When did the myth of the tooth fairy start?

Answer 1

huh above answer is not intelligent....there are tooth fairies in most countries of the world, all mythical characters. Generally a tooth left under the pillow at night will be exchanged for money by the next morning. In France it has evolved from the 'tooth mouse'. In Spain it is 'ratoncito Perez' that is a little mouse with a common surname.

Answer 2

In early Europe, it was a tradition to bury baby teeth that fell out. Some believe that the Tooth Fairy evolved 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 torture him and knocking out all his teeth. This combination of ancient international traditions has evolved into one that is distinct Anglo-Saxon and Latin American cultures among others. Tooth tradition is present in several western cultures under different names. For example in Spanish-speaking countries, this character is called Ratoncito Pérez, a little mouse with a common surname, or just "ratón de los dientes" (Tooth Mouse). The "Ratoncito Pérez" character was created around 1894 by the priest Luis Coloma (1851-1915), a member of the Real Academia Española since 1908. The Crown asked Coloma to write a tale for the eight-year old Alfonso XIII, as one of his teeth had fallen out. A Ratón Pérez appeared in the tale of the Vain Little Mouse. The Ratoncito Pérez was used by Colgate marketing in Venezuela and Spain. In Italy also the Tooth Fairy (Fatina) is often substituted by a small mouse (topino). In France, this character is called La Petite Souris (« The Little Mouse »). From parts of Lowland Scotland, comes a tradition similar to the fairy mouse: a white fairy rat which purchases the teeth with coins. In some Asian countries, such as India, Korea and Vietnam, when a child loses a tooth the usual custom is that he or she should throw it onto the roof if it came from the lower jaw, or into the space beneath the floor if it came from the upper jaw. While doing this, the child shouts a request for the tooth to be replaced with the tooth of a mouse. This tradition is based on the fact that the teeth of mice go on growing for their whole life, a characteristic of all rodents. In Japan, a different variation calls for lost upper teeth to be thrown straight down to the ground and lower teeth straight up into the air; the idea is that incoming teeth will grow in straight. In parts of India, young children offer their discarded baby tooth to the sun, sometimes wrapped in a tiny rag of cotton turf.

Answer 3

In early Europe, it was a tradition to bury baby teeth that fell out. This combination of ancient international traditions has evolved into one that is distinct Anglo-Saxon and Latin American cultures among others.

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Answer 4

When a child simply would not go to sleep, because its tooth fell out so her mom and dad told her about the "tooth fairy", so the parents stuck something under her pillow . and the myth passed down generations.

Answer 5

this might be hard to believe but the tooth fairy is not real. i found all my teeth in my moms dresser

Answer 6

If the tooth fairy was real, then your parents would be getting money for their teeth also.

Answer 7

The Tooth Fairy came from two parents.

Answer 8

Their parents

Answer 9

Some mommys baby tooth,