The Magic of Oz™

Jinxland

Jinxland is an isolated country in the Quadling Country of Oz, cut off from the rest of the land by an uncrossable row of mountains.

First named in The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 9

She stared hard at all three of the strangers as she replied briefly: "Jinxland."

Where this is

  • placed In Oz 1 chapter

    stated in The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 9

    but I'm sorry to say that Jinxland is separated from the rest of the Quadling Country by that row of high mountains you see yonder, which have such steep sides that no one can cross them.

What the books say it is

  • region quadling 1 chapter
    • but I'm sorry to say that Jinxland is separated from the rest of the Quadling Country by that row of high mountains you see yonder, which have such steep sides that no one can cross them.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 9
  • size not a very big country 1 chapter
    • Meantime the fifty Orks had scattered all over Jinxland, which is not a very big country, and their sharp eyes were peering into every valley and grove and gully.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 19
  • appearance separated by mountains from the rest of Oz 1 chapter
  • appearance has high mountains with a wide deep gulf 1 chapter
    • In fact, Jinxland is a little slice taken off the Quadling Country, but separated from it by a range of high mountains, at the foot of which lies a wide, deep gulf that is supposed to be impassable.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 13
  • appearance has forests, fields, and villages 2 chapters
    • Trot and Pon covered many leagues of ground, searching through forests, in fields and in many of the little villages of Jinxland, but could find no trace of either Cap'n Bill or Button-Bright.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 15
    • Trot had already come to the conclusion that in Dorothy and Betsy she had found two delightful comrades, and Button-Bright was just as much at home here as he had been in the fields of Jinxland or when he was buried in the popcorn snow of the Land of Mo.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 24
  • appearance has valleys, groves, and gullies 1 chapter
    • Meantime the fifty Orks had scattered all over Jinxland, which is not a very big country, and their sharp eyes were peering into every valley and grove and gully.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 19
  • appearance has a park outside the castle 1 chapter
    • While the Queen and Pon were leading this dance, and all the Jinxland people were having a good time, the strangers were gathered in a group in the park outside the castle.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 20
  • appearance has a Great Gulf 1 chapter
    • She was only a baby when King Kynd fell into the Great Gulf that lies just this side of the mountains--the same mountains that separate Jinxland from the rest of the Land of Oz.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 10

Appearances

The Scarecrow of Oz (14 of 24 chapters)
Grampa in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)

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