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Sorting Out Sorcery

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Nathan

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos | Leave a comment

Get Out of Town

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Nathan

There are a lot of characters who come to live in Ozma’s palace, or sometimes elsewhere in or near the Emerald City. Is the city becoming overcrowded? Probably not, considering that it has the same population in L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, belfaygor, bob up, bourne, bucky jones, bungle the glass cat, captain fyter, carter green, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, davy jones, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, emerald city, frogman, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kabumpo, kiki aru, lake quad, lucky bucky in oz, mount munch, much ado about kiki aru, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pumperdink, ruth waara, scarecrow, sean patrick duffley, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, toto, unc nunkie, uncle henry | Leave a comment

Moving to a Magical Monarchy

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Nathan

Happy birthday, Ozma! It seems common among Oz fans to consider Ozma to be, in a way, our monarch, and Oz as a place we’d like to escape to someday if it were at all possible. C. Warren Hollister’s essay … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged behave yourself, belfaygor, c. warren hollister, glinda, grampa in oz, great book of records, immigration, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lord high humpus, magic picture, marriage, monarchy, oz and the fifth criterion, ozcon international, ozma, patriotism, perhaps city, prince tatters, princess pretty good, refugees, ritual, shirley sunshine, the tin woodman of oz | 1 Comment

Hair Club for Warriors

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Nathan

I recently heard about both Bayonetta and Shantae being video game characters who fight with their hair. I don’t know much about these games, but from some brief research I found that Bayonetta doesn’t directly use it as a weapon … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Fairy Tales, Japanese, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged baifa monu zhuan, bayonetta, belfaygor, demons, futakuchi-onna, genie, hair, inhumans, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinn, kabuki, kabuki quantum fighter, lian nichang, marvel comics, medusa, nintendo power, rapunzel, shantae, tangled, white haired witch, witches, yokai | 1 Comment

Bah! There’s Always a War!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Nathan

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 | 2 Comments

Oz-Crossed Lovers

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Nathan

L. Frank Baum was known to have said that he didn’t want romance or “mawkish sentimentality” in his children’s stories. Of course, Baum was also known for breaking pretty much every writing rule he came up with, but he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Fairy Tales, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, chopfyt, danx, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, gayelette, gloria, grampa in oz, hamlet, his majesty the scarecrow of oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jesseva, jinjur, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, nimmie amee, number nine, ophelia, ozga, pastoria, peg amy, planetty, pon, princess gureeda, princess marygolden of corabia, princess pretty good, private jo files, quelala, shirley sunshine, sir dashemoff daily, sir hokus of pokes, speedy, speedy in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tryxie tryfle | 4 Comments

Going on a Hozliday

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Nathan

So, the 2013 issue of Oziana is out now, and I have a story in it. “Jinnicky Saves Christmas” was an idea I came up with around the holidays two years ago. The theme of this issue is described on … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Christmas, Gina Wickwar, Holidays, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, cowardly lion, darrell spradlyn, ed mccray, emerald city, foiled by the iffin, gloma, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jinnicky saves christmas, king rinkitink, luciano vecchio, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oziana, ozma, polychrome, prince inga of pingaree, professor wogglebug, snif the iffin, the harvest ball, the love-bug of oz, the ork in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the way of a lion, the wishing horse of oz, the woggle-bug book, thy fearful symmetry, tin woodman, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

Tangled Up in Blonde

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Nathan

Tangled – I still can’t get used to the computer animation when it comes to people. They come across looking like plastic toys. Attractive and expressive plastic toys in this particular case, but somewhat plastic all the same. That said, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged belfaygor, computer animation, disney, flynn rider, jack pumpkinhead of oz, maximus the horse, mother gothel, pascal the chameleon, rapunzel, tangled | 10 Comments

The Battling Barons of Oz

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Nathan

Today, we turn to Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, the twenty-third book in the Oz series, and to the Land of the Barons. This land of fertile hills and valleys in the Quadling Country, stretching into the peaks of the Red … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged belfaygor, jack pumpkinhead, mogodore, shirley sunshine | 17 Comments

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Sorting Out Sorcery

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Moving to a Magical Monarchy

Hair Club for Warriors

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Tangled Up in Blonde

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