Chanticleer and the Fox the question of its origin. It has also been asserted that the tale has developed out of the basic situation in Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow. Early examples of the story are pithily fabular but towards the middle of the 12th century it appears as an extended episode of the "Reynard cycle" under the title "How Renart captured Chanticleer the cock" ("Si comme Renart prist Chanticler le Coq"). The work of which it was part was immensely popular and spread widely in translation. The basic situation concerns the cock Chanticleer, who lives with his three wives in
Reynard the Fox master of disguise and is a bit of a kleptomaniac, which gets him into trouble from police chief Chantecler (a rooster) who often sends cat police inspector Tybalt after him to thwart his plans. "Le roman de Renart" is a 2005 CGI feature animated film made in Luxembourg in French with an English dub called "Renart The Fox" or "The Adventures of Renny the Fox" The TV show "The Magicians" includes a character based on Reynard. In this version, he is a violent pagan trickster god accidentally summoned by a group of hedge witches. He ends up killing most of