Rocinante

Not to be confused with Rocinate.
For other uses, see Rocinante (disambiguation).
Rocinante (Rozinante)
Don Quixote character
Rocinante. Detail of the Cervantes monument in Madrid (L. Coullaut, 1930)
Created byMiguel de Cervantes
In-universe information
SpeciesHorse
GenderMale
Don Quixote, a 1976 statue by Aurelio Teno exhibited in Washington, D.C., portrays Rocinante and Don Quixote as emerging from a rock ready for battle

Rocinante (Rozinante[1]) (Spanish pronunciation: [roθiˈnante]) is Don Quixote's horse in the 1605/1615 novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In many ways, Rozinante is not only Don Quixote's horse, but also his double; like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cervantes, Miguel (1605). Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha (Translated by Charles Jarvis Esq. ed.). Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co. (published 1880).
  2. ^ Mancing, Howard (2004). "Rocinante". The Cervantes Encyclopedia: L–Z. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 618.
  3. ^ Cull, John T. (1990). "The 'Knight of the Broken Lance' and his 'Trusty Steed': On Don Quixote and Rocinante". Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America. 10 (2): 37–53. doi:10.3138/cervantes.10.2.037.