The Magic of Oz

Wicker Castle

The Wicker Castle is the castle Ugu the Shoemaker built for himself in the hills, where he practiced magic and later imprisoned Ozma.

First named in The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 19

His first act was to go away from the City of Herku and build for himself the Wicker Castle in the hills.

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

    Built near the City of Herku while Ugu was still within Oz; Lost Princess of Oz keeps its search parties inside Oz's four countries, since "no one could get across the Deadly Desert."

What the books say it is

  • made of wicker 1 chapter
  • texture closely woven as it is in fine baskets 1 chapter
    • It was a good-sized building and rather pretty because the sides, roofs and domes were all of wicker, closely woven as it is in fine baskets.
      The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 20
  • appearance rather pretty 1 chapter
    • It was a good-sized building and rather pretty because the sides, roofs and domes were all of wicker, closely woven as it is in fine baskets.
      The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 20

Appearances

The Lost Princess of Oz (3 of 26 chapters)

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