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Reynard ((フランス語:Renart); (ドイツ語:Reineke); (オランダ語:Reinaert)) is the main character in a literary cycle of allegorical French, Dutch, English, and German fables. Those stories are largely concerned with Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure. His adventures usually involve him deceiving other anthropomorphic animals for his own advantage or trying to avoid retaliations from them. His main enemy and victim across the cycle is his uncle, the wolf Isengrim. While the character appears in later works, the core stories were written during the middle ages by multiple authors and are often seen as parodies of medieval literature such as courtly love stories and chansons de geste, as well as satire of political and religious institutions.〔Bianciotto, G. (2005). Introduction. In ''Le roman de Renart''. Paris: Librairie Générale Française (Livre de poche) ISBN 978-2-253-08698-7〕 ==Etymology of the name== Theories about the origin of the name Reynard are: * from the Germanic man's name Reginhard, which came from 'regin' = "the divine powers of the old Germanic religion" and "hard": "made hard by the gods", but with the disuse of the old Germanic religion was later likely interpreted as "rain-hard" meaning "staying steady under a rain of blows from weapons in battle" or similar. * from the Germanic man's name Reginhard (later condensed to Reinhard), which comes from 'regin' = "counsel" and 'harti' = "strong", denoting someone who is wise, clever, or resourceful. The traditional French word for "fox" was ''goupil'' from Latin ''vulpecula''. Because of the popularity of the Reynard stories, ''renard'' became the standard French word for "fox" and ''goupil'' is now dialectal or archaic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reynard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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