Pixie dust

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For other uses, see Pixie dust (disambiguation).

Pixie dust, also known as "fairy dust", is a fictional substance. It is a trail of sparkling material that often follows mythical creatures such as pixies and fairies in general when they are visually represented. Sometimes, this trail is interpreted as being a tangible substance, often imbued with magic powers.

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[edit] In literature

The most notable example of this is in the 1953 Disney version of Peter Pan, where pixie dust allows one to fly if one is thinking happy thoughts, specifically the song "You can fly", and in the film is often shown as supplied by the character Tinker Bell.[1] Unlike in the Disney film version, in the original novels and stage play of Peter Pan, it was called fairy dust.

[edit] Starstuff

Starstuff, first mentioned in the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson novel, Peter and the Starcatchers, is what Barry and Pearson define pixie dust as. Starstuff is bits of space junk that fall from the sky that has a different effect on all creatures. For instance, when a human is exposed to it, it may give him/her the ability to fly. When a female fish is exposed to it she may become a mermaid. When a horse is exposed to it, it may become a centaur. Or when a bird is exposed to it, it may become a pixie, which is how Tinkerbell came into being. Starstuff is often fought over by two groups called the Starcatchers and the Others. Starcatchers find it and return as opposed to the Others who use it for their own greedy purposes. In the book, there is even an explanation to how Greek Gods came into being. They weren't really all-powerful gods, but they were regular people who came across starstuff.

[edit] In popular culture

The Walt Disney Company also uses pixie dust as a marketing image, usually sprinkled by Tinker Bell to create the impression of a magical feeling for various Disney icons, such as - for example - the Disneyland castle that is used as the logo for Walt Disney films and DVDs.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Tinker Bell Character Archive. The Official Disney Character Archives.