Loyalty

Loyalty

See also Friendship, Patriotism.

Achates

companion and faithful friend of Aeneas. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]

Adam

family retainer; offers Orlando his savings. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It]

Aeneas

carried his father Anchises from burning Troy. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]

alexandrite

type of chrysoberyl typifying undying devotion. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 67]

Antony, Mark

Caesar’s beloved friend; turns public opinion against Caesar’s assassins. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar]

Argus

Odysseus’ dog; overjoyed at Odysseus’ return, he dies. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Balderstone, Caleb

servant true to Ravenswoods despite poverty. [Br. Lit.: The Bride of Lammermoor]

Bevis

mastiff who “saved his master by his fidelity.” [Br. Lit.: Woodstock]

Blondel

loyal troubadour to Richard the Lion-hearted; helps him escape. [Br. Lit.: The Talisman]

bluebell

symbol of loyalty. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172]

Byam, Roger

remains faithful to Captain Bligh after mutiny. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty]

Camillo

as counsellor, exemplifies constancy. [Br. Lit.: The Winter’s Tale]

Chauvin, Nicolas

(fl. early 19th century) he followed Napoleon through everything. [Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 164]

Chester Matt Dillon’s

lame but game sidekick. [TV: “Gun-smoke” in Terrace, I, 331–332]

Chingachgook

ever-devoted to Hawkeye. [Am. Lit.: The Last of the Mohicans]

Cordelia

faithful daughter of sea god Llyr [Celtic Myth.: Parrinder, 67]; loyal and loving daughter of King Lear. [Br. Lit.: King Lear]

dog

ever pictured at feet of saints; “man’s best friend.” [Medieval Art: Brewer Dictionary, 332; Western Folklore: Misc.]

Dolius

the loyal retainer of Odysseus and Penelope. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Eros

Antony’s freed slave; kills himself rather than harm Antony. [Br. Lit.: Antony and Cleopatra]

Eumaeus

loyal swineherd of Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Faithful Johannes

loyal servant dies for king and is resurrected. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 22]

Flavius

loyal and upright steward of Timon. [Br. Lit.: Timon of Athens]

Gloucester

faithful to Lear, he tries to save the king from his daughters’ cruelty. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare King Lear]

Gonzalo

Prospero’s “true preserver and a loyal sir.” [Br. Lit.: The Tempest]

Good-Deeds

only companion who ultimately accompanies Everyman. [Medieval Lit.: Everyman]

Horatio

true-blue friend of Hamlet. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet]

Horton

“faithful one hundred percent,” Horton sits on the Mayzie bird’s egg until it is hatched. [Children’s Lit.: Horton Hatches the Egg]

Iolaus

nephew and trusted companion of Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 141]

Jonathan

stalwartly defended David; aided him in escape. [O.T.: I Samuel 20:32–34, 42; 23:16]

Kato

loyal servant of the Green Hornet. [Radio: “The Green Hornet” in Buxton, 102–103]

Kent

a “noble and true-hearted” courtier. [Br. Lit.: King Lear]

Merrilies, Meg

Henry Bertram’s Gypsy-nurse; thoroughly devoted and protective. [Br. Lit.: Guy Mannering]

Moniplies, Richard Nigel’s

servant; helps him out of imbroglio. [Br. Lit.: Fortunes of Nigel]

Panza, Sancho

squire to Don Quixote. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote]

Passepartout

faithful valet of Phileas Fogg. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days]

Pilar

fiercely devoted leader of a loyalist guerrilla group in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls]

pirates of Penzance

surrender only when charged by the police to yield in the name of their beloved Queen Victoria. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance]

Ruth

devotedly follows mother-in-law to Bethlehem. [O.T.: Ruth 1:15–17]

Scipio

Gil Blas’ secretary; shares his imprisonment. [Fr. Lit.: Gil Blas]

speedwell

indicates female faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

Suzuki

ever faithful to her mistress, especially in sorrow. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Westerman, 358]

Titinius Cassius’

loyal follower; follows him to death. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar]

Tom, Uncle

“noble, high-minded, devoutly Christian Negro slave.” [Am. Lit.: Uncle Tom’s Cabin]

Tonto

the Lone Ranger’s constant companion. [Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143–144; Comics: Horn, 460; TV: Terrace, II, 34–35]

Weller, Samuel

servant helps imprisoned Mr. Pickwick by getting himself imprisoned with him. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pick-wick Papers]

Wiglaf

stood by Beowulf to fight dragon while others fled. [Br. Lit.: Beowulf]