<P> `` Snow White '' is a 19th - century German fairy tale which is today known widely across the Western world . The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms ' Fairy Tales . It was titled in German : Sneewittchen ( in modern orthography Schneewittchen ) and numbered as Tale 53 . The name Sneewittchen was Low German and in the first version it was translated with Schneeweißchen . The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854 . </P>
<P> `` Snow White '' is a 19th - century German fairy tale which is today known widely across the Western world . The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms ' Fairy Tales . It was titled in German : Sneewittchen ( in modern orthography Schneewittchen ) and numbered as Tale 53 . The name Sneewittchen was Low German and in the first version it was translated with Schneeweißchen . The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854 . </P>
snow white and the seven dwarfs country of origin
snow white and the seven dwarfs country of origin
German fairy tale
German fairy tale