Difference between revisions of "Martin-Pêcheur Reynard"
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
* [[For Not Everything With Wings...|"For Not Everything With Wings..."]] (First Appearance) | * [[For Not Everything With Wings...|"For Not Everything With Wings..."]] (First Appearance) | ||
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| + | If the last name wasn't indicative enough, Martin-Pêcheur Reynard's first name suggests he is a distant ancestor of [[Halcyon Renard]]. Martin-Pêcheur is the French name for the bird known as the kingfisher (also called a halcyon, from the [[Greece|Greek]] ἀλκυών). [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/sqldbs/WOODHOUSE/woodhouse.py?pagenumber=470&pageturn=1] The connection to the name Halcyon to the kingfisher bird is a reference to Book XI of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', where Ceyx and Alcyone (also spelled Halcyon) are transformed into kingfishers after Alcyone learns of her husband's death at sea. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028%3Abook%3D11%3Acard%3D410] | ||
==Production Background== | ==Production Background== | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 18 September 2025
Martin-Pêcheur Reynard was the son of Blaise and Heloise Reynard.
History
Characteristics
Appearances
- "For Not Everything With Wings..." (First Appearance)
Tidbits
If the last name wasn't indicative enough, Martin-Pêcheur Reynard's first name suggests he is a distant ancestor of Halcyon Renard. Martin-Pêcheur is the French name for the bird known as the kingfisher (also called a halcyon, from the Greek ἀλκυών). [1] The connection to the name Halcyon to the kingfisher bird is a reference to Book XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses, where Ceyx and Alcyone (also spelled Halcyon) are transformed into kingfishers after Alcyone learns of her husband's death at sea. [2]
Production Background
While the majority of characters featured in "For Not Everything With Wings..." were adapted from the 1932 short story "The Maker of Gargoyles", Martin-Pêcheur Reynard is an original character for the Gargoyles comic.
