Where and when did the tooth fairy first appear? Did she bring you a lot of money as a kid?
2006-10-29 12:40:48 · 9 answers · asked by White 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I KNOW parets continue the myth but where did it start in the first place...
2006-10-29 12:45:52 · update #1
The most commonly accepted belief by academics is the fairy's development from the tooth mouse, depicted in an 18th century French language fairy tale.
In "La Bonne Petite Souris," a mouse changes into a fairy to help a good Queen defeat an evil King by hiding under his pillow to torment him and knocking out all his teeth.
Also, in Europe, baby teeth used to be fed to rodents and other animals in the hopes of getting sharper, more rodent-like, teeth in the future.
2006-10-29 13:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 15⤊ 0⤋
In Central America it's not the tooth fairy but the tooth mouse, like in the French story above. I guess it's the only way to get a child to let you pull a dangling tooth out without much protest.
So I'd say it was invented by the first parents of a five year old in the history of the world. And it's affected by inflation, like everything else: I used to get a quarter, my last kid got 20 bucks once (it was a molar, though).
2006-10-29 23:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by bedsanig 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A toothless fairy.
2006-10-29 23:47:44 · answer #3 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont beleive in da tooth fariy anymore when i relaized it was my parents putting the money under da pillow da whole time. but they gave me $20 for each tooth
2006-10-29 20:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by So Wrong, It's Jessica™ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably a very smart kid with bad teeth and really dumb parents .
2006-10-29 22:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by luther 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like started out with mother's stories
anyway. thank you for answering my question.
2006-10-29 21:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by cool nerd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the mother in the world...
2006-10-29 20:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by samdesign78 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have a computer look it up.
2006-10-30 09:19:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
your momma.invented it and yes she shook her money maker
2006-10-29 20:42:52 · answer #9 · answered by eric29_2 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