The Magic of Oz™

Mombi

also Old Mombi

The old woman of the Gillikin country who raises Tip, and who works more magic than the law of Oz allows her.

First named in The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 1

There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was expected to say such a long word when “Tip”

Names in the books

What the books say it is

Appears in

The Marvelous Land of Oz (5 of 24 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (11 of 21 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Marvelous Land of Oz (10 of 24 chapters)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
The Road to Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (2 of 28 chapters)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (1 of 23 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (5 of 21 chapters)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (10 of 20 chapters)

Connections

  • loves Cheeriobed 1 chapter
    • Cheeriobed, who was helping with the decorations, quickly explained that they were for our wedding, and Mombi, in spite of her extreme age and ugliness, fell instantly and deeply in love with the Prince.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 18
  • travels with Pajuka 1 chapter
  • travels with Snip 1 chapter
  • enemy of Ozma 1 chapter
  • enemy of Philador 1 chapter
    • "If Mombi stole Philador's mother when he was two years old," he muttered in a puzzled voice, "and Mombi has not been witch of the North for twenty years, how is it that Philador is not grown up?"
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 14
  • enemy of Tip 1 chapter
  • gave to Snip 1 chapter
    • Though the fire snapped merrily enough, supper was not very cheerful for Snip, but he ate the chicken wing and small bit of cheese that Mombi grudgingly gave him and broke up some bread for Pajuka.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 4
  • servant of General Jinjur 1 chapter
    • Mombi was furious at the trick Tip had played upon her as well as at his escape and the theft of the precious Powder of Life; so she needed no urging to induce her to travel to the Emerald City to assist Jinjur in defeating the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, who had made Tip one of their friends.
      The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 12
  • servant of Wizard of Oz 1 chapter
    • He taught me all the magical tricks he knew. Some were good tricks, and some were only frauds; but I have remained faithful to my promise
      The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 23
  • seeks Humpy 1 chapter
    • He turned accusingly to Mombi, but Mombi, brushing him roughly aside, had run up to Humpy and was examining him carefully from all sides.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 16
  • seeks The Emerald City 1 chapter
    • At first Mombi had been deprived of her magic powers but after her last attempt to capture the Emerald City she, too, had been put out with a pail of water, so that Tattypoo was the only witch of any power or consequence in Oz.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 7
  • transformed into Black Ant 1 chapter
  • transformed into Griffin 1 chapter
  • transformed into Shadow 1 chapter
    • At the same instant Mombi knew she was discovered and must quickly plan an escape, and as transformations were easy to her she immediately took the form of a Shadow and glided along the wall of the tent toward the entrance, thinking thus to disappear.
      The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 22
  • owns The Powder of Life 1 chapter

Connections from others

Seen alongside

Seen in