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Ain’t No Party Like an Oz Party

On Tuesday, Beth and I saw The Wiz on Broadway for the first time, at the Marquis Theatre. It was revived recently, with Wayne Brady playing the titular role. Fortunately, he did not forget the lyrics. The show was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, Monsters, Music, Oz, Plays | Tagged bert lahr, cowardly lion, glinda, good witch of the north, kalidahs, munchkins, poppies, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1902), the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, wayne brady, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, yellow brick road |

Perfectly Petrified

Writing about the legend that Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was turned into a marble statue and buried near the Golden Gate of Constantinople got me thinking of the mentions of such statues in the Oz books. For some reason, L. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bortag, button-bright, cinderbutton, clocker, corumbia, cowardly lion, crunch, crystal city, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, emerald city, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, enchanted sleep, glinda, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, kiki aru, king arthur, king mustafa of mudge, liquid of petrifaction, magic belt, marble statues, margolotte, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paul dana, petrifying powder, pirates in oz, planetty, pokes, poppies, powder of life, powder of petrifaction, princess marygolden, quiberon, red jinn, return to oz, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sleep, speedy, speedy in oz, standing-stick, statues, stupefying powder, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, unc nunkie, valynn, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the south, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, yankee in oz |

The Rare Beauty of Ozma

Ozma’s birthday is one of the few specific dates we have for anything in an Oz book, and even that is based on two references in completely different parts of The Road to Oz. Anyway, it’s today, so happy birthday … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy gale, jack pumpkinhead of oz, merry go round in oz, mogodore, ozma, ozma of oz, poppies, ramona fradon, sky island, the marvelous land of oz, the story of the first brown-haired princess, the tin woodman of oz, tourmaline, w. w. denslow |

Hello Morpheus, I Think I’m Going Down

In addition to the major deities, Greek mythology is full of minor gods who are basically just personifications of certain concepts, rather than having fully fleshed-out personalities. It seems that a lot of these are old deities who remained in … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged death, dreams, hypnos, icelus, iris, nyx, oneiroi, ovid, phantasos, phobetor, poppies, thanatos, zephyrus |