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The Good Witch of the North is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum.

The classic books

In the original novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Good Witch of the North is an elderly sorceress from Gillikin Country visiting Munchkin Country when Dorothy Gale's falling house kills the Wicked Witch of the East. She advises Dorothy to travel to the Emerald City to seek the aid of The Wizard.

The name of the Good Witch of the North is a matter of some uncertainty. In Baum's own stage version of The Wizard of Oz, he gives the Witch the name "Locasta". However, in Ruth Plumly Thompson's Oz novel The Giant Horse of Oz, the Witch is named "Tattypoo".

The 1939 movie

In the classic 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, the Good Witch of the North is called Glinda
, which is the name of the Good Witch of the South in the Oz novels. In the movie, the Good Witch of the North is young and beautiful, and in addition to meeting Dorothy on her arrival in Oz, she also supervises her progress on her journey to the Wizard and helps her find her way back to Kansas at the end of the story. The movie makes no reference to the Good Witch of the South.

Modern works

Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and the musical Wicked
(based on the book), follow the model of the 1939 movie in giving the name "Glinda" to the character who grows up to become The Good Witch of the North. See the article on Glinda for more information on this character.

In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
, Glinda and the Good Witch of the North are again separate characters (and the Good Witch of the North has the name Tattypoo), although they are both played by Miss Piggy (as are the two Wicked Witches).

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