We all know stories evolve over time, but if you look at many ancient ones you'll find real people and events behind them that inspired the original story tellers. Strip away the Disney, and other modern adaptations and at the heart there's a true event. The stories get passed down orally, translated between languages, and when eventually written down much is changed yet the seeds from which they sprout hold true.
I put it to you a real girl was fooled by a wolf in her Granny's bed. In fact I propose the story took hold in so many countries because lots of people were falling victim to wolves mimicking little old ladies. Remember people were pretty dumb back then so it wouldn't be hard for a wolf to out smart them.
I also put it to you that all old stories no matter how weird, have more than a grain of truth behind them.
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Bonus question. Should we respect the Wolf's choice to dress in ladies clothes and identity as a woman? How does that make him bad? Drop the hate.
The only reason scholars presume it's from the middle east & not Europe is because they believe that we didn't used to have a culture in ancient times & scholars hate white people & have to constantly suggest everything we have was stolen from someone else. These academics all need to lose their jobs & be made to ask every European for forgiveness. Little Red Riding hood is a classic example of the "Koryos" Indo-European mythology with the wolf being a man who has been outcast & fated to live a life as a mercenary, marauder or slaver. Doesn't sound like a urban middle eastern setting to me. Yes it was real. Research the Cu hound warriors & woad warriors of the Celts with their spiked hair. Research the Harii, Boar warriors, Ulfhednars & Berserkers of the Teutonic people (like the English, Norse & Germans) who have been depicted wearing wolf skins even on Trajans column. Ignore all the pseudo historical speculation on magic mushroom & drugs, these were often bad tempered members of society who were kicked out of civil life, probably because they had forms of ADHD & Autism which caused them to be unable to fit into their environment. These warriors were often associated with Skalds (poets, often warriors who worshipped Woden too) who use their "Words" to cast spells. The word "word" comes from "Wyrd" which is connected to the Anglo Saxon concept of fate. So being outcast was associated with fate, because despite the fact they are outcasts, they were the ones who formed warbands to colonise other people & carve out new kingdoms for themselves, like the Latin sons of the She-Wolf, Romulus & Remus when founding Rome. Also much like the origin of the Turko-Mongol groups who lived similar pastoral lifestyle to the Indo Europeans. "Wyrd" is also the origin of the word "Weird" so a "Weirdo" (an autist or eccentric person) was also associated with this. Fate manipulation always usually associated with Wizardry (role of Woden/Thunor) & Witchcraft (role of goddess Frigg/Frea). The Slavs & other Europeans also had their wolf people (wolf men) which were often the original root behind many myths such as revenants, vampires, werewolves, strixes & hags. Little red riding hood is warning young girls to stay away from the undomesticated wild for a very good reason. Life used to be very harsh out there and you couldn't trust any other people but your own kin.
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People getting eaten by wolves or children being kidnapped. Those things happened.
But a wolf eating grandma, dressing in her clothes, then eating Red Riding hood, only to be killed and cut open by a woodman so that Red Riding Hood and grandma could pop out safe and sound? Or an old witch living in a gingerbread house, luring children inside, fattening them up in cages, then baking them in an oven? That stuff is highly imaginary, but if was entertaining and served the purpose of sending a warning to children to be careful and not wander off.
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I believe the story is trying to teach children that evil people might pretend to love them, and people in positions of care and trust, might not be caring or trustworthy. It’s a warning to children to keep your guard up so you do not get overwhelmed with grief if or when the betrayal by people happens. It is told through a fictional story because the direct message might be too painful for a premature brain.
Many do have a tiny truthful seed, but “all” is stretching it 🌙
Old stories mix real fears (wolves, disease, war, bad strangers) with symbolism and exaggeration. Little Red Riding Hood probably reflects real dangers for children in forests, not literal cross-dressing wolves.
Myths blend history, morality, psychology and propaganda. Some echo real events or people, others are pure allegory or fantasy, just wearing a “realistic” mask 🎭📖
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I’m a fan of neither little old ladies nor brown nosing children. I was rooting for the wolf from jump street. Also, i don’t recall any gender modifiers from the story. The term “big, bad” always suggested to me that the antagonist was female. So the granny clothes kind of made sense. Surely there were grampy clothes from which to choose. Divorce wasn’t kool when that story originated. Duh! Unfortunately the story had been modified to save the dumb broads by the time i heard it. The original, in which they die and the wolf leaves satiated would have been a much happier ending for my tastes.
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The stories aren't literally true. But all stories are changed over time. Romeo & Juliet is almost the same story as Pyramus & Thisbe, just changing the names and expanding on it, but the crux remains the same.
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Well, people think "The Origin Of Species" is true, and we all know it's a load of old shit. I mean, we're not fucking Pokémon, for fucks sake. Fucking "evolution". Give me strength...
Doesn't make it true. European mythology is true whereas middle eastern mythology is superstitious nonsense based on dogmatic loyalty to a god who wants you to destroy your enemies gods & some of these middle eastern gods even demanded child sacrifice like they were hungry demons. European sacrifices were done to animals whose meat they're about to provide to the community & also criminals & war captives, which while being the darker side of European sacrifices is still not as evil as burning an innocent child because Ba'al is hungry (the Semitic sky & wizard god, probably disguised as what was once the Thundering warrior Yahweh).
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