Enchanted artifact in The Oz Series
the Love Magnet
Also known as the wonderful Love Magnet.
A small bit of dull brown metal shaped like a horseshoe; as long as its owner carries it, every living thing they meet loves them dearly. Said to have been given to the shaggy man by an Eskimo.
Appears in 8 chapters, first in chapter 90, last in chapter 100.
This encyclopedia covers chapters 1 to 100 of the story and shows the world as it stands at chapter 100, so it contains spoilers up to that point. To read it spoiler free, one chapter at a time, open the interactive codex.
What the story establishes
| Appearance | A bit of metal shaped like a horseshoe, dull and brown, and not very pretty. (as of ch. 90) |
| Enchantments | Causes every living thing its carrier meets to love them dearly, for as long as they carry it. |
| Granted power | So long as its owner carries it, every living thing they meet will love them dearly. |
| Object type | Artifact |
| Properties | Made of dull brown metal, shaped like a horseshoe, small enough to be wrapped in paper and carried in a pocket. (as of ch. 90) |
Relationships
- possesses ← the Shaggy Man ch. 90The shaggy man carries the Love Magnet, a dull brown horseshoe-shaped bit of metal wrapped in paper, which he says makes every living thing he meets love him dearly.
- wields ← the Shaggy Man ch. 95The shaggy man holds the Love Magnet and, invoking the friend-love it grants him, recites a rhyme ('Dear Johnny Dooit, come to me. I need you bad as bad can be.') to summon his friend Johnny Dooit to help the group cross the desert.
- uses ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 100The shaggy man takes the Love Magnet from his pocket, unwraps it, and holds it while reciting a summoning rhyme, using it to call his friend Johnny Dooit to help the group cross the desert.
- uses ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 98Feeling the Love Magnet in his pocket, Shaggy Man draws confidence from it and asks the threatening Scoodlers directly whether they love him, banking on its magic to protect him and his friends.
- uses ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 99The shaggy man invokes his ownership of the Love Magnet when pleading with the Scoodler Queen, telling her that whoever meets him must love him and his friends.
From the text
as long as I carry it every living thing I meet will love me dearly.Chapter 90
It was dull and brown, and not very pretty.Chapter 90
Dorothy knew that the Love Magnet was working and that all the foxes now loved the shaggy man because of it.Chapter 92
"We love you in soup!" they yelled, and in a flash turned their white sides to the front.Chapter 98
Happening just then to feel the Love Magnet in his pocket, he said to the creatures, with more confidence: "Don't you love me?" "Yes!" they shouted, all together.Chapter 98
For I own the Love Magnet, and whoever meets me must love me and all my friends.Chapter 99
See the Love Magnet chapter by chapter in the interactive codex →