History/Origins
Tale from which Western versions of Red Riding Hood are adapted.
What is "The Grandmother's Tale"?
In this retelling, the grandmother reminisces on her time with the wolf.
What is "Riding the Red"?
This author includes a specific moral in each tale.
Who is Charles Perrault?
This typically symbolizes female maturation and/or sexuality in the tales.
What is the red cap/hood/cloak?
This location symbolizes mystery, danger, and being outside of civilization.
What is the forest?
In this early version of the Red Riding Hood Tale, the protagonist is eaten by the wolf and dies.
What is Charles Perrault's "Little Red Riding Hood"?
In this retelling, the father/step-father figure stands in for the wolf.
What is "Wolf"?
This author evokes imagery of their Indian heritage in their work.
Who is Soman Chainani?
This character type is often depicted as a kind of witch or outsider in the tales.
Who is the grandmother?
This story is set in a Caribbean country, which is reflected in the narrator's dialect.
What is Hopkinson's "Riding the Red"?
In this early version of the Red Riding Hood Tale, a woodsman rescues the protagonist and her grandmother.
What is the Grimm Brothers' "Little Red-Cap"?
In Carter's "The Werewolf," the grandmother is revealed to be a werewolf after this happens.
What is Red cuts off her arm/paw?
This author is known for their depictions of gritty city life.
Who is Francesca Lia Block?
The donning or removal of this often suggests a character's humanity or animal-like nature in the tales.
What is clothing?
The end of this story features "a house filled with girls."
What is Chainani's "Red Riding Hood"?
In this early version of the Red Riding Hood tale, the protagonist faces a choice of these paths.
What are the Path of Pins and the Path of Needles?
In this retelling, the protagonist asserts that she's "nobody's meat."
What is "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter?
This author's collection of fairy tales features a "wolf trilogy."
Who is Angela Carter?
The wolf in "The Company of Wolves" carries this to suggest logic, purpose, and rational thought.
What is a compass?
In this story, the grandmother lives in the desert, outside of a city.
What is Block's "Wolf"?
This Asian tale is the earliest version of Red Riding Hood.
What is "Great Aunt Tiger"?
What retelling features this quote: "She's used to paths closed off. It's not just the beauties who suffer. The other girls are tainted by the wolves, too."
This author is typically writes speculative fiction (science fiction).
Who is Nalo Hopkinson?
In Hopkinson's story, the narrator calls her time with the wolf this, which symbolizes menstruation and/or sexual intercourse.
What is riding the red?
This story is set in "northern country" where " they have cold weather" and "cold hearts."
What is Carter's "The Werewolf"?