What happened to the Wicked Witch of the West and the Witch of the North?

Answer 1

In both the original 1900 book edition, and the beloved 1939 film version, of The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West melts into nothingness from Dorothy Gale having thrown a bucket of water over her. According to the much, much later play version of 'Wicked', the Witch fakes her death. There's a trapdoor through which she escapes, to leave Oz behind and start a new life elsewhere with her love interest, Fiyero. In the original 1900 book edition of The Wizard of Oz, the Witch of the North accompanies a group of Munchkins to welcome Dorothy Gale to the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands of Oz. Also, they want to thank Dorothy for having killed - albeit accidentally - the Wicked Witch of the East. Later in the series, we learn that this unnamed* good witch is a powerful sorceress who doesn't allow anyone else in her Purple Gillikin Country of the North to practice magic, sorcery, witchcraft, or wizardry. *In the beloved 1939 film version, the positions of the unnamed Good Witch of the North and Glinda the Good Witch of the South are consolidated into one, as Glinda the Good Witch of the North. According to the book, Glinda rules over the Red Quadling Country of the South. She is the most powerful of sorceresses. Nothing happens to stop her powerful rule, and her powerful aid to friends such as Dorothy Gale and Princess Ozma of Oz.