#the enchanted island of yew

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The Enchanted Island of Yew by Lyman Franck Baum

1903

Artist : Fanny Y. Cory

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Group F Round 1

[image ID: the first image is of the book cover of The Enchancted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum. the color of the cover is gray, and it depicts a woman with dark hair, in an updo, and large flowers on the side of her head. she's wearing a pinkish, sleeveless dress with her right leg completely exposed, the material also reminiscent of flower petals. the cloth of her dress is raising with her up-stretched arms to frame the title. she's standing in a white flower, and her feet are bear, but around her right ankle is a piece of the same material of her dress. she's holding a long, black stick, like a fairy wand, that emits a glowing yellow light on the end. the second image is the book cover of He, She, & It by Marge Piercy. it depicts a woman with loose, dark hair, her collarbones and shoulders bare, against a yellow sky and rolling fields. there is lightning striking in the sky. end ID]

The High Ki of Twi

it’s never really made clear whether they’re a single person that operates two bodies in perfect synchronity or two different people with two different consciousnesses that share a mental link so deep they always act the exact same and to be honest i’m not sure which is worse. primary ruler over a country (twi) entirely composed of doubles like them. also on that note “ki” is a title that denotes a ruler (as seen in the secondary rulers, the ki and the ki-ki) and it’s not said whether or not they have an actual name. they were once separated physically and mentally due to a magic spell gone awry (and managed to cause a whole civil war before they got it fixed a few days later) and boy if that didn’t fuck with my head the first time i read it. the author is pretty fond of fucking with identity like that. this one wasn’t even because of dismemberment like they usually are. also worth noting that they are by all means a girl and only use they/them pronouns because they’re like. two girls actually. it’s all very confusing

Malkah

Malkah is a brilliant scientist -- she codes the AI for a cyborg golem to protect her small town from dystopian threats both physical and virtual. She parents a daughter, a granddaughter (our main character), at least one cyborg, and at least one cat. She is a well respected member of her ecosocialist community, though she is seen as a bit odd. She at one point describes her granddaughter as "disappointingly heterosexual," and herself has multiple relationships with people of varying genders while presenting as variously a man or woman depending on the relationship.

[mistoffeleesisawitch]

Everyone always mentions Ozma in terms of Baum’s gender queer stuff (as they should) but not enough talk about my love Prince Marvel 🩵

[mostpatheticlittleguy]

[mask131]

So you want to know about Oz! (2)

In 1986, an anime was released in Japan: Ozu no Mahoutsukai (which is just "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in Japanese).

This animated series was an adaptation not just of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the first Oz novel by Baum, but of all those that would follow! You had book 2, "The Marvelous Land of Oz", and book 3, "Ozma of Oz"... But then we jump to book 6, "The Emerald City of Oz", which forms the grand conclusion of the series. Book 4 and 5 were not adapted... completely cut out.

Why? Because these two books are, unfortunately, skippable.

Last time I left you on the enormous, ever-growing success of the original Oz trilogy. Now I want to present you... the curse that befell the creator of Oz.

L. Frank Baum wasn't just "the guy who wrote The Wizard of Oz". He was an author for children first and foremost, and he wrote a LOT of other books outside of his Oz stuff. His other most famous children work to this day, the only one able to rival his Oz creation, was his 1902's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, which was a work of fictional fundamental in the development of the modern image of Santa Claus:

But this was truly the only one of his other works that escaped the shadow of the Oz-mammoth... Before and in parallel to his Oz trilogy, Baum had written many other things. "Mother Goose in Prose", "American Fairy Tales", "The Enchanted Island of Yew", "Queen Zixi of Ix", "Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea", "John Dough and the Cherub"... But none of these books became as successful or famous as his Oz novels. Worse: they sold really bad.

