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When did "only half of an apple motif poisoned" start?

It's recurring in adaptations, but was it in Grimm's tale or any of its early revisions? 94.254.154.204 (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the original 1812 edition of the Grimm fairy tale says that "Now the apple had been so artfully made that only the red half was poisoned." The 1819 revision adds a line attributing the creation of the poisoned comb and apple to witchcraft. 2001:4644:9BC1:0:ECD4:BB2E:E46F:1C96 (talk) 03:55, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Article needs to be rethought out.

The list of films and honestly all adaptions should probably resemble more the current article for Fairy Godmother. Just a list and like maybe a little blurb about it? Idk im new to this but like there's so much info on this page for these movies that have their own wikipedia pages??? Also the only sources for a lot of it is 2 books.

Penelope808 (talk) 03:22, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a ridiculous amount of extraneous info. It needs an entire rehaul. Corvidoccult (talk) 03:33, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with this article

I have a lot of questions about this article. Why is there a separate bibliography and citations section? Why are there so many unnecessary citations(why are we citing Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales?)? Why is there a list of adaptations with literally nothing in it? What is going on with the interpretations section?

I think a lot of this article just needs a total overhaul. I unfortunately don't have the time right now but hopefully somebody else does. Heyitsthatdudeben (talk) 00:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In Nov 2024 a lot of text was removed; it was added back in in Jan 2025. I don't know how to feel about the article, but it is definitely full of content now. Dmh430 (talk) 07:48, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article is full of unsourced material, which I have tagged for citations. If this material isn't cited, then it should be removed per WP:V. Skyerise (talk) 12:58, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Work in progress depository of stuff

Removed permanently or temporarily, at least by me and right now.

I'll be restoring entries after I source them, or someone else can if they do. 94.246.147.217 (talk) 23:14, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another modern rendition of the fairy tale, also devoid of magical motifs, is the Slovak television musical Let the Princess Stay with Us (Neberte nám princeznú). In it, the Queen's role is taken by the protagonist Katka's biological mother, played by Marie Rottrová.

In Rebecca Willoughby's The Evil Queen (2024), the sorceress Rowena has seized the throne after orchestrating the death of her husband, the King. Despite her malevolence, Rowena's sorcery prevents the kingdom from succumbing to a mysterious phenomenon known as "the flood." Snow White remains unaware that her rightful claim to the throne is a threat to Rowena's rule.

Evil Queen in works based on Snow White

I see that this article is tagged for splitting off the "Adaptations" section into a new article Evil Queen in works based on Snow White. I also see that this article has gone through considerable change since it was tagged. If the tag is still relevant, I support the split as (a) the article is currently very long, and (b) any adaptations that are not based firmly in the Snow White tradition (whatever that is) are outside the scope outlined in the opening paragraph / lede. --Northernhenge (talk) 20:47, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Couldn't we just make an article named Evil Queen (Snow White) instead? It's a folklore figure so it's not like there exists one 'canon' version.★Trekker (talk) 21:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • My mistake, seems this article is already about the character from the Snow White fairy tale, I was under the mistaken impression that this article was about the trope of an evil queen in general as they appear in folklore. (For example: Hermod and Hadvor, The Six Servants, The Wild Swans, The Queen of Scotland, The Youth and the Maiden with Stars on their Foreheads and Crescents on their Breasts, Lovely Ilonka, etc.★Trekker (talk) 21:46, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. Fablerum (talk) 14:18, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]