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This article presents a new reading of Quixote by Cervantes in light of the allegories and literary myths proposed in regard to Chilean culture by some contemporary national essayists: from Luis Emilio Recabarren to Sonia Montecino, among others. Of highlight are the contrapositions between (A) the precarious and merciful order of the world implanted by Quixote and the mental elements of the Chilean orphan and witchcraft; (B) the opposition between quixotic authority and dictatorial power in Spanish America; (C) a reading of Quixote as a literary myth that founded the mythology of the fatherland (in Spain), as opposed to the emphasis on the Cervantine narration as the creator of critical freedom (in Spanish America); and, finally, (D) Quixote as a universal example of a narrative attitude that makes room for humanity and wisdom in this world driven by egotism and corrupted by desire.