Children’s and Household Tales (1812):
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
10 characters in this story:
Children's and Household Tales is also known as: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" or Kinder- und Hausmarchen or Grimm's Fairy Tales. Children's and Household Tales (or Kinder- und Hausmarchen) is commonly known simply as "Grimm's Fairy Tales."
The Aarne-Thompson Grouping number for this story is: 709. The story was first published in the Brothers Grimm collection Kinder- und Hausmarchen (known as "Children's and Household Tales" in English).
The story of "Snow White" was a traditional German folk story. The Brothers Grimm version introduced or featured many of the elements known to modern audiences, including a group of seven dwarves (or dwarfs), who were yet unnamed, as well as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, and the glass coffin.