The Importance Of Snow-White In Religion

In the Grimm's version of the story, Snow-white is depicted as being "as white as snow, as red as blood and her hair was as black as ebony" (Grimm 249). Each of these hues has importance scripturally. The colors red and white connect to Jesus. "However your transgressions resemble red, they should be as white as snow; however if they are red like dark red, they might get to resemble fleece" (Isaiah 1:18 NIV) which unmistakably ties the color white with virtue and the color red with contamination and wickedness. In Christianity, Jesus is known as the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29 NIV) in that he yielded himself, similar to a lamb, to wash every distinctive individual clean of their transgressions, which makes them immaculate. The expression "the