The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Dorothy

An orphaned girl from Kansas, carried by a cyclone into Oz. She seeks a way home to Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, forgives Oz for failing to keep his promise, and returns to Kansas using the Silver Shoes.

Aunt Em

Dorothy’s aunt in Kansas and Uncle Henry’s wife. Dorothy returns to her at the end of the story.

Uncle Henry

Dorothy’s farmer uncle in Kansas and Aunt Em’s husband. He is milking cows when Dorothy returns home.

Toto

Dorothy’s small black dog and beloved companion, who travels with her through Oz and returns with her to Kansas.

Scarecrow

A living figure stuffed with straw who receives bran mixed with pins and needles as brains from Oz and becomes ruler of the Emerald City. He accompanies Dorothy south, then plans to return to rule the city.

Tin Woodman

Also known as Tin Man · Woodman

A man made of tin who receives a silk-and-sawdust heart from Oz. He accompanies Dorothy south and plans to return to the Winkies to rule them.

Cowardly Lion

Also known as Lion

A lion who receives a drink from Oz that he believes gives him courage. He kills a giant spider threatening the forest animals, who make him their king; he plans to return to rule them.

Great Oz

Also known as Oz · Great and Terrible Wizard · False Wizard

A balloonist and ventriloquist from Omaha who posed as a wizard in the Emerald City. He gives the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion tokens they take as brains, a heart, and courage, then attempts to take Dorothy home in a hot-air balloon but leaves without her.

Emerald City residents

The people of the Emerald City, who grieve Oz’s departure and accept the Scarecrow as their ruler.

Green-bearded soldier

Also known as Soldier with the green whiskers

A palace guard who gets a clothes basket for Oz’s balloon and advises Dorothy’s party to seek Glinda, the Witch of the South.

Green girl

Also known as Green maiden

A young woman of the palace with green hair and eyes who shows Dorothy and her companions to their rooms. Dorothy kisses her goodbye before leaving the Emerald City.

Guardian of the Gates

The keeper of the Emerald City’s gate. He unlocks the travelers’ spectacles as they leave and urges the Scarecrow, now the city’s ruler, to return.

Winged Monkeys

A band of winged creatures bound to serve the Golden Cap’s owner three times. They cannot carry Dorothy beyond Oz, but carry the party over the Hammer-Heads’ hill and are later freed by Glinda.

King of the Winged Monkeys

Also known as Monkey King · Leader of the Winged Monkeys

The leader of the Winged Monkeys, who explains they cannot leave Oz to carry Dorothy to Kansas. He later carries Dorothy’s party over the Hammer-Heads’ hill and is promised freedom by Glinda.

Witch of the South

Also known as Glinda · Glinda The Good Witch

A powerful and kind witch who rules the Quadlings and lives near the desert. She arranges for the Winged Monkeys to carry Dorothy’s companions to their kingdoms, then explains that the Silver Shoes can take Dorothy home to Kansas.

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry’s neighbors

People mentioned by Dorothy: she worries Aunt Em will fear she is lost and wear mourning, which Uncle Henry may not be able to afford.

Fighting Trees

Also known as Trees

Trees at the forest’s edge whose branches seize and throw the travelers to keep strangers out. The Tin Woodman chops one branch so the party can pass.

China milkmaid

A small china person who is milking a china cow. The cow kicks over its pail and stool and breaks its own leg, while the milkmaid’s elbow is chipped, when the travelers approach.

China cow

A china cow whose kick breaks its own leg and knocks over the milkmaid’s stool and pail.

China Princess

Also known as Princess

A beautiful, fragile china woman who explains that china people are happiest in their own country and become stiff when taken away. Dorothy considers taking her to Kansas but respects her wishes.

Mr. Joker

Also known as Clown

A china clown covered in cracks from repeated breakage and repairs. He jokes with Dorothy and the Princess and foolishly stands on his head.

Purple china dog

A small china dog with an unusually large head that barks at the travelers from the wall.

Lion’s forest spider

Also known as Great spider

A giant, eight-legged spider with an elephant-sized body that preys on the forest animals. The Lion kills it and earns their allegiance.

Biggest tiger

The largest tiger in the forest, who welcomes the Lion as King of Beasts and asks him to defeat the giant spider.

Hammer-Heads

Also known as Hammer-Head

Short, armless people with heads that shoot forward on long, flexible necks. They guard the hill to the Quadlings’ country and knock back anyone who tries to cross.

Quadling farmer’s wife

Also known as Farmer’s wife

An unnamed woman in the Quadlings’ country who gives Dorothy and her companions a meal and directions to Glinda’s castle.

Girl soldier at Glinda’s castle

Also known as Soldier girl

One of three young guards at Glinda’s castle. She asks the travelers’ names and returns to tell them Glinda will receive them.

