Who doesn’t know the story of Little Red Riding Hood and its famous moral : never talk to strangers ? The wolf prowls the woods, they say, watch out! But have we perhaps gone down the wrong path by too quickly dismissing the domestic danger ?

In De Grandes Dents, Lucile Novat provides a clear answer. Perrault and Grimm’s tales not only warn us against the unknown, but also condition children to accept the silence of incest. These traditional versions conceal a persistent social reality : the monster is not an intruder, but far more often a close relative.

Drawing on Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler, this article explores the impact of these tales on our identity construction. What if the wolf were ultimately just " the tree that hid the house " ?

Keywords : Little Red Riding Hood / gender studies / incest / The Second Sex/Gender Trouble