Rocinante a standalone word as well as a suffix. One meaning is "before" or "previously". Another is "in front of". As a suffix, "-ante" in Spanish is adverbial; "rocinante" refers to functioning as, or being, a "rocín". "Rocinante", then, follows Cervantes' pattern using ambiguous, multivalent words, which is common throughout the novel. Rocinante's name, then, signifies his change in status from the "old nag" of before to the "foremost" steed. As Cervantes describes Don Quixote's choice of name: "nombre a su parecer alto, sonoro y significativo de lo que había sido cuando fue rocín, antes de lo que ahora era, que
Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan is a fictional figure in Turkish folklore and literature. "Kel" means "bald" and "oğlan" means "boy" . In tales, Keloğlan is a poor and witty boy lived during the Ottoman Empire times. There are many Keloğlan tales.In these tales Keloğlan usually has an old and widowed mother. In a few tales, he also has a father and brothers. His main antagonist is a man named "Köse" (literally "beardless") In some tales a sultan, a vizier a kadı (judge) or even a giant or a fairy may also be one of his antagonists. In all such tales