Queen of the Field Mice

Also known as Queen of the Mice · Queen

The field mouse queen saved by the Tin Woodman. She leads her people in rescuing the Lion and later tells Dorothy how to use the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys.

Field mice

The Queen’s people, who use strings to pull the Lion from the poppy field on a truck. They later help the travelers find their way to the Emerald City.

Woman at the farmhouse

An unnamed woman in the Land of Oz who gives Dorothy and her companions supper and a place to sleep.

Injured farmer

Also known as Man at the farmhouse

An unnamed farmer with an injured leg who hosts Dorothy and her companions. He explains that people have never seen the Great Oz directly and describes the Wizard’s reported forms.

Farmhouse children

Two unnamed children living at the farmhouse who are present when Dorothy and her companions arrive.

Emerald City farmer

An unnamed farmer who evidently lives in a green-painted house along the road to the Emerald City.

Court ladies and gentlemen

Unnamed members of Oz’s court who wait outside the Throne Room each morning, though they are never allowed to see him.

Wicked Witch of the West

A one-eyed witch who rules the Winkies and tries to destroy Dorothy and her companions. Dorothy accidentally melts her with a bucket of water, freeing the Winkies.

Wolves’ leader

The leader of the Wicked Witch of the West’s wolves, whom she sends to attack Dorothy and her companions. The Tin Woodman kills him and the other wolves.

King Crow

The leader of the Witch’s wild crows, sent to peck out the travelers’ eyes. The Scarecrow kills him and the rest of the flock.

Winkies

The yellow people enslaved by the Wicked Witch of the West. After Dorothy frees them, they repair the Tin Woodman, help recover the Scarecrow, and give gifts to the travelers.

Gayelette

A beautiful and powerful sorceress who ruled in the North long before Oz arrived. She made the Golden Cap for her beloved Quelala and bound the Winged Monkeys to obey its wearer three times.

Quelala

A handsome, wise young man whom Gayelette raised to become her husband. He was the first owner of the Golden Cap and used it to send the Winged Monkeys away from his bride.

Grandfather of the King of the Winged Monkeys

The former King of the Winged Monkeys, who played a prank by dropping Quelala into a river. Gayelette spared him and his band by binding them to obey the Golden Cap’s owner three times.

Wicked Witch of the East

A wicked witch who enslaved the Munchkins. Dorothy’s house crushes her when it lands, freeing them; Oz says he feared her and was relieved by her death.

Witch of the North

Also known as Good Witch of the North

A good witch who befriends Dorothy and sends her toward the Emerald City. Her protective kiss on Dorothy’s forehead keeps the Winged Monkeys from harming her.

Munchkin man

One of the three Munchkin men who greet Dorothy and thank her for freeing their people. He explains that the South is the country of the Quadlings.

Munchkin man who describes the West

One of the three Munchkin men who greet Dorothy. He says the Winkies live in the West, ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West.

Boq

A wealthy Munchkin who welcomes Dorothy, feeds her, and gives her a place to sleep. He explains that the journey to the Emerald City is long and dangerous.

Munchkin baby

A baby at Boq’s home who plays with Toto and amuses Dorothy.

Munchkin farmer

The unnamed farmer who made the Scarecrow and placed him in a cornfield to scare crows.

Munchkin farmer’s companion

An unnamed Munchkin who watched the farmer make the Scarecrow and commented on his features.

Old crow

A crow who saw through the Scarecrow’s disguise and told him that brains were valuable.

Tin Woodman’s father

A woodman who raised the Tin Woodman and once traveled to the Emerald City.

Tin Woodman’s mother

The Tin Woodman’s mother, whom he cared for until she died.

Beautiful Munchkin maiden

Also known as Munchkin girl

The Tin Woodman’s former beloved, who promised to marry him when he could afford a better house. She lived with an old woman who opposed the marriage.

Old woman who employed the Munchkin maiden

An unnamed, lazy woman who kept the beautiful Munchkin maiden doing her housework and sought the Witch of the East’s help to prevent her marriage to the Tin Woodman.

Tinsmith

An unnamed craftsman who repeatedly replaced the Tin Woodman’s severed body parts with tin, ultimately making him an entirely tin man.

Stork

A helpful stork who carries the Scarecrow from his pole in the river back to Dorothy’s party. She says her babies are waiting for her in her nest.

Wildcat

A large wildcat that chases the Queen of the Field Mice until the Tin Woodman kills it.

Mouse attendant

One of the mice who attend the Queen of the Field Mice and carry out her orders.

Large field mouse

A field mouse who asks what the mice can do to repay the Tin Woodman for saving their queen.

Kalidahs

Two fierce beasts with bear-like bodies and tiger-like heads who attack the travelers. The companions bring down the tree they are crossing, sending them into a rocky gulf.