Magic Mirror

**The Magic Mirror** is a character and object from *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937).

## Description

The Magic Mirror is an enchanted mirror which was possessed by a mysterious spirit known as the, "**Slave in the Mirror**". This mirror spirit could be summoned through the use of magic incantation and had a form of complete omniscience which it extended to the possessor of the mirror.

## History

### Film

Around the 1500s, the Magic Mirror was in the possession of, "The Evil Queen" who was a queen and witch that used the mirror to validate her as the, "Fairest of them all". When the mirror detected that her step-daughter Snow White was prettier, this lead the Queen to trying to attempt Snow White only to be killed by the Seven Dwarfs in the process. The fate of the mirror following the queen's death is unknown.

## Appearances and allusions

### AbracadaBar

There is a drink called, "The Magic Mirror" in this bar. It's description in the menu describes it as being the, "Fairest drink of them all".

### Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour

The Magic Mirror was the host of this attraction set within the dungeons of Cinderella Castle.

### Fantasmic!

The Magic Mirror is a fairly prominent character in Fantasmic!, being one of the few characters in the attraction who textually appear as their waking selves and not merely a figure in Mickey Mouse's dream. In the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions of the attraction, he informs the Evil Queen of Mickey Mouse's dreaming which leads to her summoning villains to invade his imagination. In the Tokyo DisneySea version of Fantasmic!, he is summoned by Mickey Mouse who asks the mirror if he is the world's greatest Sorcerer. The mirror goes on to summon Disney Villains to attack Mickey Mouse in response to Mickey's question.

### The Magic of Disney Animation

The Magic Mirror is prominently featured in the *Magic Mirror Realm* area of this attraction.

## Connections

### Disney films

* **Alice in Wonderland**: Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum have appeared gemini on the magic mirror in Magic of Disney Animation.
* **Atlantis: The Lost Empire**: In the Magic of Disney Animation, there is a design of the Leviathan serving as the symbol for Scorpio on the mirror.
* **Beauty & the Beast**: Lumière as a candelabra as libra in Magic of Disney Animation.
* **Fantasia**: The fish from Fantasia's *Nutcracker Suite* represent Pisces on the mirror in the Magic of Disney Animation.
* **Hercules**: Philoctetes appears as Ares on the mirror in the Magic of Disney Animation.
* **The Hunchback of Notre Dame**: Djali the goat represents Capricorn on the mirror in the Magic of Disney Animation.
* **The Lion King**: A young Simba appears on the mirror in the Magic of Disney Animation as Leo. Sebastian also appears on the wheel, representing Cancer.
* **The Little Mermaid**: There is a design of King Triton in the Mirror's design within the Magic of Disney Animation.
* **Oliver & Company**: Francis from Oliver & Company represents Taurus on the mirror in Magic of Disney Animation.
* **Robin Hood**: The anthropomorphic fox depiction of Robin Hood appears in Magic of Disney Animation as Sagittarius.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2016/07/24/first-look-and-review-the-new-abracadabar-on-disney-worlds-boardwalk/
2. ↑ https://allears.net/2014/03/21/disneys-california-adventure-animation-building/