Which earlier knightly disguise does Sanson Carrasco use before the White Moon disguise?

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Before adopting the White Moon disguise, Sansón Carrasco appears as the Knight of the Mirrors.

Carrasco is a bachelor and a friend of Don Quixote who wants to bring him home and end his dangerous adventures. In Part II, he first disguises himself as the Knight of the Mirrors, also translated in some editions as the Knight of the Wood or Knight of the Forest. He travels with an accomplice and challenges Don Quixote under the rules of chivalric combat.

Carrasco expects to defeat him and impose a return home, but Don Quixote wins the encounter. The failed scheme turns Carrasco’s concern into wounded pride and motivates a second attempt. Later, at Barcelona, he becomes the Knight of the White Moon and defeats Don Quixote, forcing him to abandon knight-errantry for a year.

The main potential confusion is that “Knight of the Mirrors” and “Knight of the Wood” can refer to the same earlier disguise, depending on the translation. “Knight of the White Moon” is Carrasco’s later identity, not the first one.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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