The Magic of Oz

Cave of Quiberon

also Quiberon's cave · Quiberon's cavern · the monster's cave

The great sapphire grotto between two jeweled cliffs at the far end of the last of the Ozure Isles, where the fear-fish Quiberon lairs and where Akbad dumps Trot to be the monster's servant.

First named in The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 5

Between the two cliffs and at the very mouth of a great cave, Akbad closed his wings.

Where this is

  • placed In Oz worked out

    read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them

    Akbad flies over the Sapphire City of the Ozure Isles and 'carried them to the extreme end of the last island' to the mouth of the cave; the Ozure Isles are in Oz.

What the books say it is

  • danger lair of the fire-breathing monster Quiberon 1 chapter
    • As for Trot and the Scarecrow, after one horrified glance, they seized hands and dashed in the only direction open to them--straight into the blue cave.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 5
  • appearance jeweled grotto with sapphire icicles and a gem-strewn floor 1 chapter
    • At another time the three travelers might have paused to admire the great jeweled grotto, but with this snorting, puffing monster at their heels they scarcely glanced at the sapphire icicles hanging from the roof and jutting out from the sides and the sparkling gems that strewed the floor of the cave.
      The Giant Horse of Oz, ch. 5
  • appearance silver water-fall hiding a second cave 1 chapter

Appearances

The Giant Horse of Oz (3 of 20 chapters)

Seen here