The name of this creature puns on a French word meaning "to hunt" and Pellinore spent much of his life looking for it.  
According to Helmut Nickle, the origin of it may be from a legend preserved by William of Malmesbury's description of King Edgar. One legend holds that its creation is linked with a woman that slept with Satan in order to kill her brother and that this entity was the product of their union. In another work, this creature is encountered after a man dremt of the land of gryphons and serpents while riding to Carilion. Esclobar apparently spent his entire life trying to kill this creature, which leads his son to find and injure it with a lance before it perishes in a lake. It has twelve dogs inside its womb and is said to look like a hart, rabbit and fox at the same time. The name of this creature puns on a French word meaning "to hunt" and Pellinore spent much of his life looking for it.  For 10 points, name this mythical creature pursued by Kin Arthur, whose hunt is notably told in Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur.
According to Helmut Nickle, the origin of it may be from a legend preserved by William of Malmesbury's description of King Edgar.
Questing Beast or Barking Beast