Myrsina
Myrsina (Greek: Η Μυρσίνη) or Myrtle (Greek: Μυρτιά) is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas [el] in Folktales of Greece.[1] Other variants were collected by Anna Angelopoulou.[2]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 709, Snow White, though substituting many motifs: sisters for the stepmother, the Sun for the magic mirror, abandonment in the woods for an attempt to kill, and the Months for dwarves.[3] Others of this type include Bella Venezia, Nourie Hadig, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree.[4] and La petite Toute-Belle.
Synopsis
Myrsina is the youngest of three orphaned sisters. Three times, the sun declares that she is the most beautiful. Her jealous sisters tell her it is time to honor their mother with a memorial, or to rebury her. They make the traditional food, go to her grave in the forest, and exclaim they have forgotten the shovel and so can not plant flowers, or can not dig her up to rebury her. The two oldest must go back for it, and Myrsina watch the food. In the evening, Myrsina realizes they will not return and cries. This wakes the trees, and one tells her to roll her bread down the hill and follow it. She does and lands in a pit, wherein is a house. She hides there and does the housework while the owners, the Months, are about. The Months wonder who is doing it until the youngest stays behind and hides. He catches her, and the Months take her as their sister.
Word reaches her sisters. They come to her with a poisoned cake, claiming to have been unable to find her. She gives part of the cake to the dog, and it dies. When the sisters hear she is still alive, they come back; she will not open the door to them, but they claim to have a ring that their mother said must go to Myrsina. She could not defy her mother's wishes, so she put on the ring and fell to the floor. The Months returned, lamented her, and kept her body in a golden chest.
A prince came by, and they gave him their best room, so that he saw the chest. He pleaded for it, and they finally gave it to him on the condition that he never open it. He became ill and did not want to die without knowing what was in the chest; he opened it, wondered at Myrsina, and thought the ring might reveal to him who she was. He took it off, and Myrsina came back to life. Myrsina had the ring thrown into the sea and married the prince. One day, her sisters came to harm her, and the prince had his soldiers deal with them.
References
- ^ Georgios A. Megas, Folktales of Greece, p 107, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970
- ^ Soula Mitakidou and Anthony L. Manna, with Melpomeni Kanatsouli, Folktales from Greece: A Treasury of Delights, p 9 ISBN 1-56308-908-4
- ^ Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece, p 231, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970
- ^ Heiner, Heidi Anne. "Tales Similar to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Sur la Lune. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020.
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- "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree"
- "Snow-White-Fire-Red"
- "Richilde"
- "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights"
- "Nourie Hadig"
- "Myrsina"
- "Bella Venezia"
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- Snow White
- Snow White (Disney)
- The Queen
- Evil Queen (Disney)
- The Seven Dwarfs
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- The Huntsman
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- Snow White (1902)
- Snow White (1916)
- Betty Boop in Snow-White (1933)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
- The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955)
- Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
- Snow White (1961)
- The New Adventures of Snow White (1969)
- A Snow White Christmas (1980)
- Neberte nám princeznú (1981)
- Hófehér (1984)
- Snow White (1987)
- Happily Ever After (1989)
- The Magic Riddle (1991)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
- Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
- 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood (2004)
- 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006)
- Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
- Sydney White (2007)
- Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White—Another Bite @ the Apple (2009)
- Blanche Neige (2009)
- Grimm's Snow White (2012)
- Mirror Mirror (2012)
- Blancanieves (2012)
- Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
- The Seventh Dwarf (2014)
- Charming (2018)
- Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
- Snow White and the Evil Queen (2024)
- Snow White (2025)
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- The 7D (TV series)
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- A Snow White Christmas (musical)
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- Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (OVA)
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