Everybody wanted Oz books. More Oz books, more Oz books! And while Baum had quite some fun working on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and "The Marvelous Land of Oz"... he had never intended to serialize them. For him they were stand-alone novel, and that was done. But since his audience only asked for more Oz books, and disdained his other works, well, he had to do what paid! And so he continued the Oz novels... but with a certain "bad will" that clearly transpires in his work.

This already pops up by the third Oz book, "Ozma of Oz".

The first two Oz novels followed a specific rule: the story must happen in the Land of Oz, which is a magical land enclosed and shielded from the rest of the world. The Land of Oz is surrounded by a gigantic desert that one cannot cross unless exceptional events. Beyond this, is the human world... Yes, that's something people tend to forget: in his original vision for the Land of Oz, Baum wanted this magical land to be... somewhere on the American continent. Right in the middle of the 1900s American nations. Hence how a simple tornado can carry a little girl from Kansas to Oz... This is also explicitely told in the second book, where the characters cross the desert by accident, and discover "the world Dorothy came from".

But by Ozma of Oz, the rule was broken. Dorothy gets carried away by a storm in... a new land, the Land of Ev, who as it turns out exists outside of Oz, beyond the desert... Ozian characters cross the desert and join Dorothy in this new land, and most of the story is spent discovering this entire new setting.

While it is very pleasant and delightful to read, and brings some interesting worldbuilding, this already betrays the annoyance Baum was starting to feel towards Oz itself... He had written two novels taking place in Oz, and he was starting to run out of ideas. He had conceived two self-contained novels, two "one-shots" if you wish, and had no idea how to continue within Oz itself. So his solution was to take the characters everybody loved and wanted (he did brought back Dorothy in "Ozma of Oz" BECAUSE his audience kept asking him "Why wasn't Dorothy in the sequel?), but place them in a new "magical land" where he could have a breath of fresh air and work a new plot. This is what makes "Ozma of Oz" so interesting... But it was what would cause the start of the Oz downfall...

In 1908, Baum published "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz", the fourth book of the Oz series. And a good part of this novel is... Dorothy, alongside the Wizard of Oz himself (who returns after his last appearance in the original novel), ending up sent into an underground realm, and exploring various magical chthonian lands as they try to make their way back to the surface... The last portion of the story does take place in Oz, mind you, but the bulk of the story is in random lands and realms Baum invented just for this book and never reuses later. Because at this point, Baum, who was stuck into doing Oz books but didn't want to continue Oz-stories, had decided to use a trick: only have the Oz protagonists but not the Oz land. Have Oz appear in the last chapters, but only after two thirds of adventures everywhere but in Oz. This was his way to still give what the audience wanted (more Oz adventures) without actually writing Oz books, but rather other fantasies that happened to connect with Oz...

This formula would be repeated with the fifth book of the series, which I'll talk about later, and unfortunately it creates a sincere drop in quality in those two novels. While very inventive, and entertaining to a certain extent (if you ignore some heavy doses of racism and old-fashioned xenophobia here and there), these novels are not as good or memorable as the original trilogy, and for one precise reason... They have no over-arching plot. They are just... travel stories. You have a set of characters, swept away into magical lands, travelling the lands, then partying in Oz and returning home. Gone is the "Quest to have our wish granted" of the first book, gone is the "national revolution mixed with a quest for a lost heir to the throne" of the second book, gone is the "let's save an imprisoned royal family" of the third book... Now it's just "Oh, looks like we randomly dropped into a fairy-land! Let's promenade a bit and then return home". An "Alice in Wonderland" type of non-plot, basically... but without the Alice in Wonderland charm.

Things are even sadder when you look at the fifth book of the series, "The Road to Oz".

At least with "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz", there was a semblance of a mini-plot at the end, when everybody arrived in Oz. You had criminal charges and a trial, and competition-debates as to whether mundane or magical beings are better... But with "The Road to Oz"? You have literaly zero plot. The characters just get dragged from vision to vision, from land to land, and when they arrive in Oz, it is just to have a party, and then they literaly return home once it is over.

