Frank Baum indicated that Ozma has the appearance of a fourteen-year-old and is therefore older than Dorothy Gale. In some of his last Oz books, namely The Tin Woodman of Oz and Glinda of Oz, L.

Since then, the Princess has possessed the Throne of Oz (although many realms within Oz remained unaware of her authority). In The Marvelous Land of Oz, Glinda the Good Sorceress discovered what had happened and forced Mombi to turn Tip back into Ozma. During this time, Tip had managed to create Jack Pumpkinhead who was brought to life by Mombi's Powder of Life. Ozma spent her entire childhood with Mombi in the form of the boy Tip and had no memory of ever having been a girl. Mombi transformed Ozma into a boy and called him 'Tip' (short for Tippetarius) in order to prevent the rightful ruler of Oz from ascending to the throne. As an infant, she was given to the witch Mombi of the North by the Wizard of Oz. Ozma is the daughter of the former King Pastoria of Oz. Neill, she fit this description however, in most subsequent Oz books, Ozma's hair became darker. All adown her back floated tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow.' As originally illustrated by John R. She is the rightful ruler of Oz, and Baum indicated that she would reign in the fairyland forever, being immortal.īaum described her physical appearance in detail, in The Marvelous Land of Oz: 'Her eyes sparkled as two diamonds, and her lips were tinted like a tourmaline. She appears in every book of the Oz series except the first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Princess Ozma is a fictional character from the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum said she descends from a long line of fairy Queens N/A, though Jack Pumpkinhead thinks of himself as her son. Neill, she fit this description however, in most subsequent Oz books, Ozma's hair became darker.Illustration from The Lost Princess of Oz by John R.

Illustration from The Lost Princess of Oz by John R.

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