The beggining of the story is coping the legend of Cyrus Le Grand wrote by herodote

Rating: 3/10 (14 January 2019)

The Grimm brother copied a part of the Cyrus the grand his legend. Therefore, the story is similar too a part of the book Artamene or the Great
Cyrus by George and Madeleine De Scudery. To illustrate, the evil queen as the same psychologic caractéristiques than Astiage in the legend of Herodote. Additionally, the part where the hunter is faking the dead of Snow White is really copying the Born legend of Cyrus too proof it you can just check on Wikipedia or Read the Book ( Artamene or the Great Cyrus)