Reynard the Fox
Illustrated by Heinrich Leutemann
Reynard the Fox is a fictional figure in the leading role of numerous fables and other literary forms compiled in a cycle with a core of tales from the Middle Ages. Reynard is an anthropomorphic fox who interacts with other anthropomorphic animals and acts like a classic trickster to exploit the weaknesses of their characters to his advantage.
Heinrich Leutemann illustrated the book written in verses by Julius Eduard Hartmann and published by A. H. Payne in Leipzig, Dresden, Wein, and Berlin in 1852.
The book was translated into English by E. W. Holloway.
We'll skim the presented book through all of Leutemann's illustrations and their titles. You'll notice a few images depicting retellings of some of the oldest fables (The Frogs Who Wished for a King, The Fox and the Well, The Wolf and the Horse, The Wolf and the Crane, ...) by Aesop and other masters as another proof that greatest stories always end up rewritten and recycled. To explore even more about them, visit the list of popular fables.
You'll also notice that certain characters repeatedly appear in different situations: Noble (lion) as the King, Isengrim (wolf) as his most fierce adversary, Bruin (bear), Grimbard (badger)... There is even a Reynard's wife Hermeline, but her role is insignificant.
Reynard teaching the Creed.
Reynard accused.
Reynard and the Fish cart.
Reynard and Henning.
Bruin as Messenger.
Bruin in the Trap.
Hintze as Messanger.
Isegrim and the Bells.
Isegrim Caught / Discovered.
Reynard and the Priest.
Reynard's Confession.
The Road to Execution.
Reynard at the Place of Execution.
Bruin as King.
King Stork and the Frogs.
Old Reynard's Treasure.
Bruin in Prison.
Bellin's Benediction.
Reynard and Lampe.
Reynard and Bellin.
Opening the Scrip.
Reynard and the Coney.
Reynard and Merknau.
Grimbart's Summons.
The Mare and Wolf.
The Man and the Donkey.
Isegrim and the Crane.
The Wolves on the Ice.
Gieremund in the Well.
Isegrim and the Monkeys.
Reynard Shorn.
The Combat.
Reynard's Triumph.
Reynard relating his adventures.
The satirical points of fables about Reynard are more than one thousand years old, yet most of them look today as fresh as they were just written. People and their relations obviously haven't changed much in the last two millennia.
That's all for this round of Reynard, folks! Don't let him fool you:)