Shaggy Man
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The Shaggy Man | |
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Oz character | |
First appearance | wireless telegraph operator |
Family | Brother, sometimes known as "Ugly One" or "Wiggy" |
Nationality | American |
The Shaggy Man is a character in
in 1909.He is a kindly old wandering
Character biography
The Shaggy Man appears at the Kansas home of Dorothy Gale one day in August, asking for directions to the nearby town of Butterfield so as to avoid going there by accident, for he wants to avoid a man who would return a loan of fifteen cents: as "Money...makes people proud and haughty. I don't want to be proud and haughty." Dorothy agrees to show him the way, but after a short time the two become inexplicably lost. The Shaggy Man tells Dorothy about a magical device he has called the Love Magnet, which causes the owner to be loved by everyone he meets. He claims that this artifact was given to him by "an Eskimo in the Sandwich Islands."
Eventually Dorothy and the Shaggy Man realize that they are wandering in an unknown fairyland. After a series of adventures, he and Dorothy reach the Deadly Desert, where his ingenuity lets them pass safely over the sands.[3] Arriving in the Land of Oz, they find that their journey has been prearranged so that Dorothy can attend a birthday party for Princess Ozma. The Shaggy Man is awed by the splendor of the fairy-realm, and resolves to live there permanently. Upon being questioned by Ozma, he reveals that he has actually stolen the Love Magnet from a girl in Butterfield, but is without remorse because doing so has allowed him to travel to Oz with Dorothy. Nevertheless, eager to be a good subject to the princess, he agrees to Ozma's decree that the Love Magnet be donated to the Emerald City and hung over the city gates.
In
In
In the modern Oz book Queen Ann in Oz (1993), authors Carlson and Gjovaag give the Shaggy Man a personal name — Shagrick Mann.[7]
Portrayal
Although Baum used The Shaggy Man a great deal in his books from his first appearance onward, he did not appear in any productions of The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, nor did he appear much in the work of Baum's successors other than Jack Snow.
In comics, Shaggy Man appeared briefly in
In other media
The Shaggy Man appears in Return to Oz. He is seen in the background at Princess Ozma's coronation.
References
- ISBN 0-87226-188-3
- ISBN 0-7006-0832-X
- ^ Riley, p. 155.
- ^ Riley, p. 173.
- ^ Riley, p. 182.
- ^ Riley, p. 184.
- ISBN 0-929605-25-X