| Little Red Riding Hood's Lumberjack | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
Unknown |
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Created by |
French Folklore |
Origin[]
This heroic lumberjack was walking through the woods one day when he noticed a wolf sleeping in a woman's bed. Looking fully fed, the lumberjack chose to cut the wolf open, thereby saving the lives of Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother!
They then filled the wolf's body with heavy stones. When the wolf awakened and tried to flee, the stones caused him to collapse and die.
Notes[]
- As with all folk tales, varying versions of the story exist from Red wearing a cap rather than a hood, to the grandmother being locked in a closet instead of eaten, to the lumberjack being a hunter, and to the wolf not dying, simply getting a beating and sent on his way.