Pixies



== Pixies are a type of fairy that are briefly mentioned in the first book. In book 2 Coulter describes a type of Pixie that lives in Norway that shed their wings at the onset of winter. They make a cocoon to protect them and emerge from them in the spring with a new set of wings. It's these cocoons, that Coulter explains to Kendra and Seth, that can envelope a person in an impervious shell. It is this shell that eventually saves Seth from being devoured by Olloch the Glutton. == ‘Tis said their forms are tiny, yet'All human ills they can subdue,'Or with a wand or amulet'Can win a maiden’s heart for you;'And many a blessing know to stew'To make to wedlock bright;'Give honour to the dainty crew, The Pixies are abroad tonight.

''Have e’er you seen the Pixies, the fold not blest or banned?'They walk upon the waters; they sail upon the land,'They make the green grass greener where’er their footsteps fall,'The wildest hind in the forest comes at their call.'They steal from bolted linneys, they milk the key at grass,'The maids are kissed a-milking, and no one hears them pass.'They flit from byre to stable and ride unbroken foals,'They seek out human lovers to win them souls.'The Pixies know no sorrow, the Pixies feel no fear,'They take no care for harvest or seedtime of the year;'Age lays no finger on them, the reaper time goes by'The Pixies, they who change not, nor grow old or die.'The Pixies though they love us, behold us pass away,'And are not sad for flowers they gathered yesterday,'To-day has crimson foxglove.'If purple hose-in-hose withered last night'To-morrow will have its rose. ''