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FAQ I often receive e-mails asking me to name the seven dwarfs. The seven dwarfs are only named in the Disney film of the story, not in the traditional tales I provide on this site. However, if you want the name of Disney's seven dwarfs, they are: Happy The limited edition DVD and video are available on Amazon:
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The following tales are similar to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale, AT-709. I have included the English language tales of this type which have been gathered by title by D. L. Ashliman in his A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Sometimes I include tales of other classifications when I deem them relevant to the theme. The tales come from many cultures and are similar to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs story in various ways. I have placed the tales in alphabetical order with bibliographic information and links to texts of the stories if a text is available on the internet.
The Beautiful Anna * Full text of tale is available online. The Beautiful Anna A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Gonzenbach, Laura. Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach. Jack Zipes, editor and translator. New York: Routledge, 2005. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Beautiful Daughter A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from West Africa. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Beautiful Stepdaughter A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Spain. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Bella Venezia A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. Blanca Rosa and the Forty Thieves A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Pino-Saaverdra, Yolando, ed. Folktales of Chile. Rockwell Gray, ed. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. Child Margarita A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Pitré, Giuseppe. The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré. Volume 1. Jack Zipes and Joseph Russo, editors. New York: Routledge, 2008. The Crystal Casket A text for this story is available at The Crystal Casket. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Crane, Thomas Frederick. Italian Popular Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Cymbeline You can read more about Cymbeline and find links to the play online on Wikipedia at Cymbeline. This play/tale is not AT-709, but it bears many similarities to Snow White. The play is from England and is by William Shakespeare. An English language version of the tale adapted from the play is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Death of the Seven Dwarfs A text for this story is available at The Death of the Seven Dwarfs. The text is available on D. L. Ashliman's website. Follow the link above. Fatimé A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Albania. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Favored Daughter A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Gabon. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Giricoccola A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. Gold Tree and Silver Tree A text for this story is available at Gold Tree and Silver Tree. This tale is AT-709. Read more about this tale's connection to Snow White at The Lai of Eliduc and the Märchen of Little Snow-White by Alfred Nutt. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Jacobs, Joseph, ed. Celtic Fairy Tales. New York: Dover, 1968. (Originally published 1892.) Hajir A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Stevens, Ethel S. Folk-Tales of Iraq. Oxford, 1931. pp. 114-119. The Innkeeper (Italy) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Innkeeper (Portugal) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Portugal. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Jealous Mother A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Koudia, Jilali El. Moroccan Folktales. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2003. pp. 53-63. King Peacock A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Louisiana, United States. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Lay of Eliduc Read the tale at The Lay of Eliduc. Read more about this tale's connection to Snow White at The Lai of Eliduc and the Märchen of Little Snow-White by Alfred Nutt. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from France. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Little Snow-white (Sílata, Turkey) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Sílata, Turkey. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Little Snow-white (Ulaghátsh, Turkey) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Ulaghátsh, Turkey. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Magic Mirror A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Romania. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Magic Needle A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Turkey. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Maiden With the Rose on Her Forehead A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Portugal. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Maria, the Evil Stepmother, and the Seven Robbers A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Gonzenbach, Laura. Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach. Jack Zipes, editor and translator. New York: Routledge, 2005. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Marietta and the Witch, Her Stepmother A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Greece. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Maroula and the Mother of Erotas A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Greece. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Maruzzedda A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Gonzenbach, Laura. Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach. Jack Zipes, editor and translator. New York: Routledge, 2005. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Mirror A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from France. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. More Beautiful Than the Moon A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Shamy, Hasan M. El-. Tales Arab Women Tell. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1999. pp. 106-12. Myrsina; or, Myrtle A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Megas, Georgios A., ed. Folktales of Greece. Helen Colaclides, translator. Folktales of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. Ngana Fenda Maria A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Angola. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Nourie Hadig A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Villa, Susie Hoogasian. 100 Armenian Tales. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966. Our Lady of the Rosary A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Espinosa, Aurelio M. The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest. J. Manuel Espinosa, ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. Pomegranate Seed A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Patai, Raphael, editor and translator. Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. pp. 217-22. Richilde A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Germany. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Rodia A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Greece. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Romana A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Schwartz, Howard. Miriam's Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from Around the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. pp. 67-78 Snow White (Albania) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Albania. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Snow White (Greek) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Dawkins, R. M., ed. and trans. Modern Greek Folktales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1953. Snow White (German) A text for this story is available on SurLaLune as The Annotated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, translator. New York: Bantam, 1987. Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. "Little Snow White." Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974. Snow White (English) A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971. Snowdrop A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Snowwhite A text for this story is available at Snowwhite. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Jacobs, Joseph, ed. European Folk and Fairy Tales. New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1916. The Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is Appalachian American. An English language version is available in: Campbell, Marie. Tales from the Cloud Walking Country. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. (Reprint available from Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.) *See also Tina Hanlon's annotated bibliography of Appalachian Snow White stories part of AppLit at http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/SnowWhite.htm. The Stepmother A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from France. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Story of Vilfrídr Fairer-than-Vala A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Iceland. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Tale of the Dead Tsarevna and the Seven Heroes A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Russia and was written by Alexander Pushkin. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Thizourith Imellah A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Algeria. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Three Sisters A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. A Tuscan Snow-White and the Dwarfs A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Italy. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Udea and Her Seven Brothers A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Libya. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Unnatural Mother and the Girl With a Star on Her Forehead A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Mozambique. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Vain Queen Text available at The Vain Queen. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. Pedroso, Consiglieri. Portuguese Folk-Tales. Folk Lore Society Publications, Vol. 9. Miss Henrietta Monteiro, translator. New York: Folk Lore Society Publications, 1882. The Wildwood King A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. George Martin, translator. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. The Woman and the Sun A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Morocco. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The World’s Beautiful Woman A text for this story is not available on the web due to copyright restrictions. This tale is AT-709. The tale is from Hungary. An English language version is available in: Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune Press with CreateSpace, 2010. The Young Slave A text for this story is available at The Young Slave. This tale is AT-709. An English language version is available in: Basile, Giambattista. The Pentamerone. Benedetto Croce, translator. New York: Dutton, 1932. Basile, Giovanni Batiste. Il Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales. Sir Richard Burton, translator. London: Henry and Company, 1893. Heiner, Heidi Anne, editor. 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