. ▁Mercur y ▁put ▁her ▁to ▁sleep ▁with ▁the ▁touch ▁of ▁his ▁c adu ce us ▁and ▁ra ped ▁her ▁in ▁her ▁sleep . ▁Then ▁Apol lo , ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁an ▁old ▁cr one , ▁approached ▁her ▁and ▁ra ped ▁her ▁again . ▁These ▁aff e ctions ▁led ▁Ch ione ▁to ▁open ly ▁bo ast ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁more ▁beautiful ▁than ▁the ▁god dess ▁D iana ▁herself , ▁resulting ▁in ▁D iana ▁shooting ▁her ▁through ▁the ▁tongue ▁with ▁an ▁arrow . ▁ ▁Karl hein z ▁Bart els , ▁a ▁ph arm ac ist ▁and ▁scholar ▁from ▁Lo hr ▁am ▁Main , ▁a ▁town ▁in ▁north western ▁Bav aria , ▁found ▁evidence ▁that ▁Snow ▁White ▁was ▁Maria ▁Soph ia ▁Marg are the ▁C ath arina , ▁Baron ess ▁von ▁und ▁zu ▁Er th al , ▁who ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Lo hr ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 7 2 5 . ▁Her ▁father , ▁Philipp ▁Christoph ▁von ▁und ▁zu ▁Er th al , ▁was ▁the ▁local ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Prince ▁Elect or ▁of ▁Main z . ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Maria ▁Soph ia ' s ▁birth ▁mother ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 8 , ▁her ▁father ▁rem ar ried ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 3 . ▁The ▁ste pm other , ▁Claud ia ▁Elisabeth ▁von ▁Reich en stein , ▁was ▁dom ine ering ▁and ▁employed ▁her ▁new ▁position ▁to ▁the ▁advantage ▁of ▁her ▁children ▁from ▁her ▁first ▁marriage . ▁A ▁magic ▁mirror ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁“ The ▁T alk ing