Brun the bear dies a ridiculous death in the Roman de Renart

The Roman de Renart features Brun the bear, a naive and cowardly glutton who suffers constant humiliations. He is the only animal in the story whose death is explicitly recounted, as he is cowardly shot by a peasant following a trick by the fox. This passage illustrates the downfall of the bear, formerly king of the animals before being demeaned by the Church to erase ancient pagan cults.