The Magic of Oz™

Herby

Herby is a Gilliken medicine man whom Mombi melted into cough mixture and trapped in a bottle for thirty years, until Philador frees him.

First named in The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 8

"Oh, call me Herby,"

What the books say it is

  • species Gilliken 1 chapter
    • Herby, being a native Gilliken, was accustomed to the grandeur of the forest and pattered along in a business-like manner, giving no attention to the purple pansies, clustered around the great trees, nor the lordly flags, edging each forest stream.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 9
  • role wizard 1 chapter
  • hair wispy white 1 chapter
    • Herby had taken off the thinking cap, and was marching along briskly, the boxes and bottles in his medicine chest rattling and tinkling and his wispy white hair snapping in the morning breeze.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 9
  • eyes cough drops 1 chapter
    • The little Prince nodded sympathetically and gave a slight start as he noticed for the first time that the medicine man's eyes were cough drops.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 8
  • trait earnest 1 chapter

Appears in

The Giant Horse of Oz (7 of 20 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Giant Horse of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)

Connections

  • travels with Philador 1 chapter
    • This was quite fortunate, for Herby and Philador had trouble enough keeping their seats and the little Medicine Man was so jostled and bounced about he did nothing but groan.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 9
  • servant of Ozma 1 chapter
    • "And Herby, too. He shall be our Court Physician," declared Ozma, and coming 'round to where they sat, she touched them both on the shoulder with her emerald scepter, to show they now belonged to her court.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 20

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