The Magic of Oz™

Iffin

A huge winged creature who travels with Peter and Jack Pumpkinhead and flies them to safety, always hoping for something to tell his grandchildren.

First named in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 5

"I used to be a real griffin, but since my capture and imprisonment here I've completely lost my gr--rr, which makes me by the process of simple subtraction an Iffin.

What the books say it is

  • size little 1 chapter
    • The circling little Iffin, the strange appearance of Jack Pumpkinhead and the wildly waving whiskers of Belfaygor all tended to bewilder the horseman.
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 11
  • size huge 1 chapter
    • Tossing them gaily to the Iffin and thinking as he did so how curious it was for so huge a beast to dine upon flowers, Peter started in on his own dinner.
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 7
  • eyes rounder 1 chapter
    • At Peter's recital, the Iffin's eyes grew rounder and rounder and as he finished it put up both wings and with short agitated jumps shrieked: "The Scares are gone, then what scare we!
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 5
  • appearance powerful wings 1 chapter
    • The Iffin raised both of his powerful wings and shook his head confidently, while Jack held up the dinner bell and Peter showed the famous sack.
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 7
  • appearance strange 1 chapter
    • The circling little Iffin, the strange appearance of Jack Pumpkinhead and the wildly waving whiskers of Belfaygor all tended to bewilder the horseman.
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 11

Appears in

Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (12 of 21 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Yellow Knight of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

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