Wheelers
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Humanoid creatures with wheels instead of hands and feet, featured in L. Frank Baum's 1907 children's novel Ozma of Oz. Their wheels are composed of keratin. Despite moving quickly on open terrain, the Wheelers are stymied by obstacles in their path that do not hinder creatures with limbs.
When
- First attested
- 1907 CE
- Attested period
- 1907 – 1985
- Historical notes
- First appeared in L. Frank Baum's 1907 novel Ozma of Oz and later in the 1985 film Return to Oz.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“L. Frank Baum's 1907 children's novel Ozma of Oz features humanoid creatures with wheels instead of hands and feet, called Wheelers. Their wheels are composed of keratin...Despite moving quickly on open terrain, the Wheelers are stymied by obstacles”
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