Pixies (little people unseen but often audible and occasionally caught) — Mythoi

Motif

Pixies (little people unseen but often audible and occasionally caught).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies (elves). · view the constellation · filed as F200.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs.

Filed beside it

Bongas. Roughly equivalent to fairies. Generally malevolent, but often not Little people from the sky. (Cf. F215.)

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