Powder of Life

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The Powder of Life is a magic powder that allows anything sprinkled with it to come to life.

The witch Mombi got the Powder from a Crooked Wizard. This batch of the powder was activated by the following incantation:

Raise the left hand, little finger pointing upward, and say ""Weaugh!"

Raise the right hand, thumb pointing upward, and say "Teaugh!"

Raise both hands, with all the fingers and thumbs spread out, and say "Peaugh!"

Mombi used this powder to bring Jack Pumpkinhead to life. Tip stole the Powder from her and later used it to animate the Sawhorse and the Gump.

The Powder of Life was contained in a pepperbox with a false bottom, which also contained Dr. Nikidik's Celebrated Wishing Pills. (The Marvelous Land of Oz)

When the Crooked Sorcerer fell down a precipice and was killed, all his possessions went to a relative named Dyna who lives in the Emerald City. Included was another bottle of the Powder of Life, this batch being activated by a simple wish. Dyna inadvertantly used the powder to bring to life a blue bear-skin rug made from a former pet. (The Road to Oz)

It was later reveled that the Powder of Life had been made by Dr. Pipt, who made it by stirring four pots for six years. He used the Powder to animate a phonograph; Scraps, the Patchwork Girl; and Bungle, the Glass Cat. As Dr.Pipt was the only person ever shown to make the powder, and Ozma has forced him to give up magic, it can be assumed that the secret to the Powder of Life is gone. (The Patchwork Girl of Oz)

Background

The Powder of Life has an effect similar to the Great Elixir and the Re-animating Rays in Glegg's Box of Mixed Magic.