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Wizard of Oz

also Wonderful Wizard · Great Oz · Great Wizard · Wizard

A wizard who formerly ruled the Emerald City and who stole Ozma and hid her with the witch Mombi.

First named in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 2

“Oz himself is the Great Wizard,”

Names in the books

What the books say it is

  • species mortal 1 chapter
  • role Wizard of Oz 3 chapters
    • On the walls hung several portraits, that of the Scarecrow seeming to be the most prominent and carefully executed, while a the large painting of the famous Wizard of Oz, in act of presenting the Tin Woodman with a heart, covered almost one entire end of the room.
      The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 11
    • The Wizard of Oz was announced, and a dried-up, little, old man, clothed all in black, entered the drawing-room.
      The Road to Oz, ch. 20
    • The famous Wizard of Oz was a quaint little man who inhabited the royal palace and attended to all the magical things that Ozma wanted done.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 21
  • origin a balloonist whose twisted ropes carried him above the clouds and many miles away 1 chapter
    • “Well, one day I went up in a balloon and the ropes got twisted, so that I couldn’t come down again. It went way up above the clouds, so far that a current of air struck it and carried it many, many miles away.
      The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 15
  • age old 1 chapter
    • The Wizard of Oz was announced, and a dried-up, little, old man, clothed all in black, entered the drawing-room.
      The Road to Oz, ch. 20
  • size little 5 chapters
    • The Wizard of Oz was announced, and a dried-up, little, old man, clothed all in black, entered the drawing-room.
      The Road to Oz, ch. 20
    • This little Wizard could do a good many queer things in magic; but he was a kind man, with merry, twinkling eyes and a sweet smile; so, instead of fearing him because of his magic, everybody loved him.
      Little Wizard Stories of Oz, ch. 4
    • The famous Wizard of Oz was a quaint little man who inhabited the royal palace and attended to all the magical things that Ozma wanted done.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 21
    • The Wizard, who was a cheery little man with a bald head and a winning smile, harnessed the Wooden Sawhorse to the Red Wagon and loaded on Ozma's Magic Carpet.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 20
    • He was a little man with a bald head and sharp eyes and a round, jolly face, and because he was neither haughty nor proud he had become a great favorite with the Oz people.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 6
    • The Wizard, who was a cheery little man with a bald head and a winning smile, harnessed the Wooden Sawhorse to the Red Wagon
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 20
  • hair bald 2 chapters
    • The Wizard, who was a cheery little man with a bald head and a winning smile, harnessed the Wooden Sawhorse to the Red Wagon and loaded on Ozma's Magic Carpet.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 20
    • He was a little man with a bald head and sharp eyes and a round, jolly face, and because he was neither haughty nor proud he had become a great favorite with the Oz people.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 6
  • eyes merry, twinkling 1 chapter
    • This little Wizard could do a good many queer things in magic; but he was a kind man, with merry, twinkling eyes and a sweet smile; so, instead of fearing him because of his magic, everybody loved him.
      Little Wizard Stories of Oz, ch. 4
  • eyes sharp 1 chapter
    • He was a little man with a bald head and sharp eyes and a round, jolly face, and because he was neither haughty nor proud he had become a great favorite with the Oz people.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 6
  • appearance winning smile 1 chapter
    • The Wizard, who was a cheery little man with a bald head and a winning smile, harnessed the Wooden Sawhorse to the Red Wagon and loaded on Ozma's Magic Carpet.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 20
  • appearance quaint 1 chapter
    • The famous Wizard of Oz was a quaint little man who inhabited the royal palace and attended to all the magical things that Ozma wanted done.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 21
  • wears clothed all in black 1 chapter
    • The Wizard of Oz was announced, and a dried-up, little, old man, clothed all in black, entered the drawing-room.
      The Road to Oz, ch. 20
  • trait cheery 1 chapter
    • The Wizard, who was a cheery little man with a bald head and a winning smile, harnessed the Wooden Sawhorse to the Red Wagon and loaded on Ozma's Magic Carpet.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 20
  • trait jolly 1 chapter
    • He was a little man with a bald head and sharp eyes and a round, jolly face, and because he was neither haughty nor proud he had become a great favorite with the Oz people.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 6
  • trait kind 1 chapter
    • This little Wizard could do a good many queer things in magic; but he was a kind man, with merry, twinkling eyes and a sweet smile; so, instead of fearing him because of his magic, everybody loved him.
      Little Wizard Stories of Oz, ch. 4
  • reputation famous 1 chapter
    • The famous Wizard of Oz was a quaint little man who inhabited the royal palace and attended to all the magical things that Ozma wanted done.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 21

Under the law

  • law Only Glinda and the Wizard may practice magic 11 chapters
    • cried Dorothy, "it's against the law for anyone but Glinda and the Wizard to work magic in the Land of Oz, so if these two strange people are magic-makers they are breaking the law and ought to be punished!"
      Glinda of Oz, ch. 1
    • "I suppose you are aware it is unlawful to practice magic in the Land of Oz, without the permission of our Ruler, Princess Ozma?"
      Glinda of Oz, ch. 21
    • My father was a wizard, practicing magic in the Zamagoochie Country, before the practice of magic was forbidden in Oz, and it is to my father that I attribute my strange come-apartishness.”
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 8
    • Since the practice of magic has been forbidden for everyone except Glinda, the Good Sorceress of the South, and the Wizard of Oz, a great many of the lesser wizards and magic workers have retired to the mountains of the north to practice in secret or study for their own satisfaction the ancient art of wizardry.
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 15
    • “But I thought wizards were not allowed to practice magic in Oz,”
      Grampa in Oz, ch. 4
    • "Ozma has forbidden the practise of magic in Oz.
      Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 6
    • “It’s unlawful to practice magic.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 18
    • said Ozma, “I have forbidden any of my subjects except Glinda the Good and the Wizard of Oz to practice magical arts, because they cannot be trusted to do good and not harm.
      The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 25
    • But Ozma of Oz, who rules everyone in the Land of Oz, had made a decree that no one should practice magic in her dominions except Glinda the Good and the Wizard of Oz, and when Glinda sent this royal command to the Hyups by means of a strong-winged Eagle, old Bini Aru at once stopped performing magical arts.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 1
    • He had stolen this secret of transformation and he knew he had disobeyed the law of Oz by working magic.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 1
    • So Tip’s guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess.
      The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 1
    • But the Magician will get in trouble for this; it's against the law for anyone to work magic except Glinda the Good and the royal Wizard of Oz.
      The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 6

Appears in

The Road to Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
Rinkitink in Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (1 of 23 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (10 of 24 chapters)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (6 of 24 chapters)
Ozma of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
The Road to Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Emerald City of Oz (1 of 30 chapters)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (5 of 6 chapters)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (2 of 28 chapters)
The Scarecrow of Oz (3 of 24 chapters)
Rinkitink in Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Lost Princess of Oz (6 of 26 chapters)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (3 of 24 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (9 of 23 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
Kabumpo in Oz (3 of 22 chapters)
Grampa in Oz (2 of 22 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (3 of 21 chapters)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
The Gnome King of Oz (7 of 20 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (5 of 20 chapters)
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (3 of 21 chapters)
The Yellow Knight of Oz (2 of 20 chapters)

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