen: Marchen oder Wahrheit?" (Snow White: Is it a fairy tale?) Published in 1994, German historian Eckhard Sander claims to find the original version of the story in the European folklore collection published by the Grimm brothers. 1812.

Snow White is Margarete von Waldeck?

According to Sander, the character of Snow White was built based on the life of the German girl Margarete von Waldeck. She was born in 1533 and is the daughter of Count Phillip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen. At the age of 16, she was taken by Katharina's stepmother to Widungen, Brussels. There, she fell in love with the prince who later became King Phillip II of Spain.

Her father and stepmother opposed this relationship because they thought it was "politically troubling". Margarete mysteriously died at age 21. People suspected she was poisoned. According to historical records, the King of Spain probably sent his subordinates to assassinate Margarete because of her opposition to the prince.

Illustrate "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".(Photo: Ancient-origins).

About the 7 dwarfs, historian Margarete's father owned several copper mines and hired children to work as slaves. The harsh working conditions and poor diet make many children die as children. Children who survive are stunted and deformed limbs. Therefore, they are often called "pitiful dwarfs".

According to Sander, the poison apple comes from an event in German history. An old man was arrested for bringing poison to the children he suspected of stealing his fruits.

Or Maria Maria von Erthal?

There are also people who disagree with Sander's explanation of the origin of the story. According to a research group in Lohr, Bavaria, the story is based on the life of Maria Sophia von Erthal, born on June 15, 1729 in Lohr am Main, Bavaria. She is the daughter of Prince Philipp Christoph, an 18th century landlord, and his wife Baroness von Bettendoff.

After his wife died, Prince Philipp remarried Claudia Elisabeth Maria von Venningen, Reichenstein Countess. People say she hates her own children.

In the castle where they live there is a "talking mirror" . This sound-emitting toy was made in 1720 by Mainz's mirror manufacturing plant in Lohr. It was found in Maria's stepmother's house that used to live.

This "talking mirror" is an ornament in the castle where Maria's stepmother lives.(Photo: Spessart Museum).

The dwarfs in Maria's story are also associated with a mining town called Bieber in the west of Lohr and between seven mountains. Only the small miners wearing bright hoods, like the elves still described in the story, can get into the smallest tunnels there.

The team at Lohr said that the glass casket in the story is associated with glass products made in the area, and that the apple may be related to deadly poisonous lettuce grown here.

According to Acient Origins, although the story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a mystery, however, we can be certain that this story is based on some real facts. in history.