Snegurochka is the daughter of Morozko and Vesna in Ostrovsky's 1873 play, a maiden of ice who melts when she experiences mortal love.
⚠ The Frost-Spring parentage comes from Ostrovsky's 1873 literary play. In Afanasyev's folk tale, Snegurochka is fashioned from snow by a childless peasant couple. Modern tradition reimagines Snegurochka as Ded Moroz's granddaughter.
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