the vegetable man of oz – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Ask the Flowers to Tell You

Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and Tuesdays are my designated days for writing about Oz, although it doesn’t always work out that way. Since I had something more pressing to write about yesterday, I’m going to look at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ray Powell, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, burzee, chloris, fairies, favonius, flora, floralia, flower fairies, flowers, grampa in oz, immortals, karpos, king of the ryls, knooks, nelebel's fairyland, nymphs, ozga, prince marvel, prince of the ryls, rose kingdom, ryls, santa claus, tanko-mankie, the dummy that lived, the enchanted island of yew, the enchanted types, the gardener's boy of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the raggedys in oz, the road to oz, the ryl, the ryl of the lilies, the vegetable man of oz, the yellow ryl, tik-tok of oz, urtha, zephyrus |

Streets Paved with Emeralds

In a post I wrote over three years ago, I mentioned a rough map of the Emerald City by Robert Pattrick and Judy Pike that had appeared in The Baum Bugle. Hungry Tiger Press recently scanned and posted this map … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, March Laumer, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged bungle and the magic lantern of oz, emerald city, greg gick, jenny jump, judy pike, lin carter, lucky bucky in oz, number nine, ojo in oz, ozmapolitan, pastoria, phyllis ann karr, robert pattrick, sweet wishes from oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the computer wizard makes a comeback, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the vegetable man of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz |

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 |