Belfaygor of Bourne

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Belfaygor of Bourne
First appearance	Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
Created by	Ruth Plumly Thompson
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Species	human
Gender	male
Age	unknown
Date of birth	unknown
Date of death	probably immortal
Title	Baron of Bourne
Spouse(s)	Shirley Sunshine (wife)
Address	Bourne, Land of the Barons, Quadling Country

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.