But the true desperation of Baum comes from this specific party... Because what Baum did in this novel was maybe the first "crossover event" of the history of American literature. All of the guests at the party are characters that never appeared before in any of the Oz books so far... They are characters straight out of Baum's other, non-Oz, children books! Characters from "The Magical Monarch of Mo", "Queen Zixi of Ix", "John Dough and the Cherub", and many other books you probably never heard about (and that the Oz readers at this point also never heard about!). Yet these characters were described in detail and given quite a space in the final act of the book...

This was because Baum was tired of Oz hogging all of the attention and money. He was so sad at seeing his other children works be forgotten and ignored by mass audience that he literaly decided to bring them into his Oz series in hope that it would interest his Ozian readers and encourage them to check out the other books he did. Yes you heard it right, this novel... as just an big ad for Baum's other books. That's how tired he was of Oz.

And, unfortunately for him, it did not work...

Cut to 1910. L. Frank Baum releases his sixth Oz book "The Emerald City of Oz"... that he also intends to be his final.

With "The Emerald City of Oz" we have the grand finale! Dorothy decides to leave Kansas and to settle permanently in Oz! She brings with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry who are given a complete tour of the Land of Oz! Meanwhile the greatest and most terrible ennemies Oz ever faced gather for an invasion! And, in the final chapter, Glinda the Good Witch decides that enough is enough, Oz had enough troubles from the outside world: she casts a spell that will make Oz unreachable by anyone from the human world...

And thus, Baum with teary eyes says goodbye to his character, and encourages his audience to say farewell to Oz, as the gates of the Marvelous Land close forever...

THE END

...

Who are you kidding? No, not the end! Cursed, Baum was, CURSED! Despite him writing EVERYTHING needed for the grand, conclusive finale, despite him literaly writing "IT'S OVER GET OUT"... His other books didn't sell. His other series didn't start. And he kept being pressured by all sides to write more and more Oz books.

As such, by 1914... a seventh Oz book was made. Opening with Baum writing basically "Sigh... So you know how I told you no other Oz story could be made, because there's this magical barrier and I will never know what happens behind it anymore? Well... sigh... turns out they have radio, somehow? And so... double-sigh. And so I have broadcast in Oz, which means... you'll get more Oz books."

Next post: How we got a HELL LOT of more Oz books

[magicaldogtoto]

what should i watch / read if Im beginning to get into the wizard of oz??

ive watched the movie and a weird black and white sequel when i was younger.. idk if the latter was a fever dream or not though.

Sorry for the late reply! I got your question just as I was heading out to my night shift. I wanted to wait until I got home to answer, since doing so on my computer would make linking things easier.

The main Oz canon is referred to as the Famous Forty. Those are the main books that others are inspired by or reference. Of those forty, fourteen were written by L. Frank Baum. Of those fourteen, only the first six (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, and The Emerald City of Oz) form what could be considered a single overarching story. These books are:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Ozma of Oz

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

The Road to Oz

The Emerald City of Oz

This is important to keep in mind, because after those six, continuity in the books gets really contradictory and surreal. If you want a good place to start reading, start with these.

You can find pretty much all the original fourteen books online for free, since they are in the public domain. The links I posted are all from Gutenberg. Gutenberg has online versions of them, complete with the original illustrations. Here is the online version of the first book. Gutenberg has multiple versions of the same books, though, so you may have to search through a couple versions before getting the ones with pictures.

It's also worth noting that Baum connected a lot of his stories together, so there are quite a few non-Oz books that are worth checking out. These include:

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, which introduce the Forest of Burzee, a location that is home to numerous Immortals and fairy folk that influence the world of Oz. You can watch the Rankin-Bass adaptation of this story, too.

The Sea Fairies and Sky Island, which introduce Trot and Cap'n Bill, who become regular characters in Oz.

