Amscan 840205-55 - Red Riding Hood Basket Fancy Dress Accessory - 22cm x 11cm

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Religions, myths, and psychoanalysis can agree on one thing: Pregnant women have had a special position through all history of humankind. They are bringing new life to this world, but they are also in danger of dying at delivery. A pregnant woman is still a taboo in many societies. 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.

NEW! Not only is Little Red Riding Hood one of the all-time favourite fairy stories - with children delighting in the part of the story when the wolf disguises himself as Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother - but it is also a useful way to introduce the concept of "stranger danger" to the kids. Richard1988: Well, it can be a cautionary tale, but it can also have a comforting effect (with resurrection). 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.An excellent analysis Tolovaj, hope it's okay but i've linked to it for my ballad about the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1977NhEonVw 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. The role of the father is played by the huntsman. He saved the girls, defeated the beast, and did what every good father would do. He protects and serves. 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!

In This Illustration by Walter Crane Little Red Riding Hood Flirts With the Big Bad Wolf...source: Wikipedia.org, PD licence A Final Word 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.

Well, this is not the only difference! I will present just a few—some may be negligible at first sight, but if we take a few moments to think them over, we'll notice that every single detail can make a huge difference. Compare Perrault's and Grimm's Red Cap Now little Red Riding-Hood heard the voice was very gruff, but she thought her grandmother had a cold; so she said: 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. Another fairy tale with possible meanings far beyond the face value I took it with as it was red to me or told as a child. I remember being able to visualize it as the story moved along...and Freud certainly never entered in. It seems the classic fairy tale writers hid a lot of meanings into their stories, perhaps to give the great minds something to think about as they read these "harmless" children's stories to their little ones. I had never heard of Red and Grandma being cut out of the wolf's stomach and it seems everyone but the wolf lived happily ever after. Fascinatingly done! This supports theories by mythologists (we know some Greek gods were born out of heads) and is also in favor of psychoanalysts' interpretations, because the pregnant woman is in some cultures considered as a sacred object and her belly should not be touched by man. A Feminist View: Red Riding Hood as a Story About Rape

And there are of course variants with happy endings for all characters. But they don't bring the same message. It seems the Red Riding Hood with some kind of warning is the strongest of all. These are the links for other translations by different authors - The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault! In exploring different versions and possible hidden meanings in Little Red Riding Hood, we encounter many possibilities, but the essence of the fairy tale still escapes the rational explanation. This was fascinating. I always thought of red riding hood as a cautionary tale so the not so happy ending makes more sense to me.

Little Red Riding Hood(Little Red Cap) is a European folktale. Read about the adventures of a little girl who went to deliver a cake and a pot of butter to her granny, and defeated a big bad wolf in the process! WOW! Thanks for teaching me new things about Red Riding Hood. Thank you for sharing, great lens. I appreciate it. Then he shut the door, put on Grannie's nightcap, and, getting into bed, rolled himself well up in the clothes. Well, not so fast. Feminists have some good points, but we should not forget we are really talking only about two versions of Red Riding Hood here. Both were written at specific times by specific members of society with their own beliefs about roles of genders. The passive heroine and the powerless old lady fit well into their views of the world in the 17th or 19th centuries. Yes, it's partially true. There are many ways to interpret them. Caution is definitely one of them. Thanks, Red Gibson, for stopping by.