Born to a grieving king after her mother's death at fifteen, Snow White faces a stepmother consumed by vanity. This queen daily consults a magic mirror, demanding confirmation she is the fairest. When the mirror finally names Snow White instead, the enraged queen orders a huntsman to kill her. Moved by Snow White's desperate pleas, the huntsman spares her life, leaving her lost and alone in the vast forest. Exhausted, Snow White discovers a small cottage. Finding it empty, she eats some food and falls asleep in one of the beds. The cottage belongs to seven kind but unnamed dwarfs who return home to find her. They agree to let her stay in exchange for housekeeping, sternly warning her to avoid strangers while they are away at work. Learning Snow White still lives, the stepmother transforms herself into an old peddler woman. She visits the cottage and tricks the trusting Snow White into biting a poisoned apple. Snow White immediately collapses into a death-like slumber. Discovering her, the dwarfs place her in a glass coffin, unable to bury someone who appears merely asleep. Months later, a prince hunting in the forest finds the glass coffin. Hearing the tragic tale from the dwarfs, he lifts Snow White's body to carry her away. This movement dislodges the poisoned apple from her throat, reviving her. The prince declares his love and proposes marriage, which Snow White accepts. Unaware of the revival, the stepmother consults her mirror again and learns a bride now surpasses her beauty. Attending the royal wedding, she is horrified to find Snow White is the bride. Consumed by rage, she transforms into her hag form, mounts a broomstick, brandishes a magic sword, and flies to attack. Mid-flight, a bolt of lightning strikes her, causing her to fall and crumble to dust. Snow White is characterized by her innocence, kindness, and trusting nature. Her appearance features skin white as snow, lips red as a rose, and hair black as ebony, wearing a dress reminiscent of Disney's design. The dwarfs are depicted as kind but generic figures without individualized traits or names in the original version, though the American dub uses Disney-inspired names; their role is providing shelter and mourning. The stepmother uses only the poisoned apple, excluding other methods like a suffocating bodice or comb. Snow White's revival occurs solely by the apple being dislodged through movement, not a kiss, rendering the prince's role passive. The stepmother's demise combines elements from Disney (lightning strike) and other media (broomstick flight, crumbling to dust).