What are the names of all four witches in 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer 1

Answer #1 There are only two witches in the movie, and their names are the Wicked Witch of the West and the Wicked Witch of the East. Answer #2 In the original 1900 book edition of The Wizard of Oz, there are four witches who actively influence the course of events. One is the Wicked Witch of the East. The Witch remains nameless in the book, and in the beloved 1939 film version. But decades later, readers find out the Witch's name. For Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] reveals the Witch's name as Nessarose Thropp. The Wicked Witch of the West is Dorothy's main enemy. Likewise, she remains nameless in the book, and the film. But, once again, thanks to Maguire, readers are able to give a name to the face. For the Witch's name is Elphaba Thropp.

In the book, there are two Good Witches, of the North and of the South. The Good Witch of the North remains nameless in the book. But, in the 1902/1903 stage version, she has the name Locasta. Since there are inconsistencies between the book and the stage version, it's unknown whether the name is carved in stone. Also, in the book, the tale is told of Gayelette, the beautiful princess and powerful sorceress of the North. Is Gayelette the Good Witch in her youth? Or is this someone completely different? Also in the book, the Good Witch of the South is Glinda. But in the 1939 film version, and in Maguire's later contributions to the Royal Histories of Oz, Glinda is given the title of Good Witch of the North. And the position of Good Witch of the South is left vacant.

Answer 2

According to the 1900 edition of the original book by author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum, there are four witches in the land of Oz. Two witches are wicked, and remain the nameless Wicked Witches of the East and of the West. But their names are revealed decades later, when Gregory Maguire gives them the names Elphaba Thropp of the West, and Nessarose Thropp of the East.

Two witches, in the lands of Oz, are good. The Good Witch of the South is ka Glinda. The Good Witch of the North remains nameless. Or does she? Later in the book, the Winged Monkeys tell the tale of Quelala and his wife Gayelette, a beautiful princess and powerful sorceress of the North. Is Gayelette a third good witch? Or is she the older Good Witch of the North in her youth? And to complicate things even further, according to the 1902/1903 stage version of the book, which also was authored by Baum, the Good Witch of the North is ka Locasta.

In the movie, Glinda is the Good Witch of the North. The Wicked Witch of the East and the Wicked Witch of the West have no names in the movie version of "The Wizard of Oz."

In Gregory McGuire's book Wicked, he names the Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba (from the author of the Wizard of Oz's initials, LFB) and the Wicked Witch of the East Nessarose. Galinda, who becomes known later as Glinda, is the good witch.

Answer 3

Answer #1 West: Elphaba, controls Winkies, yellow East: Nessarose, controls ?, color? North:name?, munchkins, blue South: Glinda, color?, controls ? Please fill in the blanks! I need to know this too! Answer #2 The Wicked Witch of the Westis unnamed in the book The Wizard of Oz. But author Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] gives her the name Elphaba Thropp in Wicked. She controls the Winkies. The color of the Land is yellow. The Wicked Witch of the East is unnamed in the book The Wizard of Oz, but given the name Nessarose in Wicked. She controls the Munchkins. The color of the Land is blue. The Good Witch of the South is named Glinda in the book The Wizard of Oz, and Galinda and then Glinda in Wicked. In the movie and stage versions, she's ka the Good Witch of the North, and there's no mention of any Good Witch of the South. She controls the Quadlings. The color of the Land is red. The Good Witch of the Northis unnamed in the book The Wizard of Oz, but given the name Locasta by author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 5, 1919], in his stage version of the book. She controls the Gillikins. The color of the Land is purple.

Answer 4

In the book and the 1939 film versions of The Wizard of Oz, the bad witches are the Wicked Witches of the East and of the West. Author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 5, 1919] leaves them both nameless. Much later, author Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] gives them the family name of Thropp. The Witch of the East has the first name of Nessarose, the Witch of the West Elphaba. In the book and the 1939 film versions, Glinda is ka the Good Witch. In the book, she rules over the Quadling country of the South. Her colleague is the Good Witch of the North, who is unnamed in the book but ka Locasta in the 1902/1903 stage version by Baum. In the film, the position of Good Witch of the South doesn't exist. Instead, the two positions are combined into the one position of Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

Answer 5

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