Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red (or "Snow-White and Rosy-Red") is a Fairy Tale told by both Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm in their fairy tale collections. The oldest known version had the title "The Ungrateful Dwarf".

A poor peasant woman lives in a cabin in the woods. She grows two rose trees in front of her house, one with white roses and one with red. When the flowers bloomed she had two children, both girls. She named them both after the trees, Snow White and Rose Red respectively. They have an adventure involving an evil dwarf, a bear that turns out to be an enchanted prince, the enchanted prince's enchanted brother, and, of course, eventually live happily ever after.

And, no, that Snow White has nothing to do with this story.


 * Adaptation Expansion: in works like Patricia C. Wrede's version, which places the story in Elizabethan England and weaves fairies and the famous sorcerer John Dee into the tale.
 * Animorphism/Baleful Polymorph: Perhaps foreshadowed by the bear's failure to hibernate during winter, even apart from its ability to talk.
 * Beauty Equals Goodness
 * Big Bad: More like a very tiny bad.
 * Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: The dwarf.
 * Demihuman
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Double In-Law Marriage
 * Everything's Better with Princesses
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Happily Ever After
 * Informed Attribute: The contrast between Snow White's stay-at-home tendencies and Rose Red's more outgoing personality is informed, as they're always seen together when outside.
 * Love At First Sight
 * No Name Given: The mother and the Princes. Or at least the younger Prince.
 * The Power of Love
 * Prince Charming
 * Rags to Royalty
 * Rule of Three: The girls helped the dwarf three times.
 * Shallow Love Interest: Given that the girls do know the oldest Prince for awhile, but we don't know how long the courting process for Rose Red was with the Prince's brother.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: "Snow White was more quiet and gentle than Rose Red. Rose Red liked better to run about in the meadows and fields seeking flowers and catching butterflies; but Snow White sat at home with her mother, and helped her with her housework."
 * Wicked Witch: The Mini!Bad.