The Nac Mac Feegle are often confused with pixies, because they refer to themselves as Pictsies.Īccording to their own history, the Nac Mac Feegle rebelled against the wicked rule of the (or possibly "a") Queen of the Fairies, and were therefore exiled from Fairyland. The Guardian notes that "The Nac Mac Feegle embody the stereotypical Scotsman to great comic effect". In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett identifies The Little Grey Men and Down the Bright Stream, both by "BB", the nom-de-plume of Denys Watkins-Pitchford, as possible inspiration, featuring fairies that could talk to creatures, but "there was nothing tinkly about them they lived in a world of dangers". In the fictional world of the Feegles, the males are rowdy and spend their time drinking, fighting and stealing. According to Pratchett, “They speak a mixture of Gaelic, Old Scots, Glaswegian, and gibberish.” They are strong and resilient. All Feegles have red hair and tattoos that identify their clan. The Nac Mac Feegles' skin is characterized as blue, heavily tattooed and covered with woad. At six inches tall, these fairy folk are seen as occasionally helpful thieves and pests. The Nac Mac Feegle (also sometimes known as Pictsies, Wee Free Men, the Little Men and "Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed") are a fictional type of fairy folk that appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, Snuff, and The Shepherd's Crown. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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