What does the prince use to awaken Snow White?

The prince uses a kiss to awaken Snow White. In Disney’s 1937 film, Snow White falls into a death-like sleep after biting the poisoned apple, and the prince’s kiss breaks the Queen’s curse.

The Queen’s spell is not ordinary sleep: the poisoned apple places Snow White in “Sleeping Death.” The film explains that the enchantment can be broken by love’s first kiss, which makes the prince’s action the specific magical remedy rather than merely a romantic gesture.

After the dwarfs defeat the Queen, they place Snow White in a glass coffin because they believe she is dead. The prince later finds her, kisses her, and awakens her; she then leaves with him for his castle. This ending is often simplified in retellings, but the potion belongs to the Queen’s disguise and creates the curse—it is not what awakens Snow White. Likewise, the prince does not use a song or spoken spell.