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Anthony’s Animals

I decided to read Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony due to the references to it in Lin Carter’s Kesrick. And it turns out that a lot of those references weren’t original with Flaubert either. They were both big … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Frank Black/Black Francis, Greek Mythology, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a book of creatures, albertus magnus, aras, astomi, basilisk, bestiaries, blemmyae, catoblepas, chimera, cynocephali, digimon, griffins, gustave flaubert, halidom, heraldry, hoppers, kesrick, lin carter, manticores, monopods, musimon, nasnas, phoenix, pygmies, qaqnus, sadhuzag, sciapods, siranis, sirens, sphinx, st. anthony the great, the patchwork girl of oz, the temptation of saint anthony, the voyage of the dawn treader, unicorns |

Rings and Things

A lot of jewelry appears in the Oz books, but I can only think of a few magic rings. I believe the first one mentioned in the expanded Oz universe, albeit not in an official Oz book, is the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged beach blanket babyloz, boolooroo of the blues, christopher wayne buckley, circlets of halidom, david hulan, dorothy gale, fairies, glinda, glinda of oz, halidom, hind horn, jeremy steadman, jewelry, lurline, magic rings, mermaids, merry go round in oz, mood rings, mustafa of mudge, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, puns, queen aquareine, rash rubies, realbad, rings, ruby of naught, sky island, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the glass cat of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the sea fairies, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wizard of oz, time travel, tippetarius in oz, tir na nog, trot griffiths, wishing rings, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz |

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Since the main theme of this year’s OzCon International was Rinkitink in Oz, with Captain Salt and Ozmapolitan sidelining, it’s not too surprising that the subject of boy protagonists in the Oz books would come up. And yes, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, atmos fere, betsy bobbin, bilbil, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, david perry, evered of rash, frederick wiegand, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, high boy, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king cheeriobed, king fumbo, king randywell, king rinkitink, king rupert of kapurta, merry go round in oz, ojo, ojo in oz, oz con international, ozamaland, ozcon international, prince gules, prince inga of pingaree, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princes, pumperdink, ragbad, rash, rash rubies, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, roger the read bird, septimius septentrion, swords, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, urtha, wag |

Bah! There’s Always a War!

In addition to Glinda’s army, there are a lot of armed forces that show up in minor Ozian countries. Many are simply palace guards, but there are some more specific military units as well. Utensia has the Spoon Brigade, made … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged another adventure with ann, armies, belfaygor, bell-snickle, captain fyter, corabia, corumbia, dorothy gale, emerald city, eric gjovaag, flatheads, general blotz, general quakes, glinda, glinda of oz, gloria, grampa in oz, halidom, invasion, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinjur, jinxland, karyl carlson, kiltoon, merry go round in oz, military, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oogaboo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, ozwoz, princess melody, private jo files, pumperdink, queen ann in oz, queen ann soforth, red top mountain, regalia, rimmers, samandra, skeezers, spoon brigade, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius in oz, toto of oz, troth, utensia, war, zim greenleaf |

Some Bunny Special

According to the McGraws’ Merry Go Round in Oz, the Easter Bunny lives in the Munchkin Country of Oz, and is a loyal subject of Ozma. Edward Wagenknecht is quoted in the most recent Baum Bugle as having said that … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Easter, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged bunnybury, circlets of halidom, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, easter bunny, Edward Wagenknecht, halidom, merry go round in oz, rabbits, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus, the road to oz, the ryl of the lilies, the strange adventures of an easter egg, wag the rabbit |

Free Ride, Whee Ride, Spree Ride, Glee Ride

The latest issue of The Baum Bugle has an article by David Maxine about Eloise Jarvis McGraw’s writing process for Merry Go Round in Oz, one of the most tightly plotted books in the Oz series. Indeed, it’s so well … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gender, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged chapter three, circlets of halidom, david maxine, halidom, humpy the dummy, international wizard of oz club, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jubulut, kabumpo in oz, merry go round, merry go round in oz, mombi, over the rainbow to oz, oziana, ozma, pastoria, robin brown, robin hess, robin olderman, roundabout, ruth berman, sir greves, the baum bugle, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the wishing horse of oz, wizard of oz |

Poets Who Know It

One of the characters introduced in the 1902 stage play of The Wizard of Oz who wasn’t in the book was Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz. I’m not sure if it was L. Frank Baum or someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bookville, cap'n bill, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, flittermouse, general riskitt, halidom, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, merry go round in oz, ojo, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, percy vere, pigasus, popla, professor wogglebug, rhyming dictionary, sir dashemoff daily, sir wiley gyle, sky island, snif the iffin, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the runaway in oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, twinkler |

No Money, Mo’ Problems

As I said back in this post, whether or not Oz uses some form of money is no more consistent than many other aspects of the series. Certainly the earlier books show money in use, with children paying for green … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Dick Martin, Economics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Socialism | Tagged bill the weather-cock, david hulan, down town, emerald city, general quakes, glinda of oz, gold, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, j. l. bell, jinxland, kiki aru, kimbaloo, king kinda jolly, king pompus, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, money, mooj, nome kingdom, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, ozure isles, prince tatters of ragbad, pumperdink, quok, ragbad, rash, regalia, scarecrow, seebania, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, tippetarius, troth |

A Pauper, on the Other Hand, Is Ruling, Strong and Wise

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s three companions all end up as rulers: the Scarecrow of the Emerald City, the Tin Woodman of the Winkie Country, and the Cowardly Lion of the Quadling Forest. In later books, only Nick … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aurex, cap'n joe weedles, chick the cherub, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dragons, emerald city, glinda of oz, halidom, handy mandy in oz, happy toko, hiland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, kalidahs, kaliko, king timothy of noland, loland, merry go round in oz, mombi, mother goose in prose, nifflepok, noland, nome king, old king cole, ozma, pastoria, patch, patchwork girl, pink country, queen coo-ee-oh, queen rosalie, queen tourmaline, queen zixi of ix, quilties, quox, robin brown, roundabout, scarecrow, silver island, silver mountain, sir greves, skeezers, sky island, the gnome king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the royal book of oz, the sea fairies, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, whatland, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, zog |

Who, What, When, Where, Wyvern

While the wyvern is now fairly standard in fantasy fiction, its exact origins are difficult to trace. It seems to have first appeared in medieval bestiaries, and to have been used heavily in heraldry. While often used to represent war … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dragon Quest, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged catherynne valente, chimera, chimera wings, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fess, halidom, heraldry, jason, lauren lynn mcgraw, medea, merry go round in oz, orpheus, troth, wyverns, wyvers |