Fairy tales

Recently my friend told me that the Little red Riding hood is more than just a little girl in a red hood going to grandmas house, he showed me other interpretations of the tale , such as littel red riding hood signifying a prostitue, or entering puberty...

or having rebirth etc... What are your interpretations of little red riding hood ?

Rebirth
Bruno Bettelheim, in The Uses of Enchantment, recast the Little Red Riding Hood motif in terms of classic Freudian analysis, that shows how fairy tales educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children. The motif of the huntsman cutting open the wolf, he interpreted as a rebirth; the girl who foolishly listened to the wolf has been reborn as a new person.

Prostitution
One of the more common interpretations refers to a classic warning against becoming a working girl.The red cloak was also a classic signal of a prostitute in 17th century France. A Colombian charity recently used this theme in a poster campaign that showed various fairy tale characters reduced to child labour, including Red Riding Hood as a child prostitute.

Sexual awakening
Red Riding Hood has also been seen as a parable of sexual maturity. In this interpretation, the red cloak symbolizes the blood of the menstrual cycle, braving the dark forest of womanhood. Or the cloak could symbolize the hymen (earlier versions of the tale generally do not state that the cloak is red—the word red in the title may refer to the girl's hair color or a nickname). In this case, the wolf threatens the girl's virginity. The anthropomorphic wolf symbolizes a man, who could be a lover, seducer or sexual predator. This differs from the ritual explanation in that the entry into adulthood is biologically, not socially, determined

The tale has been interpreted as a puberty ritual, stemming from a prehistorical origin (sometimes an origin stemming from a previous matriarchal era.)[24] The girl, leaving home, enters a liminal state and by going through the acts of the tale, is transformed into an adult woman by the act of coming out of the wolf's belly

from wiki.

I think it signifies that you can still get eaten while your on your period since shes in red and da wolf wants to eat her