Baum Character Registry · Person / intelligent being

Ugu the Shoemaker

Also called: Ugu · Gray Dove

A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.

Proper named / textual designationNarrative / historical individual

Registry

Character record

Knowledge ID: CHAR-0197
Registry ID: char-0197
Canonical display name: Ugu the Shoemaker
Naming status: Proper named / textual designation
Character type: Person / intelligent being
Participation: Narrative / historical individual
First matched appearance: The Marvelous Land of Oz · Ch. 1

Oz Knowledge Base

First-class Knowledge entity

This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.

Claims: 0
Relationships: 0
Historical Atlas events: 0

Appearance Profile

Text-grounded appearance

Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.

Rule: appearance may change between books, chapters, and events; unstated details are not imported from illustration traditions.

Appearance Timeline

Appearance states

transformation

Enormous gray dove

Ugu is transformed into a giant gray dove and later reduced in size.

The Lost Princess of Oz

Baum evidence

First matched textual evidence

the Scarecrow, anxiously. "I hope nothing has happened to him." "Oh, no; nothing serious," returned the man. "But this is his Majesty's day for being polished; and just now his august presence is thickly smeared with putz-pomade." "Oh, I see!" cried the Scarecrow, greatly reassured. "My friend was ever inclined to be a dandy, and I suppose he is now more proud than ever of his personal appearance." "He is, indeed,"

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