Rocinante

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Rocinante is Don Quixote’s gaunt and aging but proudly named horse, symbolizing his delusional chivalric ideals in Miguel de Cervantes’ novel.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rocinante canonical 4
Rosinante (Don Quixote’s horse) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional animal
fictional horse
literary character
appearsIn Don Quixote
appearsInWorkBy Miguel de Cervantes
associatedWith Don Quixote
centuryOfCreation 17th century
closelyRelatedCharacter Sancho Panza
contrastedWith Dapple
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdBy Miguel de Cervantes
culturalImpact frequently referenced in literature
iconic literary horse
symbol of quixotic endeavors
describedAs gaunt
nag
old
worn-out
fictionalUniverse Don Quixote
surface form: Don Quixote universe
firstAppearance Don Quixote
surface form: Part I of Don Quixote
firstPublicationYear 1605
genre comic novel character
hasAdaptation film adaptations of Don Quixote
stage adaptations of Don Quixote
television adaptations of Don Quixote
hasOwner Don Quixote
hasSpecies horse
hasTrait comic
loyal
proudly named
slow
weak
languageOfWork Spanish
literaryFunction parody of heroic steeds
satire of knight-errantry
medium novel
nameEtymology derived from Spanish word rocin
suffix -ante indicating precedence
nameMeaning before all others
formerly a workhorse
roleInPlot companion of Don Quixote
mount of Don Quixote
source of comic contrast
symbolizes chivalric ideals
delusional heroism
illusion versus reality
noble poverty
romanticized knighthood
workTitle Don Quixote
surface form: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don Quixote hasCharacter Rocinante
Panza hasRelationshipWith Rocinante
subject surface form: Sancho Panza
Alonso Quixano rides Rocinante
Don Quixote tapestry cartoons iconography Rocinante
this entity surface form: Rosinante (Don Quixote’s horse)
Charley travelsInVehicle Rocinante