Editing Tooth fairy (section)

=== Elsewhere in Europe ===
In [[Italy]], the Tooth Fairy (''Fatina dei denti'') is also often replaced by a tiny mouse named ''Topolino''. In some areas the same role is held by [[Saint Apollonia]], known as ''Santa Polonia'' in [[Veneto]].<ref>{{cite news |title=La fatina dei denti |url=https://www.quotidianocanavese.it/lopinione/il-quotidiano-passo/la-fatina-dei-denti-23014 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Quotidiano del Canavese |date=22 August 2019}}</ref> (Saint Apollonia's legendary martyrdom involved having her teeth broken; she is frequently depicted artistically holding a tooth and is considered the patron saint of dentistry and those with toothache and dental problems.)

In [[France]] and French-speaking [[Belgium]], this character is called ''La Petite Souris'' (''[[The Little Mouse]]''). From parts of [[Lowland Scotland]] comes a tradition similar to the fairy mouse: a white fairy rat who purchases children's teeth with coins.

In [[Catalonia (autonomous community)|Catalonia]], the most popular would be ''[[:ca:Angelet de les dents|Els Angelets]]'' (little angels) and also "Les animetes" (little souls) and as in the other countries, the tooth is placed under the pillow in exchange of a coin or a little token.

In the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], and especially in [[Biscay]], there is ''Mari Teilatukoa'' ("Mary from the roof"), who lives in the roof of the [[baserri]] and catches the teeth thrown by the children. In [[Cantabria]], he is known as ''L'Esquilu de los dientis'' ("the tooth [[squirrel]]").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucal |first=Salud |date=23 September 2014 |title=La historia del Ratón de los dientes |url=https://news.yahoo.com/la-historia-del-rat%C3%B3n-de-los-dientes-162718968.html |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref>