snowwhite and the 7 dwarves ? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bruce MacCulloch · 09-11-2002, 09:05 PM

Um, no.
Tolkien, being a well-read man, would have had the knowledge to realize that the story of Snow White was not invented by Disney. Read up on your old German fairy tales, look in Grimm's Fairy Tales or a comparable source.
The story has been documented to the eighteenth century, and is probably a bit older. Tolkien would most certainly have been familiar with the tale, and it certainly is a good chance that the idea of the seven Dwarf-fathers came from it.

[ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ]

09-11-2002, 09:05 PM	#5
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Um, no. Tolkien, being a well-read man, would have had the knowledge to realize that the story of Snow White was not invented by Disney. Read up on your old German fairy tales, look in Grimm's Fairy Tales or a comparable source. The story has been documented to the eighteenth century, and is probably a bit older. Tolkien would most certainly have been familiar with the tale, and it certainly is a good chance that the idea of the seven Dwarf-fathers came from it. [ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ] __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

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