This is such an interesting quote, and I feel that it reveals something about the importance of fairy tales. Because so many parents feel pressure to bring their children up with good values, it makes sense that members of society would create stories that help lead the way. Looking back on every story we've read, there is always a moral or lesson and it helps the parents teach things to their children in an engaging way.

I think that this concept of "myth" as a looking-glass into the reality of life makes perfect sense, even in modern contexts. Where Norse mythology was, and potentially still, seen as true religion, I think that many today still use their chosen religion as the backbone of their choices and moral judgments. It aligns with history, at least according to Eliade, that we would find connection with our history in order to make choices in present day.

The ending of this version of the story makes me believe even more that the women in this story are all connected, and the men the same. It seems likely the Snow-White will take on a similar fate of her mother, and step-mother. It is interesting, and something to ponder, on if her time with the dwarfs will help or hurt her future.

This story takes on an entirely new meaning when you read is as it's being presented here. The idea that the Queen would have always hated Snow, and that the mirror only acts as a reason, makes this story a lot more relatable in a sense. It seems likely that this narrative of women as they SHOULD be: easy-going, beautiful, and never vain. It's interesting when you recognize that the mirror is actually the voice of men, and that all the women in this story want to is to make the men around them happy.

This quote is incredibly interesting to me. I had never thought of the first Queen and the second Queen as such opposites, but I love how it used the window as an outward reflection, and the mirror as inward. I will say, I don't love how women in all of these stories, specifically older women, are seen as witch-like and evil, but I guess it was a different time...