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Peter vs. Speedy

Most of the young Americans who journeyed to Oz in L. Frank Baum’s books were girls, with Button-Bright being the major exception. In Ruth Plumly Thompson’s books, however, more American boys made their way into Oz. The first such was … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged bob up, breakfast the bananny goat, button-bright, david perry, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, l. frank baum, march laumer, notta bit more, patchwork girl, peter brown, pirates in oz, ruth plumly thompson, ruth waara, speedy, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tompy terry, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, waddy, william j. hammer, william j. harmstead, yankee in oz |

Glinda’s Kin

Glinda, Good Sorceress of the South, is one of the most mysterious characters in the Oz series. We never learn her origins in any canonical book, but the hints we are given suggest that she’s been around for a long … Continue reading →

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Drifting Off to Dreamland

If you look at the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the endpapers of Tik-Tok of Oz, you’ll notice that the area just to the east (which is left on this map for some reason) of the Growleywogs’ territory … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Oz, Places | Tagged alexample, castle in the air, charmed gardens of oz, dori, everett avila, growleywogs, john r. neill, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, l. frank baum, maps, march laumer, michael patrick hearn, oziana, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, phanfasms, popla, professor wogglebug, ruth plumly thompson, sandman, sherwood smith, the annotated wizard of oz, the runaway in oz, the tail of the pink goat, tik-tok of oz, trouble under oz, twinkler, whimsies |

The Lay of Lurline

Although she never appears on stage in the canonical Oz books and does so only sparingly in apocryphal ones, the Fairy Queen Lurline is an important part of the universe in that The Tin Woodman of Oz identifies her as … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Oz | Tagged a fairy queen of oz, burzee, cap'n bill, clemens brentano, echo, fairies, heinrich heine, jack snow, l. frank baum, lorelei, lulea, lurline, march laumer, mermaids, nelebel's fairyland, nymphs, queen zixi of ix, rhine river, sirens, the enchanted island of yew, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magical mimics in oz, the sea fairies, trot, william vincent wallace, zurline |

The Tengu Tango

If you study classic mythology and fairy tales, you soon come to realize that a lot of the mystical beings of folklore aren’t really all good or all evil. Many of them are just out for their own interests, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Japanese, Mythology | Tagged buddhism, china, demons, garuda, hinduism, japan, march laumer, monsters, shinto, tengu, the vegetable man of oz, tiangou, yamabushi |

The Ozfathers

Happy Father’s Day! I know I usually make Oz posts on Mondays and Tuesdays, but I’m posting this today in honor of the holiday. It’s a list of fathers in the Oz series, not comprehensive by any means, but hopefully … Continue reading →

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