Great storytelling! When you told the true story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, I hoped you would get around to Hansel and Gretel.

Want to sink your teeth into something really cool? Check out why philologists believe the Little Red Riding Hood story has roots that go all the way back to the early Middle Ages (or late antiquity depending on how you define it) and the struggle against Atilla.

That story isn’t the only folktale that is apparently an ancient memory of those days.