NDLI: The Tooth Fairy: Psychological Issues Related to Baby Tooth Loss and Mythological Working Through

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Author	Capps, Donald Carlin, Nathan
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	In this article, we focus on the Tooth Fairy legend that emerged in the United States and Britain in the nineteenth century and on the bedtime rituals associated with it. Drawing on various children’s books, we present this legend and these rituals as among the many legends and rituals found around the world for dealing with the loss of baby teeth in early childhood. Our particular concern is with some of the psychological issues that are associated with the development of teeth in the second stage of infancy. We also draw on the clinical observations of Erik H. Erikson, as we focus especially on the role that teeth play in the loss of the original unity between the infant and its mother. We take note of Erikson’s suggestion that this is, ontogenetically speaking, the experience that is portrayed in the biblical story of the Fall and expulsion from the Garden in Genesis 3. We view the rituals associated with the Tooth Fairy legend as a mythological means of enabling children to address and work through these psychological issues.
Starting Page	265
Ending Page	280
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00312789
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume Number	63
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15736679
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-06-26
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Tooth fairy legend and rituals The tooth fairy The tooth mouse El Ratón Pérez Baby teeth Children’s books Psychological issues Infant-mother relationship Erik H. Erikson Rosemary Wells Guilt Working through Clinical Psychology Religious Studies Cross Cultural Psychology Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Religious Studies Social Psychology Applied Psychology

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