Reynard is an anthropomorphic fox usually depicted as a very clever trickster who battles the greedy and brutish wolf, Isengrim. In some stories he is depicted as a hero of the people, in other stories, he is depicted as a nasty and self-serving rogue. He is often depicted as having a den or castle, called Maupertuis, where he can hide from his enemies. He is also frequently depicted as having a wife named Hermeline and three children.

In one story, he is summoned to the court of King Noble, or Leo, the Lion, to answer charges or murder and adultery brought against him by Isengrim. Other anthropomorphic animals, including Chanticleer the Rooster, Bruin the Bear, Baldwin the Ass, Tibert (Tybalt) the Cat, all testify against Reynard as well. His only allies in defending his actions are his cousin/nephew Grimbard the Badger and Noble's wife Queen Fiere, the latter of whom has taken a fancy to the vulpine.

Isengrim is sometimes depicted as Reynard's uncle and former partner in crime. He challenges Reynard to duels and Reynard usually wins through cunning. However, Isengrim eventually wins a chess game against Reynard while the fox is drunk. The wager that Isengrim is then entitled to any part of Reynard's body, results in a fatal wound.

Some tales then depict Reynard's funeral, in which his enemies gather to deliver maudlin elegies full of insincere piety. In these stories, Reynard gets his revenge posthumously, against his enemies and sometimes against Hermeline who has remarried. In other stories, Reynard has simply gone into hiding with his family, giving rise to the famous line, "Yet Reynard still lives on."

*Nivardus' Ysengrinus (1148-1153)
*Le Roman de Renart (1174, sequel in 1179)
*Reinhart Fuchs (1180)
*Van den vos Reynaerde (1260)
*The Historie of Reynart the Foxe (1485)
*The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg (1851)
*Rénert the Fox (1872)

*Four Color #103: Easter with Mother Goose: Reynard attempts to abduct Humpty Dumpty in the forest, but then enlists the Easter Bunny's help in rescuing the egg from the castle of the giant, Cormoran.
*Zoo Funnies (1953 series) #1

* A human characters named after Reynard, the Fox appeared in Cyclone Comics #4-5 as a knight in the Third Crusade (1183 AD).
* Disney initially planned on making an animated film adaptation of the Reynard tales, but production proved to be difficult due to the character lacking sympathy with modern audiences. However, many of the ideas and conceptual designs ended up being repurposed for their 1973 adaptation of Robin Hood.
* The given name Reynard is from Reginhard, Raginohardus "strong in counsel". Because of the popularity of the Reynard stories, renard became the standard French word for "fox", replacing the old French word for "fox", which was goupil from Latin vulpēcula. S

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynard Wikipedia]
* [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/reynard-the-fox/4005-46024/ ComicVine]
* [https://www.comics.org/feature/36136/ GCD]
* [https://myths-in-media.fandom.com/wiki/Reynard_the_Fox Myths in Media Wiki]
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