Tell me the story of the tooth fairy?

Primitive people believe that hair, nail clippings and lost teeth are still magically connected with their owners, even though they have been separated from their owners' bodies. As any voodoo artist will tell you, if you want to grind a person into powder, you don't need to touch him at all. It is enough to step on a missing molar, and leave the rest to "infectious magic". That's why people all over the world traditionally hide lost body parts to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

In ancient times, people thought that hair, cut nails and lost teeth kept mysterious contact with their owners even if they left their bodies. As any voodoo master will tell you, if you want to kill someone, you don't need to touch him at all. Just crush a broken molar with your foot, and leave the rest to "boundless magic" This is why all nationalities in the world are used to hiding things that fall from themselves so as not to fall into the wrong hands.

The custom of American children hiding their lost teeth under pillows may have a distant origin with this custom. But there is an obvious difference, because when Su Tibet raised her baby tooth, she completely hoped that it would be found by a good magician, not an evil magician. Besides, she hopes to get paid for handing it over, and it is at the current exchange rate. Nothing can clearly show the happy commercial interest in our culture than turning terrible superstitions into happy business transactions.

The habit of American children hiding their lost teeth under pillows is probably slightly related to this custom. But there is a clear difference between the two, because when little Susan hides her baby teeth, she actually hopes that a kind, not evil wizard can find her teeth. Moreover, because she handed over her teeth, she also hopes to get something in return at the current price. We have turned the terrible superstition into a pleasant business transaction, and nothing shows the pleasant business enthusiasm in our culture more clearly than this.

Because American children expect their lost teeth to be exchanged fairly, the tooth fairy ceremony probably comes more directly from the tradition of putting lost teeth in mouse holes in Europe, especially Germany. The folk belief that controls this practice is that when a new tooth grows, it will have the quality of a tooth, not the original lost tooth, but the tooth of any creature that found it, so the selected creatures will be those world-class champions and rodents.

Because American children want to dispose of their lost teeth fairly, the custom of tooth fairy may be more directly derived from European customs, especially the traditional practice of putting lost teeth into mouse holes in German customs. This custom is based on the folk concept that when new teeth grow out, they do not have the characteristics of the original teeth that have fallen off, but have the characteristics of the teeth that animals find when they fall off. Therefore, we should choose world-class animals and rodents that are good at biting people.

Therefore, the optimistic principle of "fair exchange" probably originated in Germany and was brought here by German immigrants. Only the United States replaces the kind "tooth mouse" with a more likable fairy, and replaces the traditional hope of hard molars with our more distinctive cash hope.

Therefore, this optimistic "fair trade" principle probably originated in Germany and was brought here by German immigrants. Americans just replaced the kind "tooth rat" with a more amiable little fairy. Traditionally, people want to grow strong teeth, but when they come to us, they want to get cash, which is more in line with our characteristics.