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Description Glinda (or Glinda the Good Witch) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. She is the most powerful sorceress of Oz, although a fairy in later books, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma.

In the books, Glinda is depicted as a beautiful young woman with long, rich red hair and blue eyes, wearing a pure white dress. However, it is suggested that she is actually much older than her appearance would suggest, and uses magic to maintain a youthful exterior (a trait which she shares with Zixi, the witch-queen of the Kingdom of Ix). This fact is first alluded to in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, when the Soldier with the Green Whiskers mentions that Glinda "knows how to keep young in spite of the many years she has lived". In a later book, Glinda herself states that she has ruled the Quadling Country ever since she overthrew the Wicked Witch of the South during the period when Ozma's grandfather was king of Oz, a statement that provides further support for this theory.

Glinda lives in a palace near the southern border of the Quadling Country, attended by one hundred beautiful maidens (twenty-five from each country of Oz). She also employs a large army of female soldiers, with which she placed Ozma on the throne of Oz at the end of The Marvelous Land of Oz. Men are not prominent in Glinda's society.

As a ruler, Glinda is strongly protective of her subjects. She creates gated communities for the rabbits of Bunnybury and the paper dolls of Miss Cuttenclip, and later in The Emerald City of Oz seals off all of Oz from the Great Outside World for its security. However, unlike Ozma, Glinda is willing to ignore strife and oppression in remote corners of Oz like Jinxland and the Skeezer territory as long as it does not threaten the Emerald City or innocent outsiders.


Glinda - Good Witch of the South
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Comments: 14

SchrodingersDoggo52 [2020-08-29 03:24:02 +0000 UTC]

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VisionCat12345 [2015-01-28 17:59:01 +0000 UTC]

Yay! original Glinda. Great work.

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Spirit-Lily [2015-01-23 03:27:19 +0000 UTC]

I love her circlet! It's so pretty.

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GalindatheGiddy [2013-04-21 01:40:01 +0000 UTC]

Original Glinda *virtual hug*

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CatDefender In reply to GalindatheGiddy [2015-11-26 02:07:53 +0000 UTC]

That's .

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Jerantino In reply to GalindatheGiddy [2013-04-21 21:12:53 +0000 UTC]

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songofafreeheart [2012-10-11 06:29:39 +0000 UTC]

It's so great to see tributes to the original version of this character! I love the Wizard of Oz movie, and especiall the play Wicked. But I grew up reading the original books, so it's always wonderful to come across them. And especially in such a beautiful picture!

Though you know a lot more about the character than I do. XD

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CatDefender In reply to songofafreeheart [2015-11-26 02:08:10 +0000 UTC]

Same here.

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afterwicked [2012-09-19 04:39:11 +0000 UTC]

I just love this. She really looks like I pictured her after reading the Oz books. You really captured her so well in this picture.

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Luanna255 [2011-07-10 10:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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MorganOfTheFaeries [2011-01-01 00:30:12 +0000 UTC]

my total favorite character from the WoO series. she looks exactly how i would picture her. love the red hair. excellent job.

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Jerantino In reply to MorganOfTheFaeries [2011-01-01 10:12:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! She is based, more or less, on the original illustrations from Baum's books.

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cerbrus719 [2009-06-30 17:58:45 +0000 UTC]

very beautiful, Nice to see another red-haired Glinda out there.

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ElphabaThropp14 [2009-05-08 19:41:11 +0000 UTC]

Stunning...Love it when Glinda's a red head lol
Great work!

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