Queen Zixi of Ix, which introduces the Land of Ix. Zixi herself is an interesting character--a centuries-old witch who rules over her own land and leads her armies into battle wearing golden armor (despite being centuries old, she uses magic to remain physically sixteen).

The Enchanted Island of Yew, which is about a fairy girl who becomes a boy and goes on adventures as a knight. The island is located near Oz.

It probably goes without saying that these are old books. As a result, they have not aged well in places. It's important to keep that in mind when reading them.

The black-and-white movie you're thinking of is definitely a thing. There were a lot of black-and-white Oz movies before the famous musical. I don't think it was a sequel, though--not a sequel to the musical, at least. There is a sort-of sequel to the MGM film by Disney called Return to Oz, which adapts the following two books after the first one. It's honestly a pretty good movie, though it may be a bit more intense for younger viewers.

Hope this helps! Anyone else who sees this, feel free to add on.

[goldenappledelicious]

Gonna come up with a whole set of OCs and stories for the Oz Books in EAH (as well as The Enchanted Island of Yew because I love that one even if no one else seems to know it). Just have to get my thoughts in order

[mankabrosstudios]

This Date In Manka Bros. History - November 18, 1940

This Day in Manka Bros History - Nov. 18, 1940:

Because of MGM’s incredible success with ‘The Wizard Of Oz,’ Manka Bros. quickly produced and released a film based on another L. Frank Baum property ‘The Enchanted Island Of Yew.’ The film was… not a success.

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#WizardOfOz #Hollywood #HollywoodStudios #MGM #LFrankBaum #ChildrensBooks

[transmasc-trials]

ROUND 1 MASTERLIST—

1. pizzahead (pizza tower) v. lio fotia (promare)

2. max mayfield (stranger things) v. scaramouche wanderer (genshin impact)

3. jim kirk (star trek: the original series) v. elliott (stardew valley)

4. mk (lego monkie kid) v. hinata shouyou (haikyuu)

5. riddle rosehearts (disney twisted wonderland) v. prince marvel (the enchanted island of yew)

6. mulan (mulan) v. saihara shuichi (danganronpa 3)

7. nagisa (assassination classroom) v. alice yabusame (your turn to die)

8. apollo justice (ace attorney) v. cesario (twelfth night)

9. yuu (creamy mami) v. driller killer (slumber party massacre 2)

10. kaidou shun (the disastrous life of saiki k) v. kirishima eijirou (my hero academia)

11. gus porter (the owl house) v. will graham (nbc hannibal)

12. brian/green (monster prom) v. magnus bane (shadowhunters TV 2019)

13. magnus burnside (the adventure zone) v. goro akechi (persona 5)

14. james (pokémon) v. deuce gorgon (monster high)

15. yamato (one piece) v. marshall lee (adventure time)

16. finn mertens (adventure time) v. sea hawk (she-ra and the princesses of power)

17. diluc ragnvindr (genshin impact) v. peppino spaghetti (pizza tower)

18. midoriya izuku (my hero academia) v. tiger (kipper and tiger)

19. kipper (kipper and tiger) v. adrien agreste (miraculous ladybug)

20. aki hayakawa (chainsaw man) v. hunter noceda (the owl house)

happy voting!!

[tomtefairytaleblog]

Oz Books: Oz was a land enchanted by the fairy Lurline.

Queen Zixi of Ix: The Queen of the Fairies is named Lulea.

The Enchanted Island of Yew: The Forest of Lurla is home to fairies.

Lurline, Lulea, Lurla… I’m sensing a pattern here... 

