The Shocking True Story Behind Little Red Riding Hood

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Welcome, Darklings, to the next instalment of our journey into the origins of fairytales, this time we delve into the dark depths of Little Red Riding Hood. I hope you find this exploration captivating! 🐺📖 If you enjoyed this video and would like to support the continuation of our adventures, I'm always grateful for a cup of coffee ☕ Your generosity keeps the candles burning and the mysteries unravelling: buymeacoffee.com/theresurrectionists Yours in darkness and discovery, L x

[@mrgreen...9643]

Amazing in depth analysis as always. Folk lore, fairy tales and superstitions there is usually more lurking beneath the surface it's amazing what stands the test of time

[@sammansfield21]

You've out done yourself again ❤

[@M.C.G.]

i like to now from you wich tale in this modern world is the real ali baba and the 40 bandits. if you dont now you can ask.

[@charlesburnham603]

Love this!! There is an especially amusing version of this story in revolting rhymes by Roald Dahl u should check it out

[@synthWizkid]

❤️ you are awesome 😎

[@1323WTF]

" Young girl as you'r Pretty, so be Wise - A Wolf may lurk in any Guise. It is now, as was then Truth, The Sweetest tongue hides Sharpest Tooth."

[@annkerr5996]

Loved to read that

[@armintamzarian8256]

❤

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

Thank you, Angela Lansbury.

[@mightylibrarian8569]

@@mojrimibnharb4584You might actually thank Angela Carter, the author who actually wrote Company of Wolves.

[@Skylark123]

This poem is an excellent warning to all young women!

[@Vasislaw]

The time and effort spent in researching these tales and poems is a testament to the love you have for them. Please don't stop.

[@ChunksPlace]

Here here!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It means a lot :) 🖤

[@Heartwing37]

Agree! This is my childhood. I grew up hearing these tales because my mother loved to read to us. It’s great fun knowing the history and Lore behind it.

[@armintamzarian8256]

Amen ❤

[@armintamzarian8256]

​@The-Resurrectionists You have a great talent for your work❤

[@brightmoon7132]

In college I learned that nearly all fairytales were originally stories for adults that have been changed and rewritten for children over many years. I am especially interested in this aspect of them. Thank you for an excellent video. 😊🌻

[@The-Resurrectionists]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching :) 🖤

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

This would appear to be the case. As adults began to believe in them less and less so they were left to children who in time also stopped believing them to be actually true. Reginald Scot in his 1584 The Disvoverie of Witchcraft, questioning the contemporary belief in witchcraft, wrote that in his grandma's time people believed in the reality of hobgoblin and Robin Goodfellow, but now when such characters are derided by children still witches are feared by old fools. Nursery rhymes too were once the preserve of adults. In a time when for most common people illiteracy was high rhymes were often a way of conveying social or political information of the time, such as ridiculing the king or some noble, when overtly making such statements could have serious consequences. As time moved on the relevance became lost and eventually remained in children's rhymes.

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

@Enki1013 I take it by your use of Enki, ruler of the Abzu, you are familiar with Sumerian mythology.

[@lorellgingrich6603]

@@KeithPrince-cp3me Interesting. During this account of how humans and animals are very wary of strangers I was thinking that, given the general populaces' dismay at mass immigration, fear of strangers, for a variety of reasons (threat, disease, displacement of existing populations) is a human instinct and not necessarily invalid

[@j.m.w.5064]

you needed to get into college to get access to this secret piece of information?

[@techno-phobe3000]

Little girls, there seems to say, Never stop upon your way, Never trust a stranger friend, No-one knows how it will end, As you're pretty, so be wise, Wolves may lurk in every guise, Now as then, 'tis simple truth, Sweetest toungue, has sharpest tooth.

[@vicmorrison8128]

As relevant now as it was then.

[@Worse4ever2]

Love this

[@dawna1214]

❤❤❤

[@LauramarieKavanagh]

Very cool 😎

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Funny, that cautionary tales, also applies to politicians !

[@saddaddrummer]

A huge amount of research has gone into this one, and the quality hasn't dropped one iota. You L are a superb orator.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm thrilled to hear that! :) I really appreciate your support and I'm so happy you enjoyed it 🖤

[@saddaddrummer]

@@MY-zx6lz If you ever go on the TV programme Mastermind, I will know it's you by your specialist subject round being Stating the obvious...

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

​@@MY-zx6lz Okey dokey, grumpy pants, that is what research is. But finding the root sources, doing all the reading & investigation into the changing meaning of wording & symbolism that takes place over the ages, creating a riveting narrative presenting the results of that work, making a video & sharing this with others is actually quite similar to but really above & beyond what would constitute a doctoral dissertation on children's literature or myth & legend in literature & earn someone a doctorate's degree. So you may put forth an effort yourself & produce results to educate people or you may quietly simmer in silence, for you are no wolf as you seem to seek to be, you are merely the mat outside grandma's door, placing yourself for people to wipe their boots on, for whatever else could be our response to such lowly and fruitless curmudgeoning?

[@saddaddrummer]

@@WildWoodsGirl65 Beautifully put friend.....I myself prefer the Go F yourself approach to people that type in capitals and annoy more than educate. I am old, and know quite a lot about the history of nursery rhymes and the meanings of certain phrase's, but I love this channel and will continue to enjoy the contents despite those that try to bring it down.

[@andydavis8437]

Once 70% of Europe & Britain was covered in forest, to get to the next village could take days, you would have to sleep out in the woods on your journey and there were not only wolves but outcasts that inhabited them. It must have been must have been quite daunting and people most likely traveled in groups for safety. If someone left their village, how would anyone ever know if they arrived at their destination.

[@Kevin-bl6lg]

Simple. Once you arrived at the next village, just text or call home. That what we do with our kids, even as today we don't have large forests anymore.

