In the beginning of Perrault's story, the mother gives the daughter a basket and sends her to her grandmother with the words: "Do not talk to strangers!" The warning about not leaving the path was an addition by the Grimms. The content of the basket is not the same in both cases. Psychoanalysts were especially excited over a bottle of wine added by William Grimm. It is supposed to have a strong symbolic meaning—and we will deal with that later! WOW! Thanks for teaching me new things about Red Riding Hood. Thank you for sharing, great lens. I appreciate it. Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Her grandmother gave her a red riding hood, and the girl loved it so much she wore it all the time—so everybody started to call her Little Red Riding Hood.

A lot of popular fairy tales use a witch or ogre as an opponent or antagonist. Why is a wolf used in this case?What a treasury of knowledge you have and have researched your subject thoroughly for this obvious labor of love, you have fascinated me!!! But folklorists have some second thoughts on the theory of absent fathers too. At least, we can easily find older versions of Red Riding Hood with a present father and without a huntsman. In these versions, father kills the beast, but there is one more important difference . . . An Allegory of Resurrection, Death, and Rebirth What was in Red Riding Hood's basket? Charles Perrault opted for a cake and butter, while the Brothers Grimm gave her some cakes and a bottle of wine. These are the links for other translations by different authors - The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault! Little Red Riding-Hood," sings out the wolf, making his voice as shrill as he could. "I've come to bring dear Grannie a pot of butter and a cake from mother, and to ask how you are."

And sure enough the wolf, though but for the wood- cutters he would surely have eaten little Red Riding-Hood, only stopped and asked her politely where she was going. These days the more gruesome versions of the traditional story are frowned upon, so we've re-written the fairy tale so that Granny hides in a cupboard and the wolf runs away! yeah" I'm sorry to break it to you, but a lot of fairytales were actually originally dark and sometimes didn't have a happy ending. "The Little Mermaid" is a perfect example, where the mermaid didn't necessarily have a perfectly happy ending and story. She died because she didn't want to kill the prince, and every step she took felt like needles. :) Plus, fairytales have many hidden symbolism and many, like myself, enjoy finding these little details and try to decipher them. They were, of course, made to teach children lessons under a disguise of usually happy endings and friendly (or not so friendly) animals.

The symbolism of Red Riding Hood is one of the richest of all classic fairy tales. This is one of the main reasons for its popularity. It is undeniably a great fairy tale with dozens of undertones, but sometimes its symbols are more coincidental than a product of collective mind or something similar. cmadden: Yes, interpretations can be real fun... Don't know about likes and other stuff. It's a big system. Bugs are probably all around... Let's hope they don't spread anything serious.