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ATU 333 is one of the most well-known tale types and has many variations. The story of Little Red Riding Hood (this title also has many variations, such as Little Red Cap and Red Riding Hood) has its origins in old European folk tales, and may even be derived from classical Greek stories. The two most well-known and influential versions of this story were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The earliest written version was “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” published by Charles Perrault in 1697 in his collection of fairy tales Contes de ma mère l'oye (Tales of Mother Goose). Perrault most likely adapted the story from an oral folktale. The story describes a little girl who meets a wolf in the woods on the way to her sick grandmother's house, and who gives the beast directions to it. The wolf arrives first, eats the grandmother, and waits until the girl arrives and eats her, too, after disguising himself as the old woman. Variations include a woodcutter or hunter who rescues the girl and her grandmother from the wolf's belly with his axe, and sometimes the ommission of being eaten at all.