[@bernardedwards8461]

The last British wolf was killed in Scotland around 1760, and before that they were rare animals really only a danger to livestock. To find a Britain where wolves were fairly common you would have to go back to pre-Norman times. It is extremely rare for wolves to attack humans, and bears were more dangerous. There were also wild boar, which seldom attack people but in defence of their young can be dangerous. They were re-introduced about 50 years ago, and some nutters want to re-introduce the wolf as well! As you suggest in your comment, the most dangerous thing to threaten travellers in the forest were other humans.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Rule no1… don’t split the party.

[@altair8598]

I think it is all three of the themes you conclude with: a reflection of historical context accompanied by a reflection of the human psyche, then morphing into a cautionary tale. Superb video.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

So happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment! 🖤 :)

[@eldarrissman4172]

Neat story. I always thought that anyone who read or heard this story would assume that a mother who sends her child into a forest alone did not want the child to return. Infanticide was common in remote areas of Europe. Having an unwanted child be eaten by a predator was one way of getting this ghoulish job done - without attracting much suspicion. Giving the kid food (which the predator could smell) and adorning the kid with red (a very bright color in a green forest) would probably have accelerate the kid's demise.

[@drysori]

Rabid wolfs infecting humans causing them to go insane. That sums up the werewolves legend pretty well.

[@Hondenzijngevaarlijk]

Dogs. Over 99% of humans who get rabiës are infected by dogs.

[@anthonyturlington4438]

​@@purplewabbit7848🤦

[@Amphitera]

and rabid bats biting humans, who then turned into "vampires" before dying. The truth behind the myth is often scarier than the legend.

[@Elora445]

Or rabid dogs, for that matter. Dogs or wolves.

[@sallybalkin8507]

Very enlightening video. As a 57 year old, I remember when victims of paedophilia were treated very differently than now. Often not believed, but sometimes (too often) blamed. The part of the video that addressed the wide prevalence of victim blaming of victims of sexual assault, along with accusations of witchcraft, made me feel physically sick. Predators will do anything, say anything, to get away with their crimes. And their enablers will back them up. Enabling harm is akin to committing it. If evil exists, that is it. Not occult practices. As a species, the human race still has a long way to go, in terms of creating a fair and compassionate society, but we have also come a long way. And thank (insert own ethical belief here) for that. And regardless of whether someone's beliefs incorporate the devil or demonic beings, remember and remind people, interference from supposed supernatural beings (different to mental illness) can't make you commit atrocities, that in the depths of your psyche you don't want to do.

[@crystalh450]

To be fair, two things can be true at once. While I agree with you that peados are evil, that doesn't mean that the occult somehow isn't. I do think that witchcraft has previously been an excuse to accuse others that one doesn't like to enable that person to "get rid of" someone, but that doesn't mean witchcraft is inherently good or that it is just "misunderstood." Both can be evil at the same time.

[@Pixelatedgangster]

Well said🎉

[@adlantian6334]

​@@crystalh450except the definition "witchcraft" is entirely relative to the person or society defining it. Five hundred years ago and you yourself would be considered a practitioner of the blackest and most vile of Satan's magic for carrying a unnaturally glowing device that allows you to see moving paintings summoned from a vast hive mind of all human experience, predict the weather days in advance, or hear the words of those who have past on as though they were still alive.

[@greybeardcanadian1036]

I had never heard about the 1450 wolf attack on Paris. Even if the story is exaggerated, it shows how terrifying the events were.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Yes I quite agree!

[@acewickhamyoshi8330]

Oh yes ,, as a decendent of all 12 European areas ,,my British relies spoke of the drowning wolf,, French side from 1500 same wolf Gang like the 4 parts of Prussia .. so when Brothers Grimm sensationalised 8 stories into one .. also my year 1400 Ukrain / Russian slavic family called politicians the wolf ,, as blue blooded fire eye Jackles .. is about nobility ,, the fox was the prince in disguise ,, the phesant or crow as servant... ,,lol.. like how Lewis Carol.. took russian stories of humans as animals,, .. exagerating their 250 concubines,, well Alice in wonderlands author was mischievous wolf,, but my fav is scandinavian xmas time wolf santa hypnotising people to be santas xmas dinner..

[@cherylharris5695]

True

[@sirseigan]

It also bare resemblence to the much later wolf attacks in the Soviet Union (in the 40s?) where wolfs due to starvation during exceptional harsh winters had several pack uniting inro superpacks numbered several hundred wolfs. These wolves then went after lifestock and pets and when there were no more of thoose the went after children. It is a extreme behaviour that only happens during exceptional circumstances. The incident in the 40s, and later similar but in much smaller scale in Mongolia and Siberia, are well documentedand can give good insights into what causes these "superpack events". One thing that differs between wolfs and dogs is that wolves get a hormonial shift during winter making them much much more agressive. It has also been shown that European wolves used to be much more agressive then for example North American wolves, even though American wolves could be larger. Different populations of carnivors can show different behaviours and hence also levels of aggresivness depending on the local conditions and competition for food. For example European brownbears and Sibirian brownbears are different population of the same speices (divided by distance) but the Siberian bears are in general much much more aggressive (and carnivorius) in their behaviour. It has been theoretizised that it is due their fierce competion with Siberian Tigers that favours agressive individuals to be more successful. The same might be true for the wolves. This is also an argument for culling the most aggressive and intrucive individuals of carnivourus speices, favouring the more shy and non-aggressive individuals and make them more successful breeding. So the behaviour we observe today in European wolves do not nessecerly reflect the historical behaivours of European wolves - rabies infection put aside.

[@annhodnett6027]

They made a film based on the Beast of Gevaudan. Brotherhood of the wolf.

[@TheUberSchattenjager]

Pray to tell: how does the most interesting channel on all the KZbins not have 1M subs? Fantastic writing, and I could listen to the wonderful narrator read my obituary with rapt attention. Love this!

[@rawilliams5881]

More people who enjoy the content have to leave a like and a comment, and subscribe. That is what boosts the algorithm's performance.

[@dkdisme]

One can only hope that she is discovered by some producer and made famous!

[@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist]

Deep thinkers, artists & creative Souls are a small pool of people here. Popularity proves nothing. Quality over quantity.

