Country of the Whimsies
also their country
The retired country of the Whimsies, the strong, tiny-headed fighters whom General Guph recruits as the Nome King's first allies against Oz.
First named in The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6
So he traveled to their country and asked to see the Chief, who lived in a house that had a picture of his grotesque false head painted over the doorway.
Where this is
placed Beyond the desert worked out
read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them
Guph journeys out from the Nome Kingdom to the Whimsies, who 'lived in a retired country of their own' and are enlisted to help conquer the Land of Oz, so their country lies outside it.
What the books say it is
inhabitants the whimsies, big strong bodies with door-knob heads 1 chapter
These Whimsies were curious people who lived in a retired country of their own. They had large, strong bodies, but heads so small that they were no bigger than door-knobs.
The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6
danger home of unkillable evil spirits and terrible fighters 1 chapter
The Whimsies were evil spirits and could not be killed. They were hated and feared by every one and were known as terrible fighters because they were so strong and muscular and had not sense enough to know when they were defeated.
The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6
appearance a retired country with a river; the chief's house bears his painted false head over the door 1 chapter
But they threw him into the river for asking foolish questions, and laughed when the water ruined his pasteboard head before he could swim out again.
The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6