Chanticleer and the Fox it clear that its inspiration was Edmond Rostand's drama "Chantecler" about a cock that believed the sun would not rise unless it crowed first. Several other works claim to be inspired by Chaucer's tale but, like Rostand's play and the 1990 cartoon feature film Rock-a-Doodle based on it, have little connection with the original Renart Cycle version beyond using the name Chanticleer, or variants of it. Chanticleer and the Fox 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
Reynard the Fox Ma'nsgrëßt"], was published in 1872 by Michel Rodange, a Luxembourgeois author. An epic satirical work—adapted from the 1858 Cotta Edition of Goethe's fox epic "Reineke Fuchs" to a setting in Luxembourg— it is known for its insightful analysis of the unique characteristics of the people of Luxembourg, using regional and sub-regional dialects to depict the fox and his companions. Fedor Flinzer illustrated "Reineke Fuchs" ("Reynard the Fox") for children. French artist Rémy Lejeune (Ladoré) illustrated "Les Aventures de Maître Renart et d'Ysengrin son compère", "Bibliolâtres de France" editions (1960) "Van den vos Reynaerde" (Of Reynaert the Fox) was an anti-Semitic