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Cornish piskies

does anyone have a picture of a piskie that I can embroider onto a cushion?? valda —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.222.50.207 (talk) 22:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What they are?

The Senior Witches tend to refer to the Althea Fairies as "pixies" frequently, which is presumably disparaging and is considered an insult in the fairie world. (From section "In modern popular culture")

OK, I have watched Winx Club serveral times, but I don't know who "Senior Witches" are.--성혀니 13:31, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think the "senior witches" comment may be referring to the three main characters of witches..they are seniors in their school.

OK, I wonder what names of three witches are.--성혀니 08:26, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly is the difference between a pixie and a sprite?

That is, if you had to pick between "pixie" and "sprite" to describe a preternatural creature, what criteria would you use in deciding which word to use? Nohat 00:24, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The various fairy race names have all gotten muddled together over the centuries. But in early folk lore, pixies are usually little mischievous wingless creatures, whereas "sprite" is either a winged fairy-like creature or an umbrella term for various "little people." That's my understanding of it at any rate. Rajah1 10:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was Move. —Wknight94 (talk) 19:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)yOUR ALL WRONG ABOUT THIS WIKI[reply]

Then where did the iconography of them having wings come from? Surely that didn't just pop up out of nowhere. Booger-mike (talk) 12:42, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page move

Someone should move this back to Pixie. The disambiguation is at Pixie (disambiguation) now.--Cúchullain ^t/c 23:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seems sensible, I've made the request. --apers0n 17:42, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support; I'd say (most of) the other uses on the disambiguation page stem from this folklore origin. Regards, David Kernow 03:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

References

This page really needs some references. Does anyone have a few books on folklore that they could use to reference some of these facts/claims? Skittle 16:36, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, it doesn't really need references, because it doesn't really contain any facts. It contains claims, but, contrary to the implication in your comment, facts and claims are not interchangeable, and...Oh, forget it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.133.107 (talk) 21:06, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you are right about there being no need for references. I would counter that the sentence stating Rachael de Vienne is "probably most faithful to Pixie mythology" is lacking in evidence and is thus a claim, rather than fact. This makes the sentence pointless in the context in which it is presented and should probably be removed on suspicion of being a biased opinion.

Pixies

There's been a fight on where the redirect goes from Pixies. Now there is a proposal to move Pixies (band) into Pixies. see Talk:Pixies (band) -- Beardo 20:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The concept of pixies well predates the alternative rock band from America, and as such, no matter how beloved they may be, the article about the band should be the one with the modifier in its title. That is to say, the article about pixies should be titled Pixies, and article about the band called The Pixies should be titled Pixies (band). Why is this even subject to debate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.133.107 (talk) 21:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A band of rock pixies? Hmm. If some came over on the Mayflower I guess they should be included somehow :) Hypatea (talk) 22:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

I've attempted to do some clean up to the popular culture section. I've reorganized the examples by medium, cut out irrelevant info, and moved the recent folklore examples earlier in the article. Not sure if this is what people were looking for when it was tagged so I left the cleanup tag in place for now. Rajah1 10:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I worked up a reference section using sources cited in the article and for the popular culture section concerning Tinker Bell. Someone pitched in to help midway, but deleted my text on Puck and Picts added in what I thought was a very appropriate place. Hypatea (talk) 22:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Links to Pixie/Fairy Web sites

www.freewebs.com/ibelieveinfairys/ and http://faeriesandmore.synthasite.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.12.225 (talk) 14:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aren't pixies traditionally wingless? Tink's a fairy. Booger-mike (talk) 01:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tinker Bell's a fairy Booger-mike (talk) 01:01, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Who knows Tinker Bell?♥

Well, if you don't know what a pixie is then look at Tinker Bell. A pixie looks like a fairy but only a pixie could fit in your hand. Pixies probably produce "pixie dust" as you all say but we are not certain if they exist. Only time shall tell♥

Thanks♥♥♥ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.64.77.6 (talk) 00:43, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Pixies"

There is a move discussion at Talk:Pixies#Requested move 12 May 2019 proposing that there is no primary topic for the plural which is currently about a band. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since the page moved, that discussion is now at Talk:Pixies (band)#Requested move 12 May 2019. --RobertG ♬ talk 12:53, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Where'd the wings come from?

If they're traditionally wingless, where'd the modern iconography of them having wings come from? Surely that has to have come from somewhere. Booger-mike (talk) 12:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

the wings came from the feminine depiction of the Pixie as a being closely related to the Fairy. 137.59.221.36 (talk) 20:59, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pixie to elf

The icons of them wearing green outfits seems to have been transferred to Christmas elves Booger-mike (talk) 01:02, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Iconography

If they were originally wingless, where'd the modern iconography of them having wings like fairies come from? Surely that didn't just spring up out of nowhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Booger-mike (talk • contribs) 00:16, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contemporary culture

"Pixie" are depicted as feminine and like a "Fairy".

The word originated from English and depicts Elf like beings.

The traditional "Pixie" was explained as feminine while the actual text describe them to be local to "English culture" but replaced by the "Christmas Elf".

Furthermore, there are many other magical beings that need their story to be retold. 137.59.221.36 (talk) 20:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]