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As for Snow-White, her mother did indeed prick her finger sewing. Her blood dropped on either the snow on her windowsill or her snow-white sewing fabric, depending on the version of the tale, and the beauty of that combined with the ebony windowsill or sewing frame (depending on the version) made her wish for a child as red as blood, as white as snow, and as black as ebony. Strangely, when the child was born, she was named after only one of these attributes.
Another story featuring a snow-white, blood-red child is "The Juniper Tree", where the mother cuts her finger peeling apples. The child is a boy, however, which is interesting. The story itself is quite gruesome (it even features the murder and cannibalism of the little boy), but naturally has a happy ending.
And of course there's the Snow-White of "Snow-White and Rose-Red", the sister to the Rose-Red of the title. These children were named after the white and red rose bushes their mother grew.
I already explained Cinderella in my own post.
Miranda
Another story featuring a snow-white, blood-red child is "The Juniper Tree", where the mother cuts her finger peeling apples. The child is a boy, however, which is interesting. The story itself is quite gruesome (it even features the murder and cannibalism of the little boy), but naturally has a happy ending.
And of course there's the Snow-White of "Snow-White and Rose-Red", the sister to the Rose-Red of the title. These children were named after the white and red rose bushes their mother grew.
I already explained Cinderella in my own post.
Miranda
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