[@WildWoodsGirl65]

​@@MY-zx6lz🙄🤨😒😂

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for making my day brighter with your comments! 🖤Thank you for your support :)

[@samueldavidrucker7514]

God am I glad I get to live now and not back then. Even the Grimm brothers' stories are full of violence and macabre behavior. Thanks for this scholarly presentation. It was fascinating

[@dkdisme]

This is the first I ever heard of Peter Stump and the persecution of werewolves. Thank you for a delightful descent into medieval depravity.

[@francesbernard2445]

Werewolves are only fictional beasts easy enough to fear while enjoying a fairy tale at the same time being read to us.

[@marcduhamel-guitar1985]

When I was a kid, my family, as well as my two uncles and 4 cousins and grandparents stayed at one of my uncles' houses out in the country side for a family gathering. In the middle of the night, there were howls and unearthly sounding cackles which sounded like a witch. Pretty much all of us kids were terrified, and our parents upset, except my grandfather who said, "That's a fox with rabbies." I can understand how similar bone chilling shrieks from rabbid animals might have been interpreted as supernatural in nature... Thanks for the research on this awesome video! Cheers !

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for sharing your insights; that makes so much sense! Glad you enjoyed it! :) 🖤

[@juniorjames7076]

Before we had artificial (electric or gas) light, the world was a mysterious, terrifying and magical place!

[@Loralanthalas]

Haha. Poor old grandpa didn't want to tell you the truth: a fox in heat sounds like an ungodly murder is happening. He couldn't say they were calling for mates and getting it on with a bunch of kids around. So he said that what you were hearing is rabies. Made sure to keep your butts inside too. 😂 love grandpa.

[@marcduhamel-guitar1985]

@@Loralanthalas hahaha you didn't know my grandpa!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@SarahHodgins]

Terrifying

[@GrandOldMovies]

Thanks for this terrific video, so well researched and presented. I had heard of the Peter Stumpf story, though I hadn't connected it to the Red Riding Hood tale; but you can see how its influence might have been dispersed into folklore tales. The story of the wolves attacking Paris was new to me and sounds horrific; France seems to have experienced various animal attack episodes, such as the famous Beast of Gevaudan incident. What surprised me the most was that the metaphorical use of wolf for a sexually predatory man goes back so far, and is not a 20th century invention (even though, oddly enough, wolves are known to mate for life). The one outcome from all this is that I feel very sorry for wolves, who seem to be such misunderstood creatures!

[@zatoth13]

One theory on werewolves I read was they are explanations of serial killers in the medieval

[@kellidinit3725]

In some instances, I’m sure you are correct. It dates back in many various cultures, each with their own unique versions. Though I cannot remember the regions specifically, I believe it is Russia that believes werewolf’s are not bitten, just become them either by their own will or a curse of some sort. Their mention, in various myths, date back to Ancient Greece and Rome.

[@kelllefae3026]

Dog headed men seems to be a thing in medieval stories too .... even st Christopher originally had a dogs head ... are those descriptions just well behaved werefolk lol

[@kellidinit3725]

@@kelllefae3026 😂😂

[@varanid9]

Gilles de Rais.

[@juniorjames7076]

It's well known the medical schools/ institutions paid good money in the black market for "fresh bodies", no questions asked from medieval era up until the 19th century.

[@heisag]

At 14:07 ish, the most likely reason for Peter Stubb (stump) is spoken. He was a wealthy farmer, and someone with power wanted his lands. Which is also why his mistress and child needed to be killed , so they could not inherit it. At least that is the version i've heard. RIP Peter.

[@Mailed-Knight]

That's usually the reason people were accused of being werewolves/witches.

[@ttx3]

you don’t consider the fact that Peter was probably a medieval psycho serial killer who lived a life of debauchery together with his women. A medieval Charles Manson but much more hardcore. This was the kind of people who suffered the worst punishments in those times. Like life in prison without parole nowadays 😅

[@heisag]

@@ttx3 I don't consider confessions given just after a torture sessions on the rack a fact. Not even probable facts. Just an attempt for the accused to prevent another session. To accept Peter's confession as fact, one would also have to belive in werewolves, succuby, demons and (the) devil. And i don't. Could he have been a serial killer? Yes. But so could many others at Bedburg , given the same "treatment". The townsfolk were chasing a wolf when they came upon Peter were they thought the wolf was, and brought Peter in for "questioning". Peter said he had used a magical belt for the transformation, even said where it was, but it was not found. Which could indicate at least part of his confession was false. Still, this story is old, and may have changed over time, some in favor of Peter, some in disfavor. Hard to tell what was the actual facts. What seems to be facts, he gave his confession on the 28th of october 1589, and was executed on october 31st, 1589. Helloween...

[@ttx3]

@@heisag if you’ll read the diary of Franz Schmidt, executioner of Nuremberg in the same period in which Peter Stump has been executed (aprox. 1578-1617), you’la note that despite the cruel nature of the capital punishments, the judges were surprisingly fair in their reasoning process back than. They were always aiming to convict the right perpetrator, not just anyone and were always very reasonable with first-time offenders. The judges were inteligent guys and most of them quite good-hearted persons, not fanatical stupid beasts.. My personal opinion is that, despite the supernatural aspects (deals with the devil, shape shifting etc), which were a ‘must have’ in heinous murder cases back than, the convict was almost always really guilty. Just imagine a Ted Bundy or a Jeffrey Dahmer in those times, what stories would have been extracted under torture from such deranged guys.. We’ll never know if Stump was indeed the real serial killer who committed those crimes, but my opinion is that he really was the right guy. If a serial killer confesses crazy aspects under torture, this doesn’t mean he’s innocent. Of course the judges knew the psychology of a tortured man, that he would state anything just to avoid another session, that’s why torture was applied along with other psycholical tricks to make the suspected narcisistic psychopath to confess something that was obvious for some very good reason. It’s like they put OJ Simpson under torture to confess something anyone knew it’s true..

[@Badficwriter]

@@ttx3 I wouldn't say "his women" as if his child were a willing participant.

