Pixie

Pixies are beings of English mythology, whose characteristics are similar to those of goblins and fairies. Stories about these mythical creatures are in the southwest of England, in the regions of Devon and Cornwall, common. In the traditional representation pixies usually have wings, pointed ears and green clothing. For this purpose, usually a pointy hat and sometimes also at the temples are pointed upward tapered eyes.

History

On the Origin of pixies there are several myths. So should be the pixies beings who were not good enough for heaven and not bad enough for hell and therefore had to remain on earth forever. According to another story, the pixies druids who did not convert to Christianity and were shrunk as a punishment from God until they confessed to Christianity.

Recent theories assume that the term is derived pixie by the people of the Picts, which lived in the region Caledonia after the Roman occupation. However, this theory assumes that the Picts were a people of indigenous origin who lived before the Celts in Scotland - an assumption which is no longer supported by established historians today.

Characteristics

Apart from the above external features the pixies, certain characteristics are attributed. According to legend, they play tricks on people, for example, by stealing things or secretly throw objects at them. At night to steal the pixies horses to bring them back before sunrise. The only clue they leave here, consists in the tousled manes of the horses.

Furthermore, leave the pixies flying or running a kind of fairy dust, dust in the English pixie. According to legend, people who disappeared in the moor of Dartmoor were led by pixies intentionally misleading. To escape a pixie, travelers should turn her coat inside out to confuse the essence. In addition, pixies can be injured or killed by iron objects.

Even today, small gifts are brought to the houses, to tune the pixies conciliatory in rural areas. Through such Respektsbezeugungen the pixies the respective families to have even at night helped clean up the budget.