Tanda looking across a vast glowing network of tooth story doors
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What does your family do?

The Network

Join Tanda and the Keepers.

Every door turns a local tooth tradition into the same Toothlight promise: keep the child's real memory at the center.

Toothlights in the story world

Real childhood moments become the light in each story.

A Toothlight starts with a photo, drawing, or child's words. The lore gives that memory a place to travel.
Robot-dog wish memory artworkTL-001Robot-dog wishI want the Tooth Fairy to get me a robot dog.
Dad helped draw it memory artworkTL-004Dad helped draw itMy tooth fell out today and I made a drawing with my dad to remember it.
First drawing memory artworkTL-007First drawingI hope this drawing stays with us.
Max's Toothlight memory artworkTL-036Max's ToothlightMax's upper right central incisor became a Toothlight time capsule.
Rowan S.'s Toothlight memory artworkTL-074Rowan S.'s ToothlightRowan S.'s tooth moment became a Toothlight time capsule.
Isa S.'s Toothlight memory artworkTL-078Isa S.'s ToothlightIsa S.'s tooth moment became a Toothlight time capsule.
Sia S's Toothlight memory artworkTL-087Sia S's ToothlightSia S's upper right central incisor became a Toothlight time capsule.
Sia's Toothlight memory artworkTL-125Sia's ToothlightA childhood milestone saved as a Toothlight. A small moment, kept as a family time capsule.

Open traditions

Start with Tanda, then follow each local promise.

Network originThe night the Network wokeA skipped note teaches Tanda that speed can still miss the child.Open storyFirst Tooth FeeThe first promiseA tooth fee becomes proof that a gift is not the same as a purchase.Open storySpainThe Toothlight TreatyLucia asks two keepers not to make her choose between family stories.Open storySouth KoreaThe missing lineA remix only works when it remembers the voice that taught it.Open storyEthiopia / HararThe edge of the lightTanda can stand beside the dark, but Ilyas has to take the step.Open storyPhilippinesThe year that waitsSome wishes need a hiding place that time can open.Open storyIrelandGold that remembersAnna makes sure the gold proves somebody noticed, not that a tooth was for sale.Open story

Keepers

Keepers of tooth traditions around the world.

Wider world

A glimpse of the traditions still waiting.

FinlandThe clean tooth race

A clean tooth flashes under the northern lights before the wrong visitor can reach it.

Cherokee NationFour laps around the house

A child has to run the promise all the way around the home.

JapanThrow it high

A tooth crosses the roof so the new one knows where to grow.

IndiaThe sparrow roof throw

A small bird hears the direction hidden inside the tooth.

MongoliaTooth for a strong dog

A child trusts the family guardian to carry what is ready to grow stronger.

JamaicaShake the tin can

A loud little can turns fear into a rule a child can hold.

RomaniaCarry it to the mountain

A tooth has to be carried high before the next one can grow strong.

North AfricaTrade it at sunrise

A dawn call asks the sun to trade the old tooth for a stronger one.

ItalyThe tiny assistant

A small helper proves some doors need more than one keeper.