mount of Don Quixote

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Rocinante is Don Quixote’s famously gaunt and ill-suited but loyally cherished horse in Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel.

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mount of Don Quixote canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal character ⓘ
fictional horse ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
opera adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
stage adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
television adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
appearsIn Don Quixote ⓘ
associatedWith La Mancha ⓘ
chivalric parody ⓘ
contrastsWith legendary warhorses like Babieca ⓘ
legendary warhorses like Bayard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
fictionalUniverse world of Don Quixote ⓘ
linked to: Don Quixote
firstAppearance El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha ⓘ
linked to: Don Quixote
firstPublicationYear 1605 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreContext picaresque and satirical novel ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact iconic literary horse ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
literaryFunction comic counterpart to heroic warhorses of chivalric romances ⓘ
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
loyalTo Don Quixote ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
mountOf Don Quixote ⓘ
nameMeaning derived from Spanish "rocín" (workhorse or nag) ⓘ
suggests "formerly a workhorse" or "before a nag" ⓘ
notableCharacteristic gaunt ⓘ
ill-suited for battle ⓘ
loyally cherished by Don Quixote ⓘ
old ⓘ
owner Don Quixote ⓘ
portrayedAs slow ⓘ
stubborn ⓘ
weak ⓘ
referencedIn popular culture adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
various later literary works ⓘ
relationshipWith companion of Don Quixote ⓘ
role steed of a would-be knight-errant ⓘ
species horse ⓘ
symbolizes Don Quixote’s delusions of grandeur ⓘ
nobility amid poverty ⓘ
the contrast between idealism and reality ⓘ
workTitle Don Quixote, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Don Quixote

Don Quixote, Part II ⓘ
linked to: Don Quixote

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Rocinante → roleInPlot → mount of Don Quixote ⓘ