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Perfectly Petrified

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nathan

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 | 4 Comments

You Will Be Assimilated

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Nathan

It’s become a cliché in the Oz series that the magical land is full of insular themed communities where the inhabitants either want to turn visitors into beings like them, or sometimes just keep them as slaves. In Ruth Plumly … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged benny, blankenburg, bookville, bunbury, cave city, chimneyville, china country, clockwise, crystal city, david perry, delves, dogs, double up, gapers, good children, headland, hummingbirds, icetown, jack pott, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, monday mountain, ojo, patch, patchwork girl, peter brown, play, pokes, preservatory, rith metic, round-abouties, scare city, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, spiders, stair way, suds, the giant horse of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the wicked witch of oz, thi, tidy town, tin woodman, turn town, view-halloo, wyndups | 4 Comments

Patchwork Relationships

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Nathan

Jared Davis recently wrote about relationships and sexuality in Oz, a topic that I’d addressed before. Jared and J.L. Bell have also commented on how a passage in The Tin Woodman of Oz has taken on a different but perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Families, Gender, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bunbury, bungle the glass cat, crystal city, dr. pipt, gilbert sprague, hi-lo, homosexuality, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, ku-klip, marriage, mombi, monogamy, nimmie amee, ojo in oz, ozma, patchwork girl, popla, princess ozana, sawhorse, scarecrow, sexuality, the emerald city of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the patchwork bride of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scalawgaons of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer | Leave a comment

That’s an Ice Dragon

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Nathan

Picture source: MacKenzie’s Dragonsnest After reading Edith Nesbit’s story “The Ice Dragon,” I searched for some more information on dragons associated with ice instead of fire. I came across two posts from J.L. Bell’s blog back in 2006. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Games, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged crystal city, dragons, dungeons and dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, george r.r. martin, grampa in oz, ojo in oz, the book of dragons, the ice dragon | 1 Comment

Having a Ball

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Nathan

Remember the Wicked Witch of the West’s crystal ball from The Wizard of Oz? Like when Dorothy sees Aunt Em in it, only for her to be replaced with the Witch herself? As anyone who’s read the book can tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged big lavender bear, crystal balls, crystal city, dorothy gale, glinda, glinda of oz, gloma, magic picture, merry go round in oz, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oracle, ozma, pigasus, professor marvel, realbad, red jinn, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, wumbo, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

The Ozfathers

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Nathan

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 →

Posted in Characters, Holidays, Oz | Tagged betsy bobbin, big wigs, bini aru, books, bordermoor, cap'n bill, corabia, corumbia, crystal city, dorothy gale, down town, dr. pipt, ev, fathers, gloria, good witch of the north, halidom, jinxland, kapurta, karyl carlson, kiki aru, king cheeriobed, king evoldo, king fumbo, king pompus, king randywell, kuma party, march laumer, molto rallentando, mooj, nome king, number nine, ojo, oogaboo, ozwold, pastoria, patchwork girl, phyllis ann karr, pizzicato furioso, pon, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess pajonia, pumperdink, queen ann soforth, ragbad, realbad, regalia, salye soforth, scarecrow, septentria, septimius septentrion, sherwood smith, silver island, speedy, toby bridlecull, troopadours, trot, umbrella island, unc nunkie, wumbo | 8 Comments

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