Tradition / Region: English Mythology
Alternative names: Colepixie, Colepixy, Collepixie, Collpixie, Colt-pixie, Colt Pixy, Cold Pixie
Category: Horse

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The Myth

The Colt Pixie is a mischievous supernatural creature from the folklore of southern England, particularly the New Forest and Dorset. It is regarded as a type of pixie that takes the form of a scruffy, pale horse or pony.

Rather than attacking people directly, the Colt Pixie delights in leading travelers, riders, and livestock astray. Like the mysterious will-o’-the-wisp, it lures its victims away from the correct path, causing them to become lost or confused in the countryside. Because of this trickster nature, it is often associated with the legendary Puck.

The creature became well known in local tradition, giving rise to the expression “as ragged as a colt pixie,” which was used in the New Forest to describe someone or something with a shabby, unkempt appearance.

In the dialect of Dorset, the phrase “to colt-pixy” referred to knocking down the remaining apples after the main harvest, preserving the creature’s name in local rural tradition.

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Sources

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Colt pixie. In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 29, 2026, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_pixie

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