Picollus

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Mosaic image of Piccolus

Piccolus is a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal, aka: Poccolus or Pikulis: No doubt these names refer to the same deity^{[original research?]}. He is not a demon but rather one of a triad of gods representing seasons including;

Patrimpas (spring)
Perkunas (summer)
Picollus (winter)

He is some kind of destroyer-god, or god of death. What Patrimpas brings, Piccolus destroys. He is believed to look like a pale old man with a long white beard and a large nose, often well dressed. He was revered by the ancient inhabitants of Prussia often he was offered the head of a dead man but later a tallow was burned in his honor and blood was spilled on a dedicated tree, which would stay miraculously green.

He would appear to important people during their last days. If he was not appeased by tallow, he would appear a second time when he required blood, usually of a goat or horse, and finally if not appeased a third visit when only human blood would satisfy him.

He was first recorded by Teodor Narbutt a Latvian sage who compiled "Lietuvos Istorija" a record of many eastern theologies, spirits and demons. His name can be found back in the name of the pike weapon, and the German word piken (to poke with a sharp object).