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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocinante | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal character
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fictional horse ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of Don Quixote
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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
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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)
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suggests "formerly a workhorse" or "before a nag" ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
gaunt
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ill-suited for battle ⓘ loyally cherished by Don Quixote ⓘ old ⓘ |
| owner | Don Quixote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
slow
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stubborn ⓘ weak ⓘ |
| referencedIn |
popular culture adaptations of Don Quixote
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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
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nobility amid poverty ⓘ the contrast between idealism and reality ⓘ |
| workTitle |
Don Quixote, Part I
NERFINISHED
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Don Quixote, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.