Belfaygor of Bourne

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colour = red
name = Belfaygor of Bourne


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first = "Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz" (1929)
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species = human
gender = male
age = unknown
born = unknown
death = probably immortal
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title = Baron of Bourne
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spouse = Shirley Sunshine (wife)
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residence = Bourne, Land of the Barons, Quadling Country
creator = Ruth Plumly Thompson

Belfaygor of Bourne, of the Land of the Barons in the Quadling Country, is a major character in Ruth Plumly Thompson's "Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz". He is in love with Shirley Sunshine, but because of a magic spell cast by Mogodore the Mighty, Baron of Baffleburg, his beard grows at such a rapid rate that he must carry scissors to constantly cut it. This causes severe problems when sleeping, and when he is locked in a prison cell with Peter Brown, Jack Pumpkinhead, and Snif the Iffin, all except Jack get a close-call as his beard grows in the night, filling so much of the cell that it makes it difficult to breathe.

Belfaygor's curse is often brought up in discussions of the inconsistencies about aging and death in the Land of Oz, as it indicates that mitosis continues to exist in Oz.