![]() ![]() ![]() Today, we will look a little deeper into the history surrounding little red riding hood and what makes it different. It’s only on the approach of a woodcutter that he springs out of bed and gets killed or ran off, depending on which version you read. However, what is interesting about “Little Red Riding Hood” is that there is a very gruesome ending in many versions: The wolf eats the grandmother and disguises himself as her to get Little Red Riding Hood to come close enough for him to eat her too. ![]() There are countless modern interpretations and retellings of this story, including the “Sleeping Beauty” themed interpretations or entirely different stories.Īs with most folk and fairy tales, it’s hard to pinpoint a definitive version because many variants exist. This tale has been told for hundreds of years, most famously by Charles Perrault in “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” (17th century) and “The Grandmother” (19th century). You know the story: A little girl in a red cloak and hood is told by her mother to take an item of food to her grandmother while she’s en route to visit Granny, she meets the Big Bad Wolf, who tricks her into letting him sniff out the food he then eats her up and impersonates her to get to Granny. ![]()
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