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[[caption-width-right:350:Illustration by Rie Cramer]]

"Snow-White and Rose-Red" (or "Snow-White and Rosy-Red") is a {{fairy tale}} told by both Creator/CharlesPerrault and Creator/{{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 blooms she has two children, both girls. She names 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.

It can be read [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52521/52521-h/52521-h.htm#hdr_44 here]], [[https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/snow-white_and_rose-red here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180916150415/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/161snowhiterosered.html here]], [[https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm/Grimm_fairy_stories/Snow-White_And_Rose-Red.html#gsc.tab=0 here]], and [[https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/175/grimms-fairy-tales/3182/snow-white-and-rose-red/ here]].

[[https://erstwhiletales.com/comic/snow-white-and-rose-red-pg01/ Adapted into comic form]] by Gina Biggs of ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', and featured in an episode of the anime series ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics''.

''[[Literature/SnowWhite That]]'' Snow White has nothing to do with this story. The German versions of their names are spelled slightly differently (Rose Red's sister is ''Schneeweißchen''; the seven dwarfs's boarder is ''Schneewittchen''). Neither does "Literature/SnowWhiteFireRed".

It is classified as tale type Aarne–Thompson-Uther (ATU) 426, "The Two Girls, the Bear, and the Dwarf".

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!!"Snow-White and Rose-Red" contains examples of:
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: The girls don't have a father around, but it's not clear why. He might be dead, or absent, but the fact that their mother gave birth to two unusually beautiful and pure-hearted daughters right after two gorgeous flowers bloomed in her garden could potentially hint that their conception was due to magic, and Mom is a TrulySingleParent.
* {{Animorphism}}: The bear turns out to be a prince under a curse.
* BearyFriendly: The bear. Makes sense, since he's actually a prince under a curse.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Naturally, the two siblings are described as gorgeous and pure-hearted, while the cruel and spiteful dwarf is ugly and twisted.
* BigBad: The dwarf, who's rude to the girls even when they help him and was the one who cursed the prince in the first place.
* {{Curse}}: The bear is actually a prince put under a curse by the dwarf; the curse is only lifted when the dwarf dies.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: The dwarf is so angry that the girls have cut off half his beard to save him from being drowned by a fish, that he yells "I hope you will have to run until you have no soles left on your shoes!".
* DepravedDwarf: The dwarf is a {{Jerkass}} who cursed the prince and stole his treasure.
* DisappearedDad: The girls' mother is introduced as a widow, but it is not mentioned how their father died.
* DoubleInLawMarriage: Snow-White winds up with the prince who was turned into a bear while Rose-Red marries his brother. Since the girls grew up sharing everything, this is the closest they can come to sharing a husband, too.
* FieryRedhead: Rose Red is the spunky {{tomboy}} of the sisters and is often depicted with red or reddish brown hair.
* ForcedTransformation:
** The Prince was turned into a bear by the Dwarf. In ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' it's shown how it happened: the Prince caught the Dwarf stealing his family's treasures, confronted him on his theft, and got transformed for his trouble.
** The Second Prince is usually subject to this in adaptations that give him a larger role as well. One German film version has him be transformed into a hawk. The ''Radio/LetsPretend'' version of the story has him be turned into a stag. Some picture books have him be turned into a fish; Regina Doman's adaptation of the story in her ''Literature/FairytaleNovels'' even names his counterpart Fish in reference to this.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The siblings are friendly with every animal in the woods, and continue to help the dwarf even when he acts ungrateful towards them.
* GhibliHills: The forest, unlike the usual woods of fairy tales, is safe for small children to wander in, even overnight.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The story explicitly averts the trope, as the sisters are very different but very devoted to one another.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A common portrayal of Snow White, in order to distinguish her from another Literature/SnowWhite and her [[RavenHairIvorySkin distinctive look]]. Averted in ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' where Snow White has dark brown hair.
* HappilyEverAfter: The dwarf dies, the prince is saved, the girls get married to princes, and their mom lives in the lap of luxury.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Both girls are very pure of heart.
* LoveAtFirstSight: It's implied with Snow White and the Prince, but usually made more explicit with adaptations.
* NoNameGiven: The Princes. Or at least the younger Prince.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: They protect little girls from falling off cliffs.
* OutdoorsyGal: Rose Red prefers playing in the fields to staying at home.
* PairTheSpares: Snow White marries the prince, and Rose Red ends up marrying his never-previously-mentioned brother.
* PrinceCharming: The cursed prince is pretty typical... though since he spends most of the story as a talking (friendly) bear, he's a bit of a subversion.
* RagsToRoyalty: Snow White and Rose Red's reward from the bear. By the end of the story, both originally peasant girls are now royalty.
* RandomEventsPlot: Many, many elements of the story are irrelevant to each other.
* RedOniBlueOni: Rose Red (who loves to run around the fields) and Snow White (who prefers to stay home and read), respectively.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In some versions, Rose Red's prince is the one leading the search for his missing brother.
* RuleOfThree: The girls helped the dwarf three times.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: The girls do know the oldest Prince for a while, but it's not known how long the courting process for Rose Red was with the Prince's brother; he's mostly a plot device there to ensure the sisters don't end up on unequal standing. The ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' averts it by making the younger prince appear on-screen.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Some adaptations give the two princes this treatment, which usually amounts to making them {{Spear Counterpart}}s to the sisters.
* SiblingYinYang: In addition to the contrast of colors, the siblings also have wildly different personalities.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: "[[ProperLady Snow White]] was more quiet and gentle than [[FieryRedhead 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."
* UngratefulBastard: The dwarf demands help from the girls whenever he's in trouble, [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike always has a trivial complaint about the help he's given]], and never bothers to thank them afterwards.

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