中國民間童話中的「老虎外婆」類型故事是在各地廣為流傳、饒富趣味的代表性民間童話，之所以稱其為一類型，乃因這些故事都很有默契的遵循著一共同基本架構，而在這個主要骨架下隨著各地風俗民情的不同，為故事添加上極具地方色彩的血肉與衣著，也因此「老虎外婆」類型童話蘊含了豐富的中國民間文化，值得深入探討、玩味，諸如扮演吃人者角色的動物、偽裝者的身份、故事中孩童的名字、童話情節的安排、故事結尾的變化多端等，在在都呈現出民間童話活潑充沛、源源不絕的生命力，它含藏了中國傳統文化的特色，伴隨著大多數的中國孩子成長，其價值與魅力是不容忽視的。

In Chinese folk fairy-tale, the “tigress-grandmother” story genre is a representative folk fairy-tale with prevalence and interest. It is called a genre because these tales tacitly follow a joint and basic structure. Under this main frame, according to different customs and regional conditions, the stories are appended to flesh and blood as well as clothing which are rich in local color. Therefore, the “tigress-grandmother” genre reserves abundant Chinese folk culture, and it is worthy of deep investigation and reflections. For example, the animals playing the roles of devouring human flesh, the identities of those disguised characters, the children's names in the stories, the arrangement of the plots in the tales, the variety of the endings, and so on. All of these exhibit the vigorous, ample, and well-supplied vitality of folk fairy-tales. This genre contains the features of Chinese traditional culture, and accompanies Chinese children to grow up. Its value and charm should not be overlooked.