409: Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊

Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf trying to not constantly get skinned alive.

😈 The Creature: The Devs

I guess you have to worry about head trauma and TBI a lot less when you have seven heads.

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🎵 Music Credits
"Devanz" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Spunker" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Laddo" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, we're telling the stories of Renard the Fox. You'll see how
0:05.3	LARPING might just save your life, and how if your dinner begs to be eaten, that might be a little
0:11.7	suspicious. The creature this week is a seven-headed cyclops with destructive hobbies.
0:22.9	This is Myths and Legends,
0:24.6	episode 409,
0:26.5	nasty, brutish, and short.
0:32.4	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:36.3	Some are incredibly popular tales you
0:38.1	might think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories that might be new to you,
0:42.9	but are definitely worth a listen. We're back in the stories of Renard and friends. Well, that's
0:48.0	not strictly accurate. Renard doesn't really have friends. He's an anthropomorphic talking
0:53.3	fox who lives in the Beast Kingdom with other anthropomorphic talking animals,
0:57.0	like Renard's greatest enemy, Isingrim the Wolf.
1:01.0	A wolf priest who is a wolf in priest's clothing, it's exactly what it sounds like.
1:08.0	The Renard's stories are oftentimes brutal parodies of other medieval texts.
1:12.5	And while they were originally written in old French,
1:15.0	the tales come from the Netherlands,
1:16.7	France, and Germany.
1:18.4	We're not in any of those places today,
1:20.5	or maybe we're vaguely in all those places,
1:23.9	because we are in the kingdom of the lion,
1:26.6	and he is not doing well.
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