tooth fairies
Nocturnal dental exchangers
Tooth fairies are mythical creatures said to visit children who have lost baby teeth, exchanging the tooth (placed under a pillow) for a small gift or money.
The singular tooth fairy is more common, referring to the concept as a single benevolent figure.
Parents perpetuate the fiction as part of childhood magic alongside Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
Child's initial dentition
- pillowBedding for heads
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
- growing upDeveloping into adulthood
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
memories · innocence · youth · nursery · storybook · lullaby · teddy bear · imaginary friend
Stamped metal currency
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- giftItem given freely
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
exchange · surprise · token · dollar · quarter · gold coin · silver coin · offering
Supernatural or illusory power
- pixiesTiny folklore troublemakers
- spritesTiny supernatural beings
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- wingsLimbs for flight
wand · sparkle · glitter · miniature · invisible · flying · ethereal · whimsical
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- folktaleTraditional narrative passed down
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
folk belief · bedtime story · tale · narrative · custom · belief · ancestry · transmission
Bedding for heads
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- letter writingComposing written messages
- wishYearned-for outcome
ceremony · tradition · practice · routine · special occasion · celebration · rite of passage · note
baby teeth
Child's initial dentition
- pillowBedding for heads
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
- growing upDeveloping into adulthood
milestone · memories · innocence · youth · nursery · storybook · lullaby · teddy bear · imaginary friend · pajamas
coin
Stamped metal currency
payment · exchange · surprise · token · dollar · quarter · gold coin · silver coin · offering · compensation
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
wings · wand · sparkle · glitter · miniature · invisible · flying · ethereal · whimsical · mystical
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- folktaleTraditional narrative passed down
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
superstition · folk belief · bedtime story · tale · narrative · custom · belief · ancestry · transmission · regional variation
pillow
Bedding for heads
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- letter writingComposing written messages
wish · ceremony · tradition · practice · routine · special occasion · celebration · rite of passage · note · thank you
tooth fairiesbogeymen
Imaginary childhood terrors
Krampus · demons · goblins · evil spirits · redcaps
tooth fairiesparents
Mother and father
dentists · dental hygienists · orthodontists · real people · reality
tooth, fairy, toothy, toothless, toothlike, toothed, fairies, fairylike, fairyland