The year was 1938. Most of us weren’t even born in time to witness the moment in history when Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nationally released by Disney. It was a different time back then — computer-animated films weren’t a thing, and the main focus in movies was the plot, and not the special effects. That’s one of the reasons why this new Snow White fan theory might actually be true — it’s all about a hidden message many of us likely missed.
The theory actually came from a comment left on a Buzzfeed story about movie origins. For Snow White, it’s pointed out that the witch’s death is a lot more grisly. Instead of involving a rock, it involved heated iron shoes. The witch literally tortured herself to death as punishment for messing with the fairest one of all.
Enter Matt Morgan, with another theory. He states that Snow White actually dies at the end of the movie — but it’s sugarcoated to not scare kids. He claims that the “real Snow White” was a woman named Margaretha von Waldeck. Her father owned copper mines that were run by child slaves, otherwise known as the “dwarves” in the tale. Margaretha got along well with the children, and seemed to genuinely care about their well-being.
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She was set to be married, but was found dead prior to the big event at the age of 21. It was said that her stepmother poisoned her to prevent the wedding from happening. The children loved her so much that she was immortalized in the story of Snow White.
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“In the movie, the prince is supposed to be kind of like an angel of death, basically a happier version of a grim reaper,” Matt wrote. “When Snow is being careless around the well at the beginning of the movie, the ‘prince’ hears her and goes to investigate. She gets her first glimpse at the prince when she gets her first glimpse at death; when she almost falls into the well and dies.”
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But wait — there’s more.
Matt mentions how the prince is reunited with her after she eats the poison apple. She’s literally in a coffin at the time. The two kiss, and then ride away together on his white horse. “The ‘kiss of death’ is a way people knew someone had passed before they knew about taking pulses,” Matt explained. “When you die, the air is expelled from your lungs. Folklore said this was death kissing you to take the ‘breath of life’ from you.”
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And then they say goodbye to the dwarves by kissing them on the head, as the dwarves can’t follow them into the afterlife. The castle they arrive at looks very much like heaven. Just take a look for yourself.
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Spooky, isn’t it? You might not be able to watch Snow White the same way ever again. Sorry! Next time someone tells you that “Prince Charming doesn’t exist in real life,” now you can prove that Disney didn’t think so either.