[@HitomiKitage]

I pulled this video up at dinner, and my son said that he wants a channel where they talk about all the messed up fairy tales like this. I told him that was this channel and to be quiet and listen to the video. Amazingly, he did. So you have done the impossible. You have impressed a 10-year-old boy. Lol! Amazing work, as always. So much information I didn't or hadn't thought of (like the Thor and Loki story).

[@graveyardbaby6204]

You let a 10-year -old boy listen to this video where there is sexual assault, incest, extreme violence, murder etc.?? There was literally a part where some girl was burned to death when her father had an incestuous relationship with her and she was accused of seducing the father. The father's mistress was also burned alive.There was a part where some village man killed and ate 14 children, and two women. He sa'd and murdered some more women. The was a part where the wolf mauled the grandma to death and fed her meat to red riding hood to eat and her blood to riding hood to drink. The grandma's cat called her a slut for consuming them. One serial killer man who worshipped satan was placed on a torture wheel and his flesh was torn off with hot pinchers, his limbs were dislocated and his head was cut off and placed on a stake. There was a part where the wolf took red riding hood to bed, removed her clothes and stuff. When she wanted to pee, the wolf told he to relieve herself in the bed. Ma'am...

[@shaetenn]

You might also look up Jon Solo's Messed up origins. Some if this are pretty adult oriented, so you may want to check them out before a 10 year old watches them.

[@tech10k14]

I'd have thought Little Red Riding Hood's first reaction would be '@#^£# hell! A talking wolf!' 😄

[@---zc4qt]

It's like Genesis chapter 3, a TALKING animal is not normal.

[@cfltheman]

@@---zc4qt And Numbers 22. At least Eve had the excuse of basically being a child and not knowing that snakes do not talk.

[@jennifersilves4195]

​@@---zc4qt That's an unfortunate mistranslation in Genesis.

[@jasonuren3479]

Always look forward to your videos!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you, I really appreciate that! :) 🖤

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

The film A Company Wolves, based on the tale, has the motif of straying from the path to convey a moral warning aimed at girls, with the 'wolf' a handsome man in fine clothes who eventually transforms completely into a wolf. It was once commonplace for people to sleep naked before nightclothes were invented, with their wear initially limited to wealthier classes, so taking all of one's clothes off before getting into bed would have been quite normal. Mayhew criticises the practice, found among the labouring classes of London, as late as 1851. It was also healthier from a hygiene point of view. As for the French gestation of the story there was also the famed account of the Beast of Gevaudan, could this have played into the red riding hood story? One reason why wolves were feared was not so much the danger posed to people but to sheep, which were formerly economically important. Finally, there was a time when members of Germanic tribes wore wolf pelts to convey some of the power of the animal to their enemies and intimidate foes. Fear of these raiders could plausibly also lie in the distant background of the tale.

[@RictusHolloweye]

Christina Ricci was in a short version of the story where she was trying to escape and insisted she had to go outside to relieve herself. Not the most gripping short film, but I'll watch anything with her in it.

[@SiiriCressey]

@@RictusHolloweye Title?

[@RictusHolloweye]

@@SiiriCressey - I can do better than a title. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXm4p5d9Yst2rpI

[@techno-phobe3000]

Of my favourite films! The Wolf Girl story always makes me cry! Beautiful film, great soundtrack too. ❤

[@SiiriCressey]

@@techno-phobe3000 Is that the title? The Wolf Girl?

[@theBorealShepherdess]

Another aspect to consider - I remember reading years ago that wolf attacks increased as a result of the bubonic plague. There were so many dead, that wolves began to consume the bodies when they came across them, and thus became accustomed to eating human flesh. Gradually going from consuming dead bodies, to nearly dead people . . . to easy targets such as children and the elderly. This was a gradual loss of their natural fear of man, learning to see humans as prey, which they had not done previously.

[@moonhunter9993]

They should have been infected then...

[@willashby2250]

Yet another beautifully narrated tale of dark folklore! I love this channel!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you're enjoying my channel :) 🖤

[@oliviastar3812]

Shows just how long evil's been pursuing children through any means, method or media.

[@Story-Voracious66]

For me this was the most enjoyable episode so far. Ever since I read Angela Carter's "Bloody Chamber", and then watched "The Company of Wolves", I have had a deeper appreciation of this tale. Thank you for this *deep* dive in it's origins. I can only add that I agree wholeheartedly with the complimentary comments of other listeners. ❤️ Aaooo! 🐺🐺🐺

[@lyamainu]

I loved Company of Wolves! So creepy, but so good!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching :) 🖤

[@schiz0phren1c]

Man eating wolves also plagued a Russian area during WW1, they mainly chose Children as victims and it was a harrowing time.

[@Loralanthalas]

You mean the war destroyed their eco system and wolves were forced to hunt what they could to survive. It was a VERY harrowing time for them too. It's not like they want or prefer hunting humans. We forced that.

[@birdlover9082]

@@Loralanthalas Thank you, that's exactly what happened! Just getting worse for all animals every year!

[@tumslucks9781]

​@@Loralanthalas The Khazarian Mafia who started the war were the worst wolves of all..

[@graywolf7]

Do one for Hansel and Gretel pls!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Yes, I'm really looking forward to diving into Hansel and Gretel! I'm aiming to release that video next month-stay tuned! :)🖤

[@jolaajtak7861]

What I have heard it is from the time of the 30 year long war where people were starving so much at the end that they ate each other.

[@RedheadLondon]

@@The-Resurrectionists Have you done Rapunzel?

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

They were eaten. The end.

[@mjc8248]

Until i found your channel i had never really thought too much about the stories from my childhood. I really enjoy the research you do, and you have a pleasant voice that keeps me coming back.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot! 🖤:)

[@mandywescott707]

Was SO excited seeing the pop up! Thank you!!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! Your support makes all the hard work worth it :) 🖤

[@goldenanticstoo9686]

TY for historical perspective. As a young girl growing up in Germany, I wondered why a young girl was allowed to walk in the woods alone? If the path was a short distance between homes, why did she become lost? As I grew up, I wondered why girls/women are blamed for the lack of sexual control of boys/men.

