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Photo Courtesy of Matt Armstrong

Seeing a Lego Snow White is quite entertaining not only because it is made out of Lego bricks but because Snow White is one of the most loved fairy tales of all times.

Schneewittchen in German, Snow White is very well known in Europe and in other countries around the world. It is said that the story originated in the black forest (Germany) like most fairy tales did.

The most popular version among the German Schneewittchen stories however is the one told by the uber popular Brothers Grimm.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves has been in many a story book and has been featured in many cartoon channels. There is a broadway show of the same name though but it is rather unpopular to kids and to kids at heart. What is popular are the characters and these characters have been used as an inspiration by many Lego builders. Take Matt Armstrong for example, the little Snow White he made may look bricky but it is still pretty.

Snow White is a princess much like all the other leading characters in most fairy tales and she also has an evil stepmother much like Cinderella but according to what the Brothers Grimm have collected, it was Snow White’s own mother who was jealous of her and she was the one who led her into the woods and left Snow White there. According to many historians however, this was toned down so it is not too scary for children. Many ask however, was SnowWhite based on a real person? There is a possibility that Snow White was based on the life of Margarete von Waldeck who was a very attractive young woman who lived in the 1500s. Much like the heroine in the fairy tale, von Waldeck had a stepmother who hated her, she was courted by a Prince but died of poisoning.