# Montesinos — Don Quixote character guide

> Montesinos in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** cousin Montesinos, the venerable Montesinos

**First appearance:** 0083-part-ii-xxiii

## Who they are

A legendary figure from chivalric romance who appears in Don Quixote's dream.

## In the story

### [Of the wonderful things the incomparable Don Quixote said he saw in the profound Cave of Montesinos, the impossibility and magnitude of which cause this adventure to be deemed apocryphal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

Appears as an enchanted old man in the cave, welcoming Don Quixote and showing him the marvels of the crystal castle, confirming the story of Durandarte's heart.

### [XXXIV Which relates how they learned the way in which they were to disenchant the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso, which is one of the rarest adventures in this book.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiv)

Sent by the demon to accompany Dulcinea and instruct Don Quixote.

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