[@subrosa7mm]

This little piggy would be a good one to learn. I’m wondering why one is eating roast beef. Now I’m realizing it’s not about pigs but people.

[@Xianne027]

Many decades ago I had a full-blood wolf as a pet. She was as loving of a pet as any dog, and it greatly disturbed me how this version of the Red Riding Hood story left people fearing and maligning real wolves for generations to come. The reality is they are generally not aggressive toward humans. I could never understand how people could be so ignorant as to apply a tale with symbolic meaning to a real wolf. Thanks for sharing your research of the historical roots of this story. Yes, it was always clear to me that it had more to do with a human sexual predator than of an actual animal.

[@SarahHodgins]

When I was a child I was terrified of wolves from stories like this one, moreso because I heard stories of rabies with no cure back in the old days

[@birdlover9082]

You are so correct, when I read to my Sons I never said big bad wolf and I taught them as soon as they could understand about loving animals! They are grown and they love animals as much as I do!

[@Xianne027]

@@birdlover9082 That's great, that you explained it to them like that.

[@jdhenge]

A friend of mine told me this story. There was a man who had a half-dog/half-wolf as a pet. He said it was just as mild mannered as a dog until one day when the man came home with a limp from a work injury. Instinct kicked in and the animal attacked and mauled him. You can believe it or not

[@SarahHodgins]

@@jdhenge wolves and even big coyotes have killed people lately in Canada, mostly when the people were out jogging alone i.e. running away

[@varanid9]

Wolves are NOT "timid" animals. In my time in Alaska, I know first hand of a wolf attack on a soldier while I was there. There's also a series of wolf attacks on villages in Russia before WW2 that mirror the Parisian attack stories.

[@GnomeInPlaid]

I agree. Wolves are over populating and are attacking and eating alive chained up dogs in fenced in yards here in the north, and the DNR has a whistleblower that says the numbers have been lied about for years. The deer population has nearly dropped off a cliff here and now the wolves are showing up not even a mile from town on security and game cameras. The loggers are now taking someone else with them in the woods - I.E. not going alone anymore - because of the danger. They have a lookout while they work. There was a DNR officer in the woods and she was surrounding by a pack she had to shoot one to get out alive. The DNR fired her and told her to shut up about it.

[@jennifersilves4195]

Alaska wolves will eat you. Different species have different temperaments.

[@PaulMellender]

I’d like to add another set of roots to this story. The stranger wolf, red girl and huntsmen originates with the star Sirius (often deemed red in ancient sources and interchangeable with Venus-the morning star), the constellation Orion (the huntsman), and the wolf or werewolf (outlaw, alien, or the estranged). The wolf or werewolf (also wolf’s head, outlaw, and part of the tradition of “strangers”) is a common description of the Constellation “Hyades” in Norse and Germanic myth and folklore (it is the solution to the Iceland rune poem for “Ur” as both wolf and the hyades). Hati the wolf swallowing the moon at Ragnarok after chasing it across the sky (this happens twice a year in March and November when the full moon sits in the mouth of the Hyades). The wolf figure and the wolf skin connected with strangers is an ancient practice connected with the Grail story of Percival the Weilsc (stranger), berserks, even Adam and Eve after being expelled from the garden. The wolf skin and animal men were connected with cannibalism (as in Arcadia and the story of Lykaion). The red maiden, shares roots with Kore (the maiden) and the Mystery religion at Eleusis. The star Sirius was the star of Kore (or Ishtar or Æster-Eater or Isis-Ast whose emblem was an egg). The tradition of finding “the lost maiden” or the Easter egg was a wide spread tradition in when Sirius, Orion, and the Hyades disappear below the horizon their until midsummer dawn emergence from the underworld. The hood is a well known feature and ancient symbol of the underworld or being beneath the ground. This still appears as a feature in both weddings and funerals as a veil, with variations as a parasol (as in the Skiraphoria-the skira or “white earth” related to the word “shire”-procession), and drapery over the head (as at the Flammen). The huntsman as Orion the hunter is explicit enough for now, though the relationship between the huntsmen and hyades is worth exploring. The moon associated with not only menstruation but also the triple character of the maiden, mother, and crone as phases of the moon as Selene, Luna, Proserpina,but notably Hecate. In March and November at the full moon you can see the story of little red riding hood by looking at the star Sirius, next to the constellation Orion, as the Moon is swallowed by the Hyades.

[@Rockstar97321]

Sirius B and his appearance in the sky in July and August is associated with heat, fire, and fever by the ancient Greeks. As the main star in the constellation Canis Major, he is referred to as the Dog Star. This relates to the Dogon of Mali, Africa.

[@Badficwriter]

Interesting! One of the reasons for old stories based on stars is a mnemonic to remember directions, times of year for planting/harvesting, et cetera.

[@Egill2011]

Pagan Scandinavians believed in werewolves and other were things already in the first millennium AD. Some historical persons were believed to be capable of turning into wolves or other animals. Anglo-Saxons and some other Germanic tribes had similar beliefs, as far as I can remember. The belief in werewolves is consequently much older than mediaeval Christian Europe and Hollywood.

[@TristanTzara100]

Thank you so much for this. Excellent presentation. Have you read Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves", or, indeed, seen the very fine film of the same name? Like most stories of this sort, it continues to be told in different ways by each generation.

[@mauricebate5069]

Yet again a wonderful video so deep in its story telling !!! It's my favourite channel can't wait for you next one you put so much work into making them !! Thank you 👍🏼

[@The-Resurrectionists]

That's wonderful to hear! I'm so happy you're enjoying my channel :) 🖤

[@skeaneable]

There was a 2011 movie Red Riding Hood which suggests the wolf was actually a werewolf

[@hackman669]

Yeah

[@jjkhawaiian]

with Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman.

