For example, by offering one’s tooth to a rat, a popular tradition in much of Europe and Latin America, one hopes their new tooth will be as strong as the ever-growing rat’s tooth, which Michael Hingston explains is “a wish for transference anthropologists call ‘sympathetic magic.’” But if looking for a direct link to the American Tooth Fairy, things are more complicated. The form of the disposal depends on a culture’s beliefs, as science writer/researcher Rosemary Wells explains, but that the ritual is usually accompanied by an incantation, which is “an audible plea for help to get a new and better tooth to replace the lost one…”. These rituals include throwing the tooth (into the sun, fire, between the legs or on a roof), hiding the tooth (in a tree, wall, or in the ground), offering the tooth to an animal (such as a rodent or crow), or swallowing the tooth (by the mother or child).
Citing ancient and modern myths and practices, including Cadmus’s sowing a plain with dragon teeth to cultivate a race of warriors and James Frazer’s account of an African tribe that kills their ruler if he loses a tooth - Ziolkowski writes, “Because of the virtue inherent in teeth, they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of one’s enemies extracted teeth should be buried or hidden, a superstition still evident in the practice of mothers who carefully save their children’s baby teeth.” Ĭeremonial disposal of teeth has taken many forms, as B.R. Teeth are symbolic for strength, beauty, vitality, potency, and wisdom and are often considered magical, as Theodore Ziolkowski notes. And compared to the long tradition of Saint Nick, the Tooth Fairy’s roots only reach the late Nineteenth Century. "The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.The loss of one’s first baby tooth has been universally recognized as a rite of passage for millennia-well before the Tooth Fairy began leaving coins beneath the pillows of children young enough to believe in Santa Claus. "Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows." That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. "I think we have to believe in things we don't see. If you want to be a Santa Clause, go for it - there is no greater feeling The true spirit of Santa Clause goes well beyond. We see during the Christmas season where millions have been conditioned toīuy presents. Santa Clause does not and should not only represent the commercialism
There are a number of people who share the spirit of Santa Clause throughout the year and if you doubt this just make a visit to any number of community organizations and take count of the number of people volunteering their time and energy. It means that you pass on good intentions, good deeds, It is the spirit that means you help, give, assist or counsel without expecting anything monetary in return. Or who are struggling to feed or clothe their family, or those seniors whoĪre living alone on a fixed budget that is being constantly eroded through Those who cannot afford some of the basics of life , You see, the spirit of giving in the true spirit says more about helping those in need Till the snow flies, then that's all right too. Without having to wait for December, or snow. You can exercise your Santa Clause spirit throughout the year You do not need a Santa suit, or a beard, or be pot bellied. Human mind embodied by the deeds that are done for no gain or recognition. The real Santa Clause lives within the spirit of the
Well, the real Santa Claus can be alive and well through you. Youth but what about a real Santa Claus? You doubt this I'm sure. Now, I am not saying that most adults believe in the Santa Clause of their One of there things that some people doubt is Santa Claus. But, there are those who have doubtsĪbout other things that do not at first appear to be believable. In including the Tooth Fairy or the Irish Lepricon. There are a large number of things that people may not believe
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