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| La | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tarzan_confronting_La,_from_the_cover_of_a_paperback_edition_of_Tarzan_the_Invincible.jpg) Tarzan confronting La, from the cover of a paperback edition of Tarzan the Invincible by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ballantine Books, 1974 | |
| First appearance | The Return of Tarzan |
| Created by | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Portrayed by | Mademoiselle Kithnou |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Queen and High priestess, Witch |
| Nationality | African |
La is a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels, the queen and high priestess of Opar, a lost city in the jungles of Africa.[1] Opar is portrayed as a surviving colony of ancient Atlantis in which incredible riches have been stockpiled down through the ages. The city's population exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism caused by a combination of excessive inbreeding, cross-breeding with apes (which Burroughs treated as possible), and selective culling of offspring. Consequently, female Oparians are physically perfect, while male Oparians are hideous bestial creatures.
La first appeared in the second Tarzan novel, The Return of Tarzan (1913), and reappeared in the fifth, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916), the ninth, Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923), and the fourteenth, Tarzan the Invincible (1930). She is also mentioned in the juvenile Tarzan story Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion (1936), the events of which occur between Tarzan and the Golden Lion and Tarzan the Invincible.
- ^ "La, Burroughs' Tragic Priestess". ERBlist. Retrieved 1 February 2024.