[@lyamainu]

Absolutely BRILLIANT, as always. Being a bit of a folklore nerd myself, I always love learning new tidbits and connections! I never thought of Red’s questions as a strip tease, I always thought it was her buying time to figure out how to escape. Knowing middle age people, though, the striptease was probably the intent. I will say, regarding human’s relationships with wolves, the difference between wolf behavior in the America’s and Europe is fascinating. Natives respected and admired wolves, and never really had issues with them. I wonder if the lack of livestock was part of that? They wouldn’t have any reason to draw closer and closer to human settlements in search of easy prey?

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed the video! 😊 Yes, I completely agree with you-it was indeed because of livestock and farming. The presence of farmed animals attracted hungry wolves, and since these animals were people's livelihoods, they couldn't afford to lose them to predators. Unfortunately, this led to the hunting of wolves to extinction in many areas.

[@bedsidearts]

This channel is like my secret gem I love so much. Keep going with these amazing historical deep dives.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you, I'm grateful for your encouragement! 🖤:)

[@sandyhenderson441]

Oh, this channel just gets better! Here we have yet another fascinating video, meticulously researched and clearly presented; really excellent work! Thanks so much! Until we meet again...

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@davidbrewer9030]

A person I knew did research on werewolves in 17th Century France. There are records of men and women who claimed to be werewolves who defended their villages by going out and hunting down and killing witches and vampires.

[@hackman669]

Poor witches are just misunderstood!😎

[@icequeen9417]

​@@hackman669Witches originated in the Middle East and Africa before it spread to Europe. It was religious fanatics accused thousands of innocent people of being witches .

[@Badficwriter]

Kind of odd because in old days it was thought you became a werewolf by making a deal with a devil or being a witch. Vampires and werewolves were interchangeable in some places (Vrykolakus kind of means both). More like "My devil cult is defending our territory from that OTHER devil cult." 😄

[@matovicmmilan]

​@@Badficwriter Reminds me of one of many pretexts stated by the Americans when attempting to justify the occupation of Iraq: "We're only there to save the poor people from the malicious influence of the ...Shliits... Shytis... Shaytes... of those darn evil Iranians"😂😂

[@paulchambers3142]

Excellent presentation. A lot of research and detail making this a truly enjoyable one. My feeling is that the tale is meant to be a warning to the unsuspecting innocent young lady. Fascinating to listen to....I shall watch again. Many thanks for your great work team! Best wishes....the 🐺 ❤

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm so glad you found it enjoyable! Thanks for being here 🖤

[@jenniferfinney7533]

BEAUTIFULLY ARTICULATED! You have a rare talent. " spinning a yarn" truly a masterful level story teller my dear. The amount of detail and research 👌. A1.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much :) 🖤

[@daniellewillis2767]

You should cover the "salon des fees" (sorry if I butchered the French), which was a literary salon of aristocratic ladies who wrote fairy tale based stories, much to the displeasure of Perrault, who felt their heroines weren't nearly chaste and timid enough....😊

[@sebastiangruffydd2765]

Very well done. This is the most well written and thought-out overview of this legend I have ever run across. There are many omissions in it, but on the whole, it makes its point as to a typical evolution of folklore very well indeed. Congratulations. I would love to see more of these stories as I believe they are most helpful in given a healthy understanding of human behavior. ❤🎉😊

[@spocko2181]

That wolf was a heavy sleeper.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

😂

[@Heartwing37]

No joke! To sleep through major abdominal surgery???

[@awegner6465]

And a big eater!!!

[@Loralanthalas]

The whole weird immortal not feeling any pain and then suddenly dying is a theme of these stories that's jist hard to accept. Its like these people lived in cartoons before they figured out how to draw fantasy.

[@lyamainu]

Sounds like my dad after he eats Thanksgiving Turkey…

[@jpendowski7503]

Such beautiful art examples with which you illustrate the macabre tales.

[@oldsoullikemine23143]

Oh wow!!! I love all of these so much! I have watched everyone now, and I just have to say, you do a phenomenal job 👏 Can't wait for the next one. Thank you for your hard work on these!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! Your support makes all the hard work worth it :) 🖤

[@Heartwing37]

I feel like the wolf could’ve saved himself a lot of time and effort by just eating Little Red Riding Hood right off the bat.

[@rawilliams5881]

Then he'd have missed the entree and had only his dessert.

[@awegner6465]

He couldn't because it saw her as dessert!!!

[@lightningbug276]

😂😂😂

[@burneyvisser]

Very engaging

[@burneyvisser]

Any links between Bear and wolf berserker cults of Northern Europe?

[@liamhollin8265]

Jimmy Jones used to tell a joke about this, it goes as follows, little red riding hood was of to her grand mother's house when she heard a rusling in the bushes, she turns round and asks " who's there, who's there" and the wolf scampers off. She's gone hundred yards when she hears the same rusling in the bushes, she asks again" who's there who' there" again the wolf scamper off. She's gone about another hundred yards and hears the same rushing in the bush', she turns round and again asks "who's there , who's there" this time the wolf shouts out" why don't you piss off, I'm trying to have a shit!"😀😀😀

[@nancytestani1470]

That was good.

[@utethornburg7715]

😂

[@deniseoxland151]

That’s a name from the past, when comedians were funny 😹

[@takohamoolsen2486]

I love it, thank you.

[@AnarkeeSoundVibes]

😂😂😂

[@elizabeth9134]

That was fantastic, fascinating! I was utterly transfixed! And your voice is just so transporting! I'm going to listen to this again tonight! Thank you!

[@mollydooker9636]

Oh there was never any innocent facade, thats why children love it. Its raises the hairs on the backs of their necks....heckles if you will. If anyone has not had the pleasure i would recommend Angela Carters short story ' The Company of Wolves"... a never forget...' 'a man is just a wolf who is hairy on the inside' . Great content, thank you!

[@Badficwriter]

That is a quote from one of the real life werewolf trials. They literally cut him open to check.

[@whssy]

I was going to recommend this too.

[@charlottewagner715]

hackles...

