German: Rotkäppchen-Little Red Riding Hood

German: Rotkäppchen-Little Red Riding Hood

The story of the little girl and her fatal encounter with the wolf was recorded by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and first published in 1812 in Berlin, Germany. Various sources referred to the French origin of this tale and claimed that the story was told to the fairy tale collectors by a French member of their household who belonged to the Huguenots, a persecuted Calvinist group in the Catholic France who left France in the 17th century. Brothers Grimm’s version significantly altered the ending of the story: both Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother are saved by a hunter, and the big bad wolf dies.

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Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Marina Balina

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Marina Balina

Berlin, Germany