Little Red Riding Hood
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Summary
Little Red Riding Hood is a Volksmärchen[1]. It draws 21,457 Wikipedia views per month (volksm rchen category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: tale type[3]
- Genre: fairy tale[4]
- Commons category: Little Red Riding Hood[5]
- Country of origin: Europe[6]
- Has part(s): Caterinella[7], The Cannibal Godfather (Godmother)[8]
- Catalog code: 333[9], 333A[10]
- Inception: 1000[11]
- Characters: Big Bad Wolf[12], Little Red Riding Hood[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Little Red Riding Hood[14]
- Main subject: impostor[15], danger[16]
- Described by source: The Types of International Folktales[17], The Types of the Folktale[18]
- Name in kana: あかずきん[19]
- Different from: Little Red Riding Hood[20], Rotkäppchen[21], Le Petit Chaperon rouge[22]
- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index: 333[23]
- Derivative work: Black Souls[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Narration[25]
- Copyright status: public domain[26]
Product Details
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Release type: Prose[27]
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Genre(s): fairy tale[28]
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Community tags: fairy tale[29]
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MusicBrainz ID: b8c213a4-5373-4983-9113-833b45d0e9c8[30]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Little Red Riding Hood include Red Hot Riding Hood[31], an animated short film[32], directed by Tex Avery[33].
Why It Matters
Little Red Riding Hood has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for it include Red Hot Riding Hood[31], an animated short film[32], directed by Tex Avery[33].