[@gilliankirby]

This is absolutely fascinating! I had no idea of the context and the symbolism involved in the story. The part about Rabies was particularly interesting! Thank you for all the research and presentation!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much :) 🖤

[@Robert-cr8bq]

Having, in the past, read and watched 'A Company of Wolves' by Angela Carter, it has been interesting to see where a lot of her ideas for the initial short story originated from. Thank you once again for a masterful insight into the origin of this fairytale.

[@Dr_Coe]

one of the most interesting and entertaining episodes yet. nicely done.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

So happy you enjoyed it! And thank you for your comment! :) 🖤

[@silva7493]

Fascinating!!! I had only heard about the first (Brothers Grimm) version of the story before. I sure was wondering how the "wolves of Paris" story could possibly have come to be. Rabies had completely slipped my mind!!! A likely explanation, indeed.

[@anzwertree]

Your storytelling is unrivaled, and you are criminally under subscribed. You should at least be over a million.

[@blackbird5634]

Let us NOT forget that BBW (Big Bad Wolf) got to Granny's house BEFORE LRRH (Little Red Riding Hood) because he ran through the woods. He made his own way . He wasn't confined to the well beaten path. BBW is a free thinker, a rebel, he's bound to terrify the meek, he's sure to frighten the timid and mild. 😎 And that ain't his fault!😉

[@sarahletterman7561]

That’s an interesting perspective, but I don’t think BBW is feared for being a rebel but rather a crafty predator. Just like criminals of today and throughout history they prey on those who follow societal rules and break said rules to gain advantage.

[@billammann9807]

A good deal of each of your explanations has a great deal of interest and intriguing facts.

[@MrBusby]

I always enjoy seeing a new episode pop-up. Thank you.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm thrilled to hear that! Thank you for your support 🖤

[@OldSchool1947]

Incredible! Such a depth of research it’s mind boggling! Thank you for doing so much work to present these tales with a historical twist! Greatly appreciated. The tales that accompany each tale will be revisited again and again!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

I'm thrilled to hear that! Thank you for your support :)🖤

[@IRSA1]

This was stunningly good, from every point of view. As a matter of fact, I really believe that this is actually too good to be limited to the script to a youTube video. You really should approach a publisher and turn your outstanding work into a proper compilation book for people to enjoy. Be confident !

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! It's a dream of mine to publish a book about the origins of nursery rhymes and fairy tales in the future, and it's one I'm determined to make a reality! 📚✨

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Madame, These tells are indeed chilling and macabre. But, interesting at the same time. I have always been curious about the times of which you speak and the frantic ideas of the European people. Not to mention our own witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s. You have once again out done yourself in telling of this classic tell. I will go with the second tell. There is always some dark secret that lies beneath a childhood tell or rhyme. Thank you for these amazing tells in their true darkness.

[@katherinelarini8514]

another excellent delve into one of our favorite childhood fairy tales... so, when are you going to do a BOOK on the origins of these tales?.. or better yet, a book on tape so that we can listen to your exquisite renditions...

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

We really did wolves dirty, didn't we?

[@wandaleister2091]

And women

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

@@wandaleister2091 In many respects, we're still doing that...

[@raycharles704]

I mean the most feminist forward time in the history and there's always people Still complaining women aren't equal even though men actually have it worse yea sure we can go outside at night by ourselves but I can't sell pictures of my tits to get my kids through college​@@JohnGardnerAlhadis

[@erikaquatsch2190]

and cats

[@oldyeller6518]

@@erikaquatsch2190especially cats

[@iannicholson5107]

By chance or happy algorithm I have come across your site. I am old enough to, just barely, recall some of the nursery rhymes you cover though somewhat lyrically inexact. The stories remain more fully formed. It is one of the best sites I have come across. A lifetime ago we had a very old copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales kept for some reason in my wardrobe. I was a precocious child and I read it very young. It proved to be a very uncertain Narnia. Some of those stories are absolutely terrifying. But then sometimes life is. Your site is a delight Thank you. It behoves us that memory and folklore does not go easily into that good night.

[@jeanettewishall6362]

I love your voice. And I so appreciate the tales you weave through your research.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you for your lovely comment! :) So glad you enjoyed it! 🖤

[@Mallarkey]

​@@The-Resurrectionistsyes, so relieved to hear a real voice. So much better than the all-too-common AI voice-overs we get now that really turn me off; you keep it up. 👍

[@zeebramannandfriends5158]

That was wonderful. I truly enjoyed listening to not only the origins of LRRH, but also the tales and myths of ancient times. I look forward to other stories in the future.

[@deboralee1623]

"Stay on the path." -- Little Red Riding Hood's mother "Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors." -- _An American Werewolf in London_

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

Wasn't David wearing a red coat? I never thought of that, but with the dark humor of the film, it might have been intentional.

[@angeloflight5148]

Found that very interesting and thought provoking, well done 👏

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@angeloflight5148]

You are welcome, great to hear the truth coming out. 😀

[@ColleenLytle-sq8tx]

I love your voice - I think you were supposed to read fairy tales - you have the refined, feminine, bedtime narrator I'd choose to read my stories aloud. You have a gift, thank you.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you so much! That's incredibly kind and sweet of you to say :) 🖤

[@bjornivarant]

Most surprising to me was the possible connection to the Loki and Trym story which I always found very amusing. The dialog where the wolf comes up with clever answers to Riding Hoods questions resembles and echoes the quick mouthed Loki's responses to the jotne.

[@mikecatcher50]

Wonderfully told and Researched, but You missed the 20th century retelling by James ThUrber, in which a beautiful, thoroughly prepared modern young lady quickly determines that the figure in the bed cannot possibly be her Grandmother, takes her .45 caliber pistol from her basket and makes quick work of the wolf. Can't provide the citation this moment, but ( if I remember) it is a New Yorker piece included in "The Thurber Carnival".

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

I think I read that version in "Of Wolves an Men" by Barry Lopez. Obviously he was quoting it from another source, but I remember correctly-that's one place it popped up.