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Group F Round 2

[image ID: the first image is of Miyauchi Rena, a girl with light brown hair and brown eyes, wearing pearl ornaments in her hair. she wears a combination yellow-and-blue-plaid and black satin dress. it features a bones motif--on her chest, hands, and knee-high black socks--and glowing cutaways on her waist. the sleeves are puffy, as is the bustle. the second image is of Tiger of the Wind, a horned blue and white wolf with yellow eyes. the third image is of the book cover of The Enchancted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum. the color of the cover is gray, and it depicts a woman with dark hair, in an updo, and large flowers on the side of her head. she's wearing a pinkish, sleeveless dress with her right leg completely exposed, the material also reminiscent of flower petals. the cloth of her dress is raising with her up-stretched arms to frame the title. she's standing in a white flower, and her feet are bear, but around her right ankle is a piece of the same material of her dress. she's holding a long, black stick, like a fairy wand, that emits a glowing yellow light on the end. end ID]

Miyauchi Rena

shes a magical girl in plaid with a bone laurel and bone gloves and a hula hoop she beats you up with. shes a canon lesbian and heavily autistic coded. she became a magical girl to save the life of her first love. she failed and she doesnt know. she lost her memories while hidden from the apocalypse and didnt question the empty school on the island in a sea that stretched for forever. she wants her memories back but more than that she wants to know why she lost them.  [additional propaganda 1]

Tiger of the Wind

Pretty sure he was my furry awakening if we're being honest.

The High Ki of Twi

it’s never really made clear whether they’re a single person that operates two bodies in perfect synchronity or two different people with two different consciousnesses that share a mental link so deep they always act the exact same and to be honest i’m not sure which is worse. primary ruler over a country (twi) entirely composed of doubles like them. also on that note “ki” is a title that denotes a ruler (as seen in the secondary rulers, the ki and the ki-ki) and it’s not said whether or not they have an actual name. they were once separated physically and mentally due to a magic spell gone awry (and managed to cause a whole civil war before they got it fixed a few days later) and boy if that didn’t fuck with my head the first time i read it. the author is pretty fond of fucking with identity like that. this one wasn’t even because of dismemberment like they usually are. also worth noting that they are by all means a girl and only use they/them pronouns because they’re like. two girls actually. it’s all very confusing

[isfjmel-phleg]

I watched You’ve Got Mail with my mom and sisters this week and was struck, as I always am, by the books in the sets, especially the Oz books.

They show up a lot in this movie! Specifically editions by Books of Wonder, a New York bookstore/publisher specializing in children’s books and listed in the credits as among the many who donated books.

You can see them most prominently on the shelves nearest the door in The Shop around the Corner.

In addition to the books on the shelves, above them are the first several books in the series (plus Dorothy of Oz by Roger S. Baum) between Oz bookends, and a pile of six Oz mugs.

The books on shelves are primarily the Oz series, with a few of Baum’s non-Oz or Oz-adjacent fantasies, plus Oz continutations by other authors, as published by Books of Wonder or their imprint Emerald City Press. 

Top to bottom and left to right: Little Wizard Stories, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Royal Book of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson), Rinkitink in Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz, Sky Island, The Sea Fairies, The Enchanted Island of Yew, Kabumpo in Oz(?) (Thompson), The Master Key, The Runaway in Oz (John R. Neill), The Wonder City of Oz (Neill), The Scalawagons of Oz (Neill), [one I couldn’t identify], Merry Go Round in Oz (Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw Wagner), The Glass Cat of Oz (David Hulan), Queen Ann of Oz (Karyl Carlson and Eric Gjovaag), How the Wizard Came to Oz (Donald Abbott).

We never hear Kathleen mention Oz, but she seems to have a connection to it, judging from this prominent display and the ruby slippers ornament she hangs on the shop’s Christmas tree. Perhaps Oz represents the dreamy nostalgia her character is prone to.

When she visits Fox Books after losing her shop, she sits near a display that features some familiar looking titles (in the top left of the shot):

Ozma of Oz, The Road to Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, and maybe Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (mostly hidden).

There’s a sense of continuity in seeing these books again. Even though Kathleen has lost her shop, the books that she loves are still available to readers, still ready to bring children joy.

And when she’s sick, the book on her bed that she’s clearly been reading recently, is The Scarecrow of Oz.

