Petra Cotes

E453122

Petra Cotes is a character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known as Aureliano Segundo’s passionate lover and a symbol of sensuality and material abundance in Macondo.

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Label Occurrences
Petra Cotes canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
alignment sympathetic character ⓘ
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
associatedMotif abundance of livestock ⓘ
plague of rabbits ⓘ
associatedWith eroticism ⓘ
excess ⓘ
good fortune ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
characterTrait emotionally loyal to Aureliano Segundo ⓘ
generous ⓘ
practical ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
contrastedWith Fernanda del Carpio ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork Colombia ⓘ
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
economicEffect coincides with extraordinary multiplication of animals ⓘ
emotionalArc remains devoted to Aureliano Segundo through his decline ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Macondo ⓘ
firstPublicationContext 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
genre magical realism ⓘ
household shared home with Aureliano Segundo ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
literarySignificance embodiment of bodily pleasure over social respectability ⓘ
figure of magical economic fecundity ⓘ
loverOf Aureliano Segundo ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeRole Aureliano Segundo’s mistress ⓘ
catalyst for economic prosperity ⓘ
counterpoint to Fernanda del Carpio ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Colombian ⓘ
occupation lottery operator ⓘ
raffle organizer ⓘ
partner Aureliano Segundo ⓘ
partOf Buendía family saga ⓘ
relationshipTypeWith Aureliano Segundo long-term extramarital relationship ⓘ
passionate love affair ⓘ
relationshipWith Fernanda del Carpio rival in Aureliano Segundo’s affections ⓘ
residence Macondo ⓘ
symbolizes fertility ⓘ
material abundance ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
themeConnection intersection of love, wealth, and superstition in Macondo ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction late 19th to early 20th century Macondo ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fernanda del Carpio → conflictWith → Petra Cotes ⓘ
Aureliano Segundo → hasRelative → Petra Cotes ⓘ
Aureliano Segundo → lover → Petra Cotes ⓘ