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Dream Catchers
Dream catchers are one of the most fascinating traditions of Native Americans. The traditional dream catcher was intended to protect the sleeping individual from negative dreams, while letting positive dreams through. The positive dreams would slip through the hole in the center of the dream catcher, and glide down the feathers to the sleeping person below. The negative dreams would get caught up in the web, and expire when the first rays of the sun struck them.
The dream catcher has been a part of Native American
culture for generations. One element of Native American dream catcher
relates to the tradition of the hoop. Some Native Americans of North
America held the hoop in the highest esteem, because it symbolized
strength and unity. Many symbols started around the hoop, and one
of these symbols is the dream catcher.
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Dream Catcher
Lore:
Native Americans believe that the night air is filled with dreams both
good and bad. The dream catcher when hung over or near your bed
swinging freely in the air, catches the dreams as they flow by.
The good dreams know how to pass through the dream catcher, slipping
through the outer holes and slide down the soft feathers so gently
that many times the sleeper does not know that he/she is dreaming.
The bad dreams not knowing the way get tangled in the dream catcher
and perish with the first light of the new day.
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How the Dream Catcher is made:
Using a hoop of willow, and decorating it with findings, bits and
pieces of everyday life, (feathers, arrow heads, beads, etc) the
dream catcher is believed to have the power to catch all of a person's
dreams, trapping the bad ones, and letting only the good dreams
pass through the dream catcher.
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