Summer Solstice
Showing posts with label Dream Catchers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dream Catchers. Show all posts

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Dream Catchers



In many Native American tribes, a dream catcher is a handmade willow hoop woven to a web.
A dream catcher also includes features and beads. 
They are traditionally suspended on cradles as a form of armor and protection.
Dream catchers can be traced back to the Ojibwes. 


The Ojibwe people started the Dream Catcher and over time, they became used by other tribes, cultures and throughout the world.

Dream catchers are considered as a symbol of oneness among many cultures and regions.
Women were in charge of weaving the magical webs for the infants. 
The women made this possible by using willow hoops and sinew to weave the webs. 
The children were provided with charms as a way of protection. These charms were meant to catch any sort of harm that might be coming their way.



Each part of the dream catcher had meanings tied to the physical world. 
One notable meaning is the dream catcher has a round shape that represents the earth’s physical shape.

The web absorbs terrible dreams at night and discharges them during the day. 
The feathers act like ladders allowing good dreams to descend on anyone who is sleeping.

Dream catchers have become widely popular, you see them everywhere and now there are all kinds dream catchers, yet, you can still see that they bear some resemblance to the traditional ones.


Even though the modern day dream catchers considered, by some, to be a violation of the culture, beliefs; we happen to like the idea that people still honor (in their own way) the tradition.