14 Facts About Jinjur

General Jinjur is an antagonist in the 1904 novel The Marvelous Land of Oz.

Jinjur is a character in the Oz books by L Frank Baum and his successors.

Jinjur's regime assigns Emerald City husbands to domestic tasks thought to be women's work, such as cooking and cleaning; the men quickly get worn out, and eventually their wives are happy to take over those tasks and do them competently again.

Jinjur's name, pronounced as "ginger," implies that she has a rather volatile nature; however, she is not evil, but misguided by her petulant discontent and desire for power.

Jinjur is cowardly, and dances on the throne when she sees the field mice.

In Ozma of Oz, Jinjur makes a brief appearance as a dairy farmer's wife.

Jinjur says she is happy and contented, but reports that her husband is nursing a black eye after milking the wrong cow.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz reports that Jinjur is a talented painter who helps to restore her old nemesis, the Scarecrow.

Jinjur is startled at first by the incursion of the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and their companions, who have been transformed into animals by a wicked sorceress Mrs Yoop.

Jinjur is illustrated in The Marvelous Land of Oz wearing a feminized version of a military dress uniform of the period before World War I, with a skirt in place of trousers, high boots, a military-style frogged tunic, and a tall shako.

In 1905, Jinjur was a character in the stage play The Woggle-Bug, which loosely followed the novel's plot.

Jinjur has long dark hair, wears a green uniform, and generally acts impertinent while her army acts lackadaisical.

Jinjur seeks to outlaw fun and pleasure for everyone but her own inner circle, and has no higher feminist ideals.

General Jinjur appears in her self-titled episode of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz voiced by Kari Wahlgren.