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The Wicked Witch of the South is a wicked witch that ruled over Quadling Country. She was mentioned in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) to have been overthrown by Glinda. Rachel Cosgrove Payes' novel The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) features a variation of the character named Singra.
The Wicked Witch of the West, a fictional character in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by the American author L. Frank Baum, is the evil ruler of the Winkie Country, the western region in the Land of Oz. She is inadvertently killed by the child Dorothy Gale.
Woodcut showing a witch on a broomstick with a conical hat, from The History of Witches and Wizards (1720). The origins of the witch hat as displayed today are disputed. One theory is that the image arose out of antisemitism: in 1215, the Fourth Council of the Lateran issued an edict that all Jews must wear identifying headgear, a pointed cap known as a Judenhut.
The Wicked ruby slippers may not be red, but they are truly inspired by Baum's original work from more than 100 years ago, which makes them the perfect shoes for Dorothy when she needs to find her ...
The Tin Woodman is a minor character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, its 2003 Broadway musical adaptation and Maguire's 2005 sequel Son of a Witch. In the book, Nessarose – the Wicked Witch of the East – is seen enchanting the axe to swing around and chop off ...
It doesn't get more iconic than this emerald green Pleated Glow-in-the-Dark Cold Cup (24 oz, $34.95) with a design of Elphaba's Wicked Witch of the West hat on the back, along with a black broom ...
Believe it or not, there are plenty of Wicked costume options that aren't witch-related! Take Madame Morrible, for one: a weather-controlling headmistress of Shiz University. Madame Morrible ...