The Original Story of Little Red Riding Hood

  Most of the stories left to us by both the Grimm brothers and Charles Perrault were collected from local European legends and traditions of the Middle Ages. One such story is that of Little Red Riding Hood. Many of these tales reflect the psychology, beliefs, and myths of the time, and some were imbued with a sense of magic realism. Little Red Riding Hood is one of the oldest and most notable of these kinds of stories. According to the experts, this story is among those that have undergone the most transformations since its origin. The idea of making…