    pixies (also pixy, pixi, pizkie, piskies and pigsies as they are sometimes known in cornwall) are mythical creatures of folklore, considered to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland areas around devonr. totnea: "pixies", once a week, 25 may 1867, page 608, notes the prevalence of belief in pixies in devon. and cornwall,"the folk-lore of devon", fraser's magazine, december 1875, page 773ff. suggesting some celtic origin for the belief and name. akin to the irish and scottish aos sÃ­, pixies are believed to inhabit ancient underground ancestor sites such as stone circles, barrows, dolmens, ringfort or menhirs.imagined landscapes:archaeology, perception and folklore in the study of medieval devon, lucy franklin , 2006 in traditional regional lore, pixies are generally benign, mischievous, short of stature and attractively childlike; they are fond of dancing and gather outdoors in huge numbers to dance or sometimes wrestle, through the night, demonstrating parallels with the cornish plen-an-gwary and breton fest noz (cornish: troyl) folk celebrations originating in the medieval period. in modern times they are usually depicted with pointed ears, and often wearing a green outfit and pointed hat. sometimes their eyes are described as being pointed upwards at the temple ends. these, however, are victorian era conventions and not part of the older mythology. in modern use, the term can be synonymous with fairies or sprites. however, in folklore there is a traditional enmity, even war, between the two races.a peep at the pixies; or legends of the west, bay a.e., 1853 ==etymology and origin== the origin of the name pixie is uncertain. some have speculated that it comes from the swedish dialectal pyske meaning wee little fairy. others, however, have disputed this, given there is no plausible case for nordic dialectical survivals in southwest britiain, and claiming instead that due to the cornish origin of the piskie that the term is more probably celtic in origin, though no
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