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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

snow often taken as a type of whiteness and brightness.
Snow Queen a cold-hearted woman, from the chief character in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale with this title; the cruel but beautiful queen who carries off Kay to her frozen kingdom, from which he is ultimately rescued by his playmate Gerda.
Snow White in the traditional fairy story, the princess whose wicked stepmother attempts to murder her, and who finds refuge with the Seven Dwarfs (see seven). The queen seeks out the dwarfs' cottage in the guise of a pedlar and tries to kill her stepdaughter, with a poisoned lace, a poisoned comb, and finally a poisoned apple, one bite of which apparently kills her. The Dwarfs, who cannot revive her, place her in a coffin of glass; she is found there by a prince who raises her so that the piece of apple falls from her lips and she regains consciousness.

See also driven snow, north wind doth blow, we shall have snow.

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