Reynard the Fox

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• Reynard The Fox — ▪ literary character       hero of several medieval European cycles of versified animal tales that satirize contemporary human society. Though Reynard is sly, amoral, cowardly, and self seeking, he is still a sympathetic hero, whose cunning is a… …   Universalium

• REYNARD THE FOX —    an epic of the Middle Ages, in which animals represent men, full of broad rustic mirth, inexhaustible in comic devices, a world Saturnalia, where wolves tonsured into monks and nigh starved by short commons, foxes pilgrimaging to Rome for… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Reynard the Fox — Rey|nard the Fox a ↑fox in old European stories, who often behaves badly but always escapes punishment by his cleverness …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Tale of the Fox — For the French folktales also referred to as tales of the Fox , see Reynard. Infobox Film name = The Tale of the Fox caption = Original French poster imdb rating = director = Irene Starevich Ladislas Starevich producer = Louis Nalpas (1929 1931)… …   Wikipedia

• Mykyta the Fox — Лис Микита Format Animated sitcom Created by Volodymyr Kmetyk, Pavlo Movchan Directed by Volodymyr Kmetyk Country of origin …   Wikipedia

• Chanticleer and the Fox — For the Caldecott Medal winner, see Chanticleer and the Fox (book) Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages. Though it can be compared to Aesop s fable of The Fox and the Crow, it is of more recent origin. The story… …   Wikipedia

• Reynard — [ren′ərd, rā′nərd, rā′närd΄] n. [OFr Renard, Renart < OHG Reginhart < Gmc * ragina, counsel, judgment (< IE base * reĝ , to put in order > RIGHT) + hard, bold, brave: see HARD] 1. the fox in the medieval cycle of fables Reynard the… …   English World dictionary

• Reynard — m English: of Norman origin, derived from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin advice, decision + hard hardy, brave, strong. In French, renard (derived from this name) has become the generic name for a fox, as a result of the… …   First names dictionary

• Reynard — Illumination from a manuscript of the Roman de Renart, end of the 13th century This article is about the anthropomorphic red fox. For the car manufacturer, see Reynard Motorsport. For the ships of the Royal Navy, see HMS Reynard. Reynard (French …   Wikipedia

• The Nun's Priest's Tale — Cicero, one of the authors in the cockerel s library The Nun s Priest s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, the 626 line narrative poem is a beast fable and mock epic based on an …   Wikipedia

• The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian — The Preiching of the Swallow The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian is a cycle of connected poems by the Scottish makar Robert Henryson. In the accepted text it consists of thirteen versions of fables, seven modelled on stories from Aesop… …   Wikipedia