The Evil Queen with her Mirror at Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade 2016 Modern adaptations Disney Disney's Snow White franchise They became a favorite gift at European crown and aristocratic courts. Moreover, mirrors from Lohr were so elaborately worked that they were accorded the reputation of "always speaking the truth". The upper right corner of "The Talking Mirror" contains a clear reference to self-love ( Amour Propre). The mirror "talked" predominantly in aphorisms. It was a product of the Lohr Mirror Manufacture ( Kurmainzische Spiegelmanufaktur). The mirror was likely a gift from Philipp Christoph to Claudia Elisabeth. The Queen's iconic mirror, referred to as "The Talking Mirror," can still be viewed today at Spessart Museum in the Lohr Castle, where Maria Sophia was born. Claudia Elisabeth von Reichenstein, the stepmother, was domineering and greatly favored the children from her first marriage. After the death of Maria Sophia's birth mother in 1738, her father Philipp Christoph von und zu Erthal remarried.
German pharmacist and fairy-tale parodist Karlheinz Bartels suggests, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, that the German folk tale "Snow White" is influenced by Maria Sophia Margaretha Catherina von und zu Erthal, who was born in Lohr am Main in 1725. The "Talking Mirror" at the Spessart Museum in Lohr am Main But the young Queen is a thousand times fairer, lovelier and beautiful than you." The Evil Queen learned too late at the wedding that the young queen in question was Snow White which eventually leads to the Queen's death which varied per version. But Snow White beyond the mountains at the Seven Dwarfs is a thousand times more lovely, fair and beautiful than you." This caused the Evil Queen to disguise herself as a different woman to kill Snow White.Īfter the latest attempt with a poison apple which was undone by the Prince and Snow White marrying him, the Evil Queen asked the Magic Mirror who the fairest in the land was, the Magic Mirror quoted "You, my Queen, are fair so true. But Snow White is a thousand times more lovely, fair and beautiful than you." This resulted in the Evil Queen enlisting a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring her Snow White's lungs and liver.Īfter eating the lungs and liver of a wild boar that the Huntsman passed off as Snow White's lungs and liver which was prepared by the cook, the Evil Queen asked the Magic Mirror the question "Magic Mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?" The mirror replies: "My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. But, when Snow White reaches the age of seven, she becomes as beautiful as the day and even more beautiful than the Queen and when the Queen asks her mirror, it responds: "My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. The mirror always replies: "My Queen, you are the fairest in the land." The Queen is always pleased with that because the magic mirror never lies. Every morning, the Evil Queen asked the Magic Mirror the question "Mirror mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?". The Magic Mirror is owned by the Evil Queen and has been depicted in different versions as either a hand mirror or a mirror on the wall. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.
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