Talk:Pixie

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Contents 1 What they are? 2 What exactly is the difference between a pixie and a sprite? 3 Page move 4 References 5 Pixies 6 Cleanup

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)

• 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)

[edit] 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)

• 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)

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)

[edit] 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)

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)