[@brendasmart553]

Loved this style of archetypical teachings!! First time viewer, subbed & liked tremendously! In gratitude I look forward to more!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for being a part of the community 🖤:)

[@stupidgus123]

OMG loved it sooo much! Thank you so much!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it :) 🖤

[@saralang9677]

Fascinating. Very well researched and beautifully narrated. A delight.

[@The-Resurrectionists]

So happy to hear that! Thank you! 🖤:)

[@basilbaby7678]

Recently, a clip went viral, where women were asked if they would rather encounter a bear, or an unknown man in the woods. Most women chose the bear. Their consistent response to the question, has generated a lot of controversy. Anyway, the viral thought-experiment made me think of the Red Riding Hood allegory, and so, I was pleased to see your video.

[@catamoul]

Am i the only one who feels sorry for the bear?

[@basilbaby7678]

@@catamoul, better hope the bear has his own “Man Cave”….

[@jennifersilves4195]

The number of men who wish women harm for choosing the bear is terrifying.

[@basilbaby7678]

@@jennifersilves4195 , their lack of self-awareness, in an ironic confirmation of the female bias is also terrifying.

[@jennifersilves4195]

@@basilbaby7678 Not as terrifying as the fact that men are most deadly to women they know, especially when the women are trying to leave.

[@TRDGE]

I blame you for me here right now in line at a Whataburger drive thru. I listen to these videos on my way home from work but your voice makes me hungry.

[@LordRogerPovey]

Another great and informative video!

[@The-Resurrectionists]

Thank you! :) It means a lot to me that you enjoyed it! 🖤

[@jessicab7059]

I had a class in university called French Fairy Tales, and this was one of the fairy tales they covered. You did a thorough job and discussed everything we learned about it in the class. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos now that I've discovered them, because that was my favorite class in university.

[@MrXiphoid1]

I never thought to connect Thrymskvida with Little Red Riding Hood. Very interesting indeed.

[@laaaryify]

As a historian and someone who researched the Brothers Grimm himself, I appreciate your work, excelent video, well researched. And you attested the oral origins of the tale and its connections to Norse mythology, actually folk tales are a popular version of the epic tellings of mythology directed at aristocracy. Congrats.

[@emimon2351]

Perrault's warning is even more relevant today than his own era, as if we didn't have twisted predators today. Also I was told her hood is red because she's a girl who's had her menstruations before. In other words, who's old enough to have children. As for the myth of the big bad wolf, or werewolf, it comes from the dogman found in the central mountainous region of Gevaudan in France in the 18th century. The wolf also symbolizes the predator.

[@annikafrolander7903]

Thank you for this great work! Happy to have found your channel!❤

[@marilynmcmahon5932]

Interesting look at the story; I would like to hear about the 3 bears.

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

Very well done 👍🏻..the story has always been a childhood favorite of mine. So dark and descriptive and honestly, at the age I first read it.. It'd be fair to call it the first "horror" story I've ever come across. That's always the way I took this story. As a horror.

[@jenniferfinney7533]

If you have never seen the movie called 'In the Company of Wolves' which was the American title starring Stephan Rhea, I highly suggest you see it if you were at all intrigued by the allure of the beast that dwells in the human heart. A cautionary tale for sure.

[@cherylT321]

I remember that film!

[@annettetonks7055]

You certainly make fairytales not so nice. I'll never see them in quite the same light ever again and I always wondered of the meanings behind them. Exceptionally presented 👍👍

[@daddyg5654]

Humm...I must of had a different upbringing. My parents ended the story with "Grandma poped up with her Benelli M4 and the rest of the wolves knew to leave them alone after that." "Now go to sleep!" 😄

[@BruceLee-fd7uw]

Gun mad Americans

[@mickharrison9004]

It would of been beyond imagination of most to get there heads round ,how dangerous it must have been especially for females ,to travel nearly anywhere back in the day when countrys were wild ,or even anybody impossible to know what you could encounter ,in deep woods as in films like robin hood even soldiers were ,scared to go into woods that says it all ,plus the big saying were not out of the woods yet .another great presentation thanks .

[@teresakaczynski8780]

The wolf was always my favorite character in my favorite story. When I was small, thought she should have just shared what was in the basket and they all could have avoided the entire problem.

[@dragdragon23]

very informative! another reason to fear wolves is during war in winter wolves gorge themselves on dead troops of both sides and like said, their number grew and so, did their size. Then they began to attack living troops and the warring sides join forces to kill the third army made up of these man-eating wolves. the last many stories I read on this is from WW1, very terrifying.

[@michaelcheli5842]

Great exploration into Little Red Riding Hood and the many facits of historical influence and significance. Very informative and enjoyable.

[@lesliecarr312]

The story of Little Red Riding Hood may have actually begun in 771 or 775 B.C., the proposed birth of the twin sons Romulus and Remus, who were rescued and and suckled by a mother (or she-) wolf. Romulus killed his brother in an argument, and the City of Rome was founded in 753 B.C. From that point on, the Romans behaved almost like a pack of wolves, devouring the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and France, Spain, lower England, and part of Germany. Red was a favorite color of the Roman aristocracy and the army, and to this day, red is displayed in the uniforms army in countless reenactments in film and theater. Eventually, though, Rome lost its power and sovereignty to the wolves in surrounding territories, but it's influence conquered the world in architecture, law, and medicine. Hooray for the wolves of Rome. SPQR

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for this never ending well of knowledge you have opened.

[@lisasakser7560]

I really like Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs: Who's that I see walkin' in these woods? Why, it's little Red Ridin' Hood! Hey there, little Red Riding Hood You sure are lookin' good You're everything a big bad wolf could want Listen to me, little Red Ridin' Hood I don't think little big girls should Go walkin' in these spooky old woods alone

[@kslinaz5668]

Always enjoy these twists on tales we all grew up hearing. Keep up the fantastic work. ❤

[@Atomicsaurian]

"Little girls, it seems they say Never stop along the way. Never trust a stranger/friend No one knows how it may end. Now you're pretty, so be wise Wolves may lurk in every guise. Now, as then, is simple truth Sweetest tongue hath sharpest tooth."

[@lallare99]

Very interesting and well narrated video. Subscribed.