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It’s a Celtic Thing

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Nathan

I recently finished reading the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh mythological prose, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in the nineteenth century. I understand there have been better English translations since then, but this is what I could easily find online, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Board Games, British, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Games, History, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Religion, Roman Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Welsh | Tagged affalach, arianrhod, avalon, bible, blodeuwedd, cassivellaunus, cayke the cookie cook, chronicles of prydain, delilah, dylan ail don, eagles, emperor magnus maximus, fidchell, fisher king, flowers, gilfathwy, goewin, grampa in oz, gronw pebr, gwydion fab don, holy grail, judges, julius caesar, king arthur, lady charlotte guest, lleu llaw gyffes, lloyd alexander, mabinogion, magic dishpan, math ap mathonwy, owls, pair dadeni, rape, sir perceval, the black cauldron, the lost princess of oz, urtha | 3 Comments

Ask the Flowers to Tell You

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Nathan

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 | 4 Comments

Princes Proving Their Prowess, Whatever That Means

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Nathan

Since the main theme of this year’s OzCon International was Rinkitink in Oz, with Captain Salt and Ozmapolitan sidelining, it’s not too surprising that the subject of boy protagonists in the Oz books would come up. And yes, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, atmos fere, betsy bobbin, bilbil, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, david perry, evered of rash, frederick wiegand, grampa, grampa in oz, halidom, high boy, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king cheeriobed, king fumbo, king randywell, king rinkitink, king rupert of kapurta, merry go round in oz, ojo, ojo in oz, oz con international, ozamaland, ozcon international, prince gules, prince inga of pingaree, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princes, pumperdink, ragbad, rash, rash rubies, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, roger the read bird, septimius septentrion, swords, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, trot griffiths, urtha, wag | 1 Comment

Neill vs. Herring, Part 3: We’ve Got Thompson Covered

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Nathan

When writing my recent post on video game cover art, I remembered I was doing something similar with the Oz books six years ago, but never finished. I suppose it’s better late than never, so in hopes that you won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor of bourne, benny, betsy bobbin, captain salt, carter green, chalk, cover art, cowardly lion, david l. greene, dorothy gale, emerald city, flyaboutabus, grampa, grampa in oz, high boy, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, king skamperoo, michael herring, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pajuka, pastoria, peg amy, peter pun, pirates in oz, prince evered, princess gureeda, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, realbad, regalia, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snip, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, umbrella island, urtha, x. pando | 3 Comments

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Ask the Flowers to Tell You

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