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 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