“The Universe is made of stories, not atoms” (Rukeyser M 1968, cited in Daniels K 2000, p. 135), therefore, there is no marvel at how popular tales have managed to captivate people from all over the world, crossing history and culture. These stories are told to young people, teaching morality and correct social behavior. However, as folktales describe different behaviors for boys and girls, ideas about gender are created. Despite this, changing attitudes towards gender roles alter the content of folk tales to accommodate such changes, producing new and different gender ideas. This can be seen by comparing the Little Red Riding Hood tales: "Grandmother's Tale" and "Little Red Riding Hood" set 400 years apart as the role of women in history, the process of becoming a woman and on which we tend to attribute gender guilt. is analyzed. The place of women in "Grandmother's Tale" and "Little Red Riding Hood" differs due to the difference in time period, thus creating two distinct expectations about the ideal characteristics that women should possess. In "Grandmother's Tale", women are shown as independent people, capable of living without a man. The girl, after realizing that the bzou is not her grandmother, immediately devises a plan and tells him "... I have to go do my business... [and] I have to go out", thus attempting to save herself using her wits . Furthermore, the washerwomen tricked the bzou into believing that they would obediently help him cross the river, but instead drowned him once he crossed halfway. The ideas produced by 'Little Red Riding Hood' portray women as trophies of men, incapable of living without a man. Little Red Riding Hood tells the wolf, a stranger, where her sick and vulnerable grandmother lives, underlining her naivety. She is objectified by the wolf, as he observes: "What ten... half of paper... is the wolf's choice to chase Little Red Riding Hood, and consequently he should be blamed for targeting her, rather than blaming Little Red Riding Hood who does not she could stop the wolf from preying on her as a result, as the idea that a woman is to be blamed for choosing a man as seen in "Little Red Riding Hood", as opposed to "Grandmother's Tale" where a man is blamed for. one's choices, the change in gendered social behaviors of men and women from the 14th to the 19th century is quite evident, with such a great change in the rewriting. In conclusion, through the critical analysis and comparison of the two tales, it is evident that narratives shape the gender mindset at certain moments in time while being shaped by changing mindsets, thus producing new and fresh ideas about gender through women's place in history, the process of becoming a woman and on which we tend to place gender guilt. Works Cited Rukeyser M 1968