Little Red Riding Hood

English thumb|120px|Little Red Riding Hood (right) Alternative forms en Little Red Riding-Hood Etymology From en little red riding hood. Pronunciation en /ˈlɪtl̩ ɹɛd ɹaɪ.dɪŋ hʊd/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Little Red Riding Hood.wav Southern England Proper noun Little Red Riding Hood A traditional fairy tale recounting the story of a young girl who journeys through the forest to vist her grandmother, only to encounter the Big Bad Wolf, (or, in some archaic versions, another ferocious wolf or werewolf). The girl who is the protagonist and title character in this story. Translations a folktale Afrikaans: af Rooikappie Arabic: ar لَيْلَى وَٱلذِّئْب f Armenian: hy Կարմիր գլխարկը Basque: eu Txano Gorritxo Belarusian: be Чырво́ны Каптуро́к m Breton: br Kabellig Ruz Bulgarian: bg Черве́ната шапчица f Catalan: ca Caputxeta Vermella f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 小紅帽 Cimbrian: cim Roathüatle n Czech: cs Červená karkulka f Danish: da Rødhætte c Dutch: nl Roodkapje n Esperanto: eo Ruĝkufulineto Finnish: fi Punahilkka French: fr Petit Chaperon rouge m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Readkapke Galician: gl Carapuchiña Vermella f Georgian: ka წითელქუდა German: de Rotkäppchen n Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Rudkäppche op kölsch Greek: el Κοκκινοσκουφίτσα f Hebrew: he כִּפָּה אֲדֻמָּה kippá adumá Hindi: hi लिटिल रेड राईडिंग हूड Hungarian: hu Piroska és a farkas Icelandic: is Rauðhetta f Indonesian: id Si Kerudung Merah Italian: it Cappuccetto Rosso m Japanese: ja 赤ずきん あかずきん, Akazukin Kapampangan: pam Mainsak a manlalakbeng makamalutung pandung Kazakh: kk Қызыл телпек Korean: ko 빨강모자 소녀 Latin: New Latin la Lacernella Rubra f Latvian: lv Sarkangalvīte Lithuanian: lt Raudonkepuraitė Macedonian: mk Црве́нкапа f Maltese: mt Barnussa Ħamra f Mongolian: mn Улаан малгайт Norwegian: no Rødhette og ulven Occitan: oc Capaironet Roge m Papiamentu: pap Capa Cora Persian: fa شنل‌قرمزی Polish: pl Czerwony Kapturek m Portuguese: pt Chapeuzinho Vermelho m Quechua: qu Puka Kapirusitamanta Romanian: ro Scufița Roșie f Russian: ru Кра́сная Ша́почка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Црвенкапа f, sh Црвѐнкапица f Latin: sh Crvenkapa f, sh Crvènkapica f Slovak: sk Červená karkulka f, sk Červená čiapočka Slovene: sl Rdeča kapica Spanish: es Caperucita Roja f Swedish: sv Rödluvan c, sv Rödluvan och vargen Thai: th หนูน้อยหมวกแดง nŏo-nói-mùak-daeng Tibetan: bo ༄༅།། ཞྭ་མོ་དམར་ཆུང Turkish: tr Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız Ukrainian: uk Черво́на Ша́почка f Vietnamese: vi cô bé quàng khăn đỏ Walloon: wa Rodje Capucete Welsh: cy Hugan Goch Fach the main character in this story Afrikaans: af Rooikappie Arabic: ar ذَات الرَّدَاء الأَحْمَر f Armenian: hy Կարմիր գլխարկ Basque: eu Txano Gorritxo Breton: br Kabellig Ruz Bulgarian: bg Черве́ната шапчица f Catalan: ca Caputxeta Vermella f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 小紅帽 Xiǎo Hóng Mào Cornish: kw Huk Vyghan Rudh f Czech: cs Červená karkulka f Danish: da Rødhætte c Dutch: nl Roodkapje n Esperanto: eo Ruĝkufulineto Finnish: fi Punahilkka French: fr Petit Chaperon rouge m Georgian: ka წითელქუდა German: de Rotkäppchen n Greek: el Κοκκινοσκουφίτσα f Hungarian: hu Piroska Kapampangan: pam I Makamalutung pandung Kazakh: kk Қызыл телпек Latin: New Latin la Lacernella Rubra f Lithuanian: lt Raudonkepuraitė f Mongolian: mn Улаан малгайт Norwegian: no Rødhette Polish: pl Czerwony Kapturek m Portuguese: pt Chapeuzinho Vermelho f Russian: ru Кра́сная Ша́почка f Swedish: sv Rödluvan c Turkish: tr Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız Walloon: wa Rodje Capucete Further reading Little Red Riding Hood en Brothers Grimm Fairy tale characters Fairy tales Fictional characters