Tooth Fairy ( German: Zahnfee , English tooth fairy ) is a fairy - tale character , traditional for English-speaking countries. A tooth fairy, as legend has it , gives a child a small amount of money (or sometimes a gift ) instead of a baby tooth falling out under a pillow .
The tale of the tooth fairy and mouse Peres was invented by the Spanish writer Luis Coloma for the 8-year-old Spanish king Alfonso XIII , who lost his first milk tooth. Since then, the Tooth Fairy has been a very popular character among many children who, when they lose their teeth, they leave them under the pillow.
Ritual
Usually a child who has lost a milk tooth (especially the first) puts it under a pillow in the evening. In the morning he finds a coin or a gift instead of a tooth. Less commonly, a child puts a tooth in a glass of water near the bed. In the morning, instead of a tooth, a coin is discovered. This option is becoming increasingly popular, since it is much easier for parents to pull a tooth out of a glass of water than to crawl under a pillow with the risk of waking the child.
The main benefit of the tooth fairy is that the child receives compensation for the pain or troubles that accompany tooth loss. In addition, he gets used to take care of himself, which may come in handy later. It is also believed that the tooth fairy ritual helps children understand the difference between reality and imagination.
Tooth Fairy in Literature
- Graham Joyce "Tooth Fairy"
- Terry Pratchett " Fatal Music "
- Terry Pratchett " Santa Grunt "
In the cinema
Numerous films have been made on this subject, mainly horrors. For example, “ Darkness Comes ” ( 2003 ), a film by Jonathan Libesman , in which the evil spirit of a woman takes the form of a “Tooth Fairy,” and begins the hunt. Another example is The Ancient Curse , shot by Chuck Bowman . In this film, a dead woman kills children to get their teeth.
More comical versions of the theme include the 1997 television film Tooth Fairy , in which Kirsty Ellie plays a dentist who is reluctant to become a tooth fairy, and the 2010 film Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne Johnson .
In Nickelodeon 's Magic Parents , Jorgen Von Strangle is married to a tooth fairy.
In the episode Tooth for a Tooth Fairy Tooth in the 2000 South Park series, Eric Cartman pretended to be a tooth fairy to steal money from children.
In Hellboy 2: The Golden Army , tooth fairies are portrayed as small, hungry creatures that love calcium . They eat living people, starting with teeth , to get to the bones .
In Santa Claus 2 and Santa Claus 3 , the Tooth Fairy is part of the Council of Legendary Illustrations, along with Santa Claus , Easter Bunny , Cupid , Mother Nature , Father Time and Sandman . Unlike most descriptions of a tooth fairy as a female fairy, this fairy is a man.
In the Aqua Teen Hunger Force animated series Adult Swim , Meatball, Master Shake and Fry stole the Creature teeth from Plaque Lagoon, trying to get rich in an attempt to engage the Tooth Fairy robbery in the episode Creature from Plaque Lagoon .
In the 2010 film Tooth Fairy , Dwayne Johnson plays a minor league hockey player whose mission is to knock out opponents' teeth. His disbelief in magic leads him to an unusual punishment: he must become a tooth fairy for two weeks.
In the 2002 film "The Red Dragon " (based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris ), journalists called the maniac the Tooth Fairy (in one book translation - "toothy pariah").
In the 2013–2015 American television series Hannibal (based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris ), serial killer Francis Dolarchide also bears the nickname Tooth Fairy.
The film, shot in 2010, “ Do not be afraid of the dark, ” tells of another interpretation on the topic of tooth fairies.
In the 2012 cartoon “ Keepers of Dreams ”, the Tooth Fairy, along with other fairy-tale characters, saves the world from the evil spirit of Kromeshnik .