A source of comfort? I’m not sure what the choice of this particular Oz book says about Kathleen or the story--although it is one of the few Oz books to feature a romance (albeit one played for parody). The characters in the story undergo adventures that take them irrevocably far from home, resulting in apparent loss of everything they’ve ever known, but Trot, Cap’n Bill, and Button-Bright don’t seem too bothered by this. Maybe it’s refreshing for Kathleen, struggling with the devastating effects of change, to escape to a world where such concerns don’t really matter in the face of adventure and wonderment.

And of course the song played in the final scene of the film is “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” neatly tying up the Oz references.

[pigeoncoffee]

ultimate single word island names list

as you all know i loved single word town names on new leaf.. whilst ive been brainstorming names for my new horizons island i’ve compiled the ultimate single word island names list!

enjoy!

Ocean/water words: • Brook • Bay • Boat • Canal • Coral • Cove • Creek • Current • Deep • Dock • Drench • Driftwood • Drip • Drain • Gulf • Kelp • Lake • Marine • Pond • Reservoir • River • Rinse • Rill • Rockpool • Sail • Sailboat • Scuba • Spring • Snorkel • Stream • Sea • Seaweed • Seabed • Surf • Swamp • Tarn • Tide • Tidepool • Water • Yacht

Summer/Beach words: • Coast • Conch • Dock • Dune • Harbour • Palmtree • Pier • Summer • Sand • Sandcastle • Shell • Seaside • Shore • Sunburn • Sunscreen • Wharf • Vacation • Voyage

Fish/Aquatic animal words: • Barnacle • Clam • Carp • Crab • Eel • Fin • Flounder • Herring • Limpet • Lobster • Mackerel • Otter • Oyster • Plankton • Salmon • Scallop • Shark • Shrimp • Starfish • Stingray • Squid • Sunfish • Tadpole • Trout

Animal/habitat words: • Antler • Ant • Anthill • Burrow • Bee • Beehive • Bumble • Barn • Bat • Bug • Cobweb • Den • Fleece • Fur • Gull • Hive • Hornet • Honeybee • Ladybug • Ladybird • Nest • Paddock • Raven • Roost • Rook • Seagull • Snail • Toad • Web

Plant/flowers words: • Aloe • Bud • Bamboo • Bloom • Clover • Cosmos • Daffodil • Fern • Heather • Lily • Lilypad • Leaf • Lotus • Orchid • Orchard • Palm • Petal • Primrose • Rose • Stem • Seed • Sprout • Tulip • Wilt • Wilted

Forest words: • Acorn • Birch • Branch • Bramble • Bark • Chestnut • Elm • Elder • Fir • Grove • Juniper • Maple • Oak • Sycamore • Stump • Sap • Sapling • Spruce • Tree • Twig • Thicket • Wood • Yew

Other outdoor words: • Acre • Bury • Barren • Cavern • Cave • Cliff • Coal • Dale • Dell • Earth • Field • Fossil • Garden • Hill • Henge • Hedge • Isle • Island • Lawn • Leaves • Mountain • Meadow • Marsh • Moor • Moss • Nature • Peak • Pebble • Rock • Root • Stone • Shire • Thorn • Uproot • Vale • Valley • Vineyard

Food words: • Avocado • Berry • Butter • Chai • Cider • Cake • Coffee • Coconut • Currant • Egg • Eggshell • Eggnog • Fig • Fudge • Honey • Honeycomb • Icecream • Jam • Jelly • Lemon • Mushroom • Muffin • Mocha • Nut • Pancake • Pear • Pea • Pie • Peanut • Pickle • Popsicle • Radish • Rice • Raisin • Rum • Sesame • Sushi • Syrup • Toast • Walnut

Herb/spices names: • Basil • Chive • Cinnamon • Clove • Dill • Fennel • Herb • Mustard • Nutmeg • Parsley • Saffron • Sage • Spice • thyme

