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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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 NERFINISHED
associatedWith La Mancha NERFINISHED
chivalric parody
contrastsWith legendary warhorses like Babieca
legendary warhorses like Bayard
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Miguel de Cervantes NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse world of Don Quixote NERFINISHED
firstAppearance El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
loyalTo Don Quixote NERFINISHED
medium novel
mountOf Don Quixote NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Don Quixote, Part II NERFINISHED

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Rocinante roleInPlot mount of Don Quixote