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Clash of Cultures

Immortal Longings of Oz, by Paul Dana – The adventures of Button-Bright and Ojo, who have obtained magic powers and use them to help people, continue with this trip to the Land of Ev. As this neighboring fairyland doesn’t share … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Christianity, Gender, History, Inuit, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aesir, button-bright, death, ev, fairies, freydis eriksdottir, immortal longings of oz, immortality, ix, jesus, jordanna max brodsky, jotuns, king evardo xv, land of an, leif erikson, lurline, noland, ojo, onna val, paul dana, phoenix, prince inga of pingaree, queen regent eviret, queen zixi of ix, ragnarok, red jinn, sherwood smith, taqqiq, the wolf in the whale, trouble under oz, vikings, wheelers |

Making a Killing

For someone who wanted to leave out the heartaches and nightmares from his fairy tales, L. Frank Baum included a fair number of executioners. I suspect this is partially due to the influence of Lewis Carroll, whose Queen of Hearts … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, charles napoleon bonaparte evans, executioners, fool-killer, gilbert and sullivan, gryphon, jesse holmes, john dough and the cherub, king terribus of spor, kinglet of phreex, maria simpson, noland, nome king, nomes, o. henry, ojo in oz, pang, prince marvel, princess fluff, queen of hearts, queen zixi of ix, reachard, sir john tenniel, tellydeb, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the mikado, tik-tok of oz |

How to Succeed in Ozian Politics

When Benny, the living statue from Boston in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Giant Horse of Oz, arrives in Oz, he asks the Scarecrow if the country is a republic. The straw man replies, “Indeed not! We are a magic monarchy … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, aurex, awgwas, benny, blue country, book of royalty, bookville, boolooroo of the blues, bunnybury, dorothy gale, giants, glinda, gloria, high coco-lorum, james haff, jenny jump, jinxland, king bal loon, king gugu, king timothy of noland, krewl, land o' patch, loonville, macvelt, nandywog, nickadoodle, noland, ozlection, ozma, patch, patchwork girl, pink country, polychrome, professor wogglebug, queen coo-ee-oh, scarecrow, septentria, skeezers, sky island, skyle of un, susan smiggs, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, tin woodman, tripedalia, trot griffiths, whimsies, wicked witch of the west, winkies, wizard of oz |

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 |

Ix in the Mix

Two of the closest neighbors to the Land of Oz, located just across the desert to the north, are the kingdoms of Ix and Noland. The former has a name modeled on that of Oz itself, as do Ev and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged chick the cherub, ev, harry mongold, ix, john dough and the cherub, king timothy of noland, magic cloak, noland, princess margaret of noland, queen zixi of ix, roly-rogues, ruffles, the sawhorse of oz, the silver princess in oz, wizard of oz |

Zim City

Today’s Oz character is a star in Melody Grandy’s Seven Blue Mountains of Oz trilogy. There are spoilers for these books in the post, and I would definitely recommend reading them if you haven’t yet. They really are good books, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged bleegum, bucketheads in oz, celestia, charles phipps, chris dulabone, dan maryk, david hardenbrook, fern greenleaf, forever in oz, ganalan, green knight, jack, little rooster, maggie, melody grandy, munchkins, noland, oni, ozma, rimmers, rooster, sherlock holmes, spock, that ozzy feeling, the cowardly lion of oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the engagement of ozma, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tippetarius, vega, wam, winkle, zim greenleaf |