Calm words: • Airy • Away • Awe • Aura • Calm • Drowsy • Dream • Hope • Haven • Haze • Lazy • Lull • Nurture • Quiet • Relax • Rest • Safe • Soft • Serene • Slumber • Silent • Yawn

Cosy Words: • Blanket • Boots • Cotton • Cosy • Cinder • Flannel • Glove • Knit • Knitted • Mitten • Quilt • Raincoat • Sweater • Slipper • Teapot • Teacup • Warmth • Weave • Woven • Yarn

Cute words: • Adore • Blush • Bonny • Cupid • Cuddle • Dainty • Delicate • Ethereal • Fluff • Giggle • Glitter • Lovely • Precious • Sweet • Wonder

City/Town/Building words: • Cabin • Camp • Campsite • Cottage • Home • House • Igloo • Inn • Loft • Mill • Market • Park • Road • Shelter • Street • Tunnel • Tavern • Village • Ville

Weather/time of day words: • Blizzard • Dusk • Dawn • Draft • Drizzle • Downpour • Fog • Flood • Flurry • Gust • Hail • Humid • Mist • Misty • Midnight • Noon • Night • Overcast • Rain • Rainfall • Raindrop • Rainbow • Rise • Storm • Soleil • Sunset • Sun • Season • Sleet • Typhoon • Thunder • Weather • Wind

Seasonal words: Spring/Easter: • April • Crisp • Dew • Dewdrop • Easter • Farm • Farmyard • Floral • Florist • Flourish • Grow • Growth • Hatch • June • Plantpot

Autumn/Halloween: • Afraid • Bale • Bonfire • Cackle • Casket • Creep • Coffin • Costume • Carve • Cemetery • Chilling • Disguise • Eerie • Fall • Fright • Frighten • Firework • Grave • Ghoul • Ghost • Grim • Gore • Hay • Harvest • Howl • Haunt • Haunted • Halloween • Lantern • Morbid • November • Phantom • Rake • Strange • Scream • Scare • Spook • Tomb • Trick • Wicked • Witch • Warlock • Zombie

Winter/Christmas: • Arctic • Chill • Carol • Elf • Festive • Frost • Frostbite • Firewood • Gift • Garland • Holly • Holiday • Ice • Iced • Icy • Icicle • Jingle • Jolly • Merry • Noel • Nativity • Ornament • Present • Reindeer • Rudolph • Scrooge • Sleigh • Snow • Skate • Snowman • Snowball • Stocking • Tinsel • Winter • Wreath • Yule • Yulelog

Mystical words: • Amulet • Cauldron • Chalice • Conjure • Coven • Charm • Cherub • Enchant • Fairy • Fairies • Gargoyle • Goblet • Goblin • Golem • Gnome • Hidden • Hex • Imp • Myth • Nymph • Potion • Spirit • Sprite • Spell • Secret • Shadow • Siren • Wand • Wander

Gem stone words: • Amethyst • Amber • Jasper • Jade • Onyx • Opal • Sapphire • Topaz • Quartz

Colour words: • Bronze • Blush • Fuchsia • Hazel • Ivory • Linen • Ochre • Pale • Peach • Pewter • Sepia • Seafoam • Tawny

Space words: • Aurora • Asteroid • Cosmic • Crescent • Eclipse • Gravity • Luna • Mercury • Meteor • Moon • Nebula • Orbit • Planet • Solar • Star • Venus • Zodiac

Direction words: • Around • Across • Above • East • Far • North • Over • South • Under • West

Other words: • Ash • Ablaze • Beam • Backpack • Dust • Ever • Edge • End • Echo • Cranny • Comb • Frail • Gutter • Hole • Lune • Lush • Letter • Nimble • Nook • Old • Plain • Paper • Rinse • Range • Ridge • Rust • Rusted • Rot • Rotted • Silk • Set • Settle • Sponge • Swelter • Swell • Smog • Urn • Umbrella • Vain • Vile • View • Way • World