As presented in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and sequels, Emily Gale is a mortal Kansan farmwife married to Uncle Henry and serving as guardian to Dorothy Gale. She appears in the Kansas sequences (including the tornado that transports Dorothy's house to Oz) and, after the foreclosure of the family farm described in The Emerald City of Oz, the family moves to live in the Emerald City where Ozma appoints her to a ceremonial post. Sources identify her as an ordinary human; the move to Oz and subsequent appointment are narrative events within Baum’s fiction rather than indications of supernatural origin.
Baum describes her originally as a "young, pretty wife" who has been "grayed" by years of farm life, indicating an older, worn appearance in the original novel. Film adaptations vary: the 1939 MGM film (portrayed by Clara Blandick) emphasizes a domestic homemaker image (e.g., shown knitting), while the 1985 film Return to Oz (portrayed by Piper Laurie) depicts her as a comely, blonde woman of perhaps fifty, a depiction noted as differing from Baum’s "grayed" characterization.
The sources attribute no supernatural powers to Aunt Em. She is shown as a hardworking farm laborer and homemaker who raises chickens and performs household tasks. In Baum’s sequels she becomes a resident of the Emerald City and is appointed by Princess Ozma to the non-magical, ceremonial role of "Royal Mender of the Stockings of the Ruler of Oz," a civic occupation that integrates her into Oz society but is not described as a magical ability. Her notable behaviors are domestic labor, blunt speech reflecting practical Midwestern sensibilities, emotional reserve on the farm, and strong affection for Dorothy upon reunion.
Button-Bright
Button-Bright is a fictional boy created by L. Frank Baum who appears as a recurring secondary protagonist in several Oz books. He is portrayed as an absent-minded, wandering child who participates in journeys around the Emerald City and its neighbouring lands rather than as a supernatural being.
Dorothy Gale
Dorothy Gale is a fictional human girl created by L. Frank Baum who serves as the primary protagonist in many Oz novels. A Kansas farm child who repeatedly travels by magical means to the Land of Oz, she becomes an honored resident and ally of Oz's rulers while remaining a mortal human who benefits from Oz's enchantments.
Augeas
Augeas is a mythic king of Elis in the Greek Heracles cycle, famous for the Augean stables which housed an immense herd and had not been cleaned for decades; his contractual refusal to pay Heracles for cleaning the stables leads to his death and the transfer of kingship to his son Phyleus in the traditions summarized by the sources.
Aulanerk
Aulanerk is an Inuit sea spirit attested in several short ethnographic and reference summaries as a benevolent sea-being who lives in the ocean and is responsible for producing waves and surf; he is also described as helping hunters by working with other sea powers to lead them to seals.
Aulus Vibenna
Aulus Vibenna (Etruscan Avile Vipina) is a remembered historical and legendary Etruscan aristocrat and military leader from Vulci, attested in mid-1st millennium BCE inscriptions and tomb painting. He appears in votive dedications (a bucchero chalice) and in the François Tomb fresco cycle alongside his brother Caelius and companions such as Mastarna (identified with Servius Tullius in later tradition).
Aulë
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Aun the Old
Aun (Old Norse: Aunn inn gamli; Latinized Auchun) is a legendary Swedish king of the Yngling dynasty attested in Old Norse sources (Ynglingatal, Ynglinga saga in Heimskringla, and Historia Norwegiae). He is portrayed as a mortal ruler who prolonged his life by performing human sacrifices to the god Odin until his community refused a final offering.
Aura
Aura (Ancient Greek Αὔρα, plural Αὔραι) is a minor Greek and Roman divine figure personifying a cool breeze. She appears both as an individual breeze-nymph in literary accounts (most fully in Nonnus) and as a class of breeze-spirits (Aurae) in other sources and lexica.
Aura (paranormal)
Auras are described in modern esoteric and New Age sources as subtle, nonmaterial emanations or energy fields that surround living beings and objects, presented as part of a 'subtle body' and used diagnostically to indicate health, personality, or moral/spiritual state. The concept was popularized in late-19th/early-20th-century Western occultism (notably Theosophy) and later adapted by New Age and holistic-health practitioners; scientific investigation finds no reproducible evidence for literal aural perception and offers physical explanations for photographic effects often labeled as 'auras.'
Aurboða
Aurboða is a jötunn (giantess) in Norse mythology attested as the wife of the jötunn Gymir and mother of the jötunn Gerðr; the name also appears separately as one of the nine maidens in the poem Fjölsvinnsmál. Her name is debated etymologically as either 'gravel-bidder' (aurr + boða) or, in an alternative reading, 'gold-bidder' (aur + boða).
Aureily
No evidence in the provided sources supports treating 'Aureily' as a folkloric or supernatural entity. The string appears in the sources either as part of Latin-derived numismatic terminology ('aureus' / 'aurei' — a Roman gold coin) or as a contemporary image-credit/creator name in commercial media; neither source presents origin, appearance, powers, or ritual material for an entity called 'Aureily'.
Aurnavabha
Aurnavabha (also attested as Aurṇavābha) is a name occurring in Vedic hymnic material (Rigveda) and later cited in bibliographic/theosophical indexes as a Vedic commentator. The sources present the name as textual/authorial rather than as an independently attested supernatural being.
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- [1]Aunt Em — Wikipedia. Wikipedia: 'Emily Gale, commonly referred to as Aunt Em or Auntie Em... married to Uncle Henry and the aunt of Dorothy Gale... cries "My darling child!" and covers her with kisses; she states that she has raised chickens for "nearly forty years"; appointment as "Royal Mender of the Stockings of the Ruler of Oz".'wiki
- [2]The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Project Gutenberg). L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz — passages describing Aunt Em's life on the farm, move to Oz after foreclosure, and her integration into Emerald City society (including appointment and domestic details).literary
- [3]The Emerald City of Oz — chapter reproduction (PageByPageBooks). Reproduction of chapter material showing Aunt Em's presence and actions in Oz (how she adapts to Oz life, remarks about raising chickens, and related scenes).literary
- [4]Aunt Em (Wikidata). Wikidata entry identifying Aunt Em (Emily Gale) as a fictional character in Baum's Oz series.other
- [5]Aunt Em — film portrayals (1939, 1985) — cited in Wikipedia entry. Summary of film adaptations: 1939 MGM portrayal by Clara Blandick emphasizing domestic imagery (knitting); 1985 Return to Oz portrayal by Piper Laurie described as 'comely, blonde woman of perhaps fifty years'.wiki