2007-02-01 05:39:08 · 13 answers · asked by baby girl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No **** I know that she aint real, I'm talking the story(duh!) where did it originate...
2007-02-01 06:18:16 · update #1
The legend of the tooth fairy is a prized one in American culture. But where did this legend come from? The following article describes the conventions and possible origins of the tooth fairy.
The tooth fairy comes when a child has lost a tooth. Commonly, she is very small, and she comes in the middle of the night. The child is to leave the tooth under his/her pillow, so that the tooth fairy can take it during her visit. Once she has taken the tooth, she leaves monetary reimbursement under the pillow, anything from ten cents to a dollar. (This action is done by a parent.) The teeth are then taken to her tower, and used for her purposes.
Pictures of the tooth fairy have been captured in everything from storybooks to art. The painter Maxfield Parrish is said to have depicted her once in the corner of a painting. Fairies in general are generally considered to be great influences in art, and folklore and legend surround each fairy tale. It is reasonable to think that the tooth fairy legend originated from a place where folklore and legend are tradition, namely, England or Ireland.
Tradition in England holds that if a child's tooth falls out, that child must drop it into a fire, to avoid having to look for it after death. While this tale is pretty chilling, this may be the origin of the importance of a lost tooth. This tale was handed down during the Middle Ages to smaller children during the teething stage. The addition of fire into the mix may have conjured up images of sorcery. Early alleged witches were often burned because people believed money appeared after they threw articles into fire. From this tale comes the importance of keeping a tooth. When a witch burned a piece of hair, clothing or teeth from a person, she supposedly obtained power over them. Parents may have scared children into keeping teeth or burning them themselves in order to keep themselves free of demon possession.
Even more interesting is the fact that Vikings had a "tooth fee," or a fee that was given to children upon the use of a tooth. The teeth were later strung to make jewelry, some researchers claim. This old legend is surrounded in mystery. Alongside it is the superstition in early Viking days that children's articles and pieces contained great power. Having an article of a child, or a child in your possession was supposed to bring power and luck in battle.
Today, this myth is regarded as no more than children's entertainment. Parents dutifully sneak into rooms at night, bearing gifts for the loss of a tooth. Perhaps it is a reward for a "passing of age." A lost tooth is one of the first signs of growing up. Perhaps it is felt that a piece of childhood is lost with every dropped tooth. Whatever the case, the tooth fairy lives on, carrying teeth away for uses that no one will ever know.
2007-02-01 09:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by RE_FAN 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My mom did a similar subject with me and he or she'll ultimately be thankful for each and all the flaws you probably did, only as i'm. there's no longer the thank you to take it lower back, yet you may tell her that the tooth fairy is area of you and which you have been so blessed to be her tooth fairy. And that the tooth fairy won't be everyone yet mom and dad, yet that there is a tooth fairy in everyone and that nevertheless she's no longer somebody separate, the spirit of tooth fairy is extremely actual...Love and unhappiness that your infant is turning out to be up. it is largely what my mom advised me and it meant the international to me. The magic is often there. I by no skill enjoyed the entire Santa subject via fact my terrific buddy did no longer have lots funds and yuletide grew to become into very constrained, while from "Santa" my bro and that i've got been given lots. I resented him asserting that Santa grew to become into advise via fact my buddy grew to become into sturdy. at ten, 4th or 5th grade, maximum everyone will tell her that he's not actual. My brother is that age additionally. it is so unhappy to work out it circulate. that's lots too youthful. what has the international come to? i don't be attentive to. yet comparable subject is actual for father Christmas as is for the TF. he will continuously be actual in the spirit of Christmas. ensure in case you tell her, that she continuously is attentive to that.
2016-09-28 07:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is out there..
Unfortunately the tooth fairy aint.
2007-02-01 05:47:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause have a deal with humanity, they only truly exist for people who truly believe and they visit the believers through the parents.
OK?
2007-02-01 06:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by sexmagnet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the day she llives in a one room shanty on the outside of town near the railroad tracks. She took on the job as tooth fairy at night to help support her 9 children.
2007-02-01 05:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by Haven17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tooth fairy is only real as you want it to be. Same with Santa clause.
2007-02-01 05:48:18 · answer #6 · answered by qt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is most likely some kind of witchcraft,some of the pagan traditions has passed into our life like a childish things but we have to see what is behind all this
2015-12-17 12:02:10 · answer #7 · answered by Eler 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your Mom and that's the "tooth". It was started to remove the fear of kids taking out their baby teeth. If they got money for them, it was easier to swallow(!).:)
2007-02-01 11:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by Tori M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
is the most beautiful fairy in the world,,,but has no teeth!!! she is a yuck-mouth...that's why she has to collect other people's teeth...
2007-02-01 05:44:22 · answer #9 · answered by IwntYrHd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ts probably your parents
2007-02-05 04:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