Baum Locations Gazetteer · Castle
Yellow Castle
Also called: Wicked Witch of the West’s Castle · Wicked Witch of the West's Castle
A castle explicitly named in Baum's Oz corpus. It is cataloged under Winkie Country.
Enchanted
Scene
Explicit evidence
Gazetteer
Location record
- Knowledge ID
- LOC-0163
- Canonical name
- Yellow Castle
- Type
- Castle
- Status
- Enchanted
- Narrative presence
- Scene
- Parent
- Winkie Country
- First appearance
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Chapter 2
Baum evidence
First matched evidence
And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way." "The North is my home," said the old lady, "and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.
Cross-book occurrences