Little Red Riding Hood
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A "Little Red Riding Hood" illustration by J. W. Smith | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Little Red Riding Hood |
| Also known as | Little Red |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 333 |
| Mythology | European |
| Region | France, Germany |
| Origin Date | 1697, 1812 |
| Related | Peter and the Wolf |
"Little Red Riding Hood" (French: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge) is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Brothers Grimm.
The story has varied considerably in different versions over the centuries, translations, and as the subject of numerous modern adaptations. Other names for the story are "Little Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood". It is number 333 in the Aarne–Thompson classification system for folktales.