# What's the deal with Rose Red? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806 "2006-08-01T00:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/1 "2006-08-01T00:25:46Z")
I’m only familiar with the story from the Disney version, but apparently, in the original fable, Snow White had a sister named Rose Red. How did she fit into the story? How different was the original from the version most of us are familiar with from the movie? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/2 "2006-08-01T00:29:06Z")
_[Snow White and Rose Red](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow-White_and_Rose-Red)_ is not the same story as _[Snow White](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White)_. Those links should answer a few questions. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/3 "2006-08-01T00:31:39Z")
[Snow White and Rose Red is actually a different fairy tale.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow-White_and_Rose-Red) It doesn’t have any connection to the better-known Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs other than that they both have a character named Snow White. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/4 "2006-08-01T00:38:51Z")
You are confusing two different fairy tales. The Snow White story that Disney adapted has only the the one princess – the one who went off to live with the seven little men and so on. There is also another story, “Snow White & Rose Red,” which is completely different. The sisters in that story were not princesses, but the daughters of a poor widow. There was a single dwarf in the story – a badtempered one. There is also an enchanted bear. One of my all-time favorite fairy tales (this and King Thrushbeard!). [Here](http://www.paralumun.com/grimmsnowwhite.htm) is a link to a good version of the story. Beware, though, it’s got nasty, bright font on a black background. If I were you I’d copy and paste it into Word before you read it. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/5 "2006-08-01T00:40:05Z")
Damn! You guys are quick! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/6 "2006-08-01T00:49:54Z")
Cool, thanks for the explanations, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/7 "2006-08-01T01:10:07Z")
I had this book as a child, I always loved the illustrations in it. I wonder if I could find it again? Thanks for bringing up fond memories **Miller**. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/8 "2006-08-01T01:11:11Z")
Heh, I thought at first you were asking about the Stephen King haunted house. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-rose-red/366806/9 "2006-08-01T02:55:12Z")
In the comic book series _Fables_ there was an early storyline about a rivalry between the sisters because Snow was so much more famous than Rose.