Tag: #Pixies

Fairies are also known as faeries or the Fae.

There are several types of fairies, today is about Pixies.

The origins of the name pixie is unclear. Some have theorized that it comes from the Swedish dialectal pyske meaning wee small fairy

Pixies are nature spirits that live in the green forests, fairy mounds and stone circles in Britain, Scotland and Ireland.

Pixies are tiny nature spirits that enjoy riding small enchanted horses.

Pixies are benevolent and known to be helpful little sprites that assist with the household chores for people.

Pixies are linked to the race of Picts , who were mystical, shadowy people  that would paint their faces blue when at war with various regional tribes. Picts dwelled in North Britain  and Ireland during ancient times. People of Cornwall  before the mid-nineteenth century took their Pixie and faerie lore earnestly.

The Cornish Queen of the Pixies is named, Joan the Wad (torch), and she was noted to usher in  good fortune. In Devon, pixies are said to be tiny and invisible, they can be beneficent towards folks.

Each year during the month of June, the folks of East Devon town called Ottery, St. Mary, celebrate Pixie Day. This special day honors a lore of pixies that were banished from the town to the local caves known as the “Pixie’s Parlor”.

Pixies are the names of the girl guides in the US and Canada just like the name Brownies. The girl guides travel door to door selling tasty vanilla or chocolate cookies so, be generous and purchase a few boxes of cookies when they knock at your front door.

 

 

 

*Sources:

*Traditional Cornish Stories and Rhymes, 1992 edition, Lodenek Press

*Katherine Mary Briggs: The Fairies in Tradition and Literature