"The Evolution of Little Red Riding Hood" Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Nov 2013 11:41 a.m. PST |
"Does Little Red Riding Hood survive her visit to grandmother's house? It depends on where you grew up. In some European tellings, the child meets a gruesome end in the jaws of a wolf, but in others she escapes. And in other parts of the world, the victim is a goat rather than a girl, or the villain is a tiger rather than a wolf. Did all of these versions evolve from a single ancient tale? Or have parents around the world independently invented the obviously good idea of terrifying their offspring with tales of child-munching monsters before sleep? By applying a bit of evolutionary biology to the tale, a researcher says he now has an answer. In the most popular European version of Little Red Riding Hood, a wolf devours an old woman and then imitates her, wearing her clothes and getting into her bed just in time for the arrival of her granddaughter. The tension builds as the girl relays a series of observations to the wolf—"Grandmother, what big ears you have!
What big teeth you have!"—until the animal eats her. But if you grew up in the Middle East, you might have heard a story called The Wolf and the Kids. Instead of dressing up as a human grandmother, the wolf impersonates a nanny goat before eating her goat kids. Could that tale be the ancestor of Little Red Riding Hood?
" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
M C MonkeyDew | 16 Nov 2013 2:06 p.m. PST |
As the author is writing for a science themed website he might have avoided this apparent attempt at humor "Or have parents around the world independently invented the obviously good idea of terrifying their offspring with tales of child-munching monsters before sleep?" Not to wander off into the woods by yourself is a valuable life skill, especially if there are wild animals about. This, like Hanzel and Gretel, tale is a parable. |
cfielitz | 16 Nov 2013 2:34 p.m. PST |
Wow, the author has money to burn. Publishing in PLOS ONE costs about $1,500 USD minimum. |
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