Location in The Oz Series
Pyramid Mountain
Also known as a high, pyramid-shaped mountain, the Pyramid Mountain, this mountain.
A high, pyramid-shaped mountain on the opposite side of the Valley of Voe, containing a spiral staircase inside that leads up through the clouds to the Land of Naught, where the Gargoyles live.
Appears in 2 chapters, first in chapter 78, last in chapter 79.
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What the story establishes
| Acoustics and tone | Dim to totally dark inside, requiring lanterns to see; gloomy and quiet during the climb, broken only by landings where light and air filter in through rifts in the mountainside. |
| Appearance | A high, pyramid-shaped mountain whose top is lost in the clouds. (as of ch. 78) |
| Physical constraints | Ascended via a broad, cork-screw stairway cut into the rock inside the mountain, gently sloped rather than steep, wide enough at the base for Jim to draw the buggy through, with two landings along the way: one opening onto the Valley of Voe side, the other opening onto a vast outer space above a black, flame-flecked sea, roughly halfway up. |
Relationships
- located in ← the braided man ch. 79The braided man lives and runs his factory in a cave halfway up Pyramid Mountain, having fallen there years earlier through his own invented post-hole.
- located in → Valley of Voe ch. 78The Pyramid Mountain, whose top is lost in the clouds, stands on the opposite side of the Valley of Voe from where the travelers begin.
- located in ← Land of Naught ch. 79The Land of the Gargoyles (Land of Naught) is reached by climbing the spiral staircase inside Pyramid Mountain, per the warning sign at its base.
- located in ← the giant birds ch. 79Enormous roc-like birds with fierce eyes and sharp talons are seen winging through the vast open space beside Pyramid Mountain, between the clouds and the black sea far below.
- located in ← underground_traveling_party (ended) ch. 79–80After racing across the open Valley to escape more bears, Jim gallops the buggy and its riders all the way to the foot of the Pyramid Mountain, where the party arrives at chapter's end.
From the text
"it will be best for you to cross our Valley and mount the spiral staircase inside the Pyramid Mountain. The top of that mountain is lost in the clouds, and when you reach it you will be in the awful Land of Naught, where the Gargoyles live."Chapter 78
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