The
Good Witch of the North, sometimes named
Locasta or
Tattypoo, is a fictional character in the
Land of Oz, created by
American author
L. Frank Baum. She is the elderly and mild-mannered Ruler of the Gillikin Country. Her only significant appearance in Baum's work is in Chapter 2 of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), in which she introduces Dorothy to Oz and sends her to meet the Wizard, after placing a protective kiss on her forehead. She makes a brief cameo appearance at
Princess Ozma's birthday party in
The Road to Oz (1909), but is otherwise only mentioned elsewhere in the series.