What is a Dream Catcher and what does it do?

Question

where can you get it and how much does it cost?

Answer 1

There are plenty of good answers, but any way, it's a satanic, superstitious wall hanging that was very popular in the Hippie culture in the sixties. Created originally by American Indians

Answer 2

It is believed that Ojibwe or better know as Chippewa started the practive. The story goes that a young grandchild(s) kept having bad dream and that the bad spirits kept entering his mind at night. To help him his grandmother or Spider Woman Asibikaashi decided to help weave to first dream catcher. It is suppossed to look like a spider wed and what happens is that all of the evil dream and spirits get caught up like bugs and them evaporate with the morning dew and all the good dreams and spirits trickle down the feathers at the bottom into the boys head. They can be found at any "indian" or southwest store and depending on how cheesy or nice you want to go the price can change drastically. Most of the time I've seen them go from about $10 all the way to $400. You can also make one. They are actually very easy. It just takes some practice to get the weaving even. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me.

Answer 3

In Native American culture, a dreamcatcher is a handmade object based on a hoop (traditionally of willow), incorporating a loose net, and decorated with items unique to the particular dreamcatcher. There is a traditional belief that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams, trapping the bad ones and letting only the good ones through.

Dreamcatchers are an authentic Native American tradition from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribe. The Ojibwa would tie sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing) and hang the resulting "dream-catcher" as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares.

Sometimes a dream catcher may be made to symbolise a spider web, often with a bead in the center to symbolise the spider.

Answer 4

Dream catchers are arts and crafts of the Native American people. The original web dream catcher of the Ojibwa was intended to teach natural wisdom. Nature is a profound teacher. Dream catchers of twigs, sinew, and feathers have been woven since ancient times by Ojibwa people. They were woven by the grandfathers and grandmothers for newborn children and hung above the cradleboard to give the infants peaceful, beautiful dreams. The night air is filled with dreams. Good dreams are clear and know the way to the dreamer, descending through the feathers. The slightest movement of the feathers indicated the passage of yet another beautiful dream. Bad dreams, however, are confused and confusing. They cannot find their way through the web and are trapped there until the sun rises and evaporates them like the morning dew.

Originally the Native American dream catcher was woven on twigs of the red willow using thread from the stalk of the stinging nettle. The red willow and twigs from other trees of the willow family, as well as red twig dogwood can be found in many parts of the United States. These twigs are gathered fresh and dried in a circle or pulled into a spiral shape depending upon their intended use. They used natural feathers and semi-precious gemstone, one gemstone to each web because there is only one creator in the web of life


you can order one online just google dream catcher

Answer 5

A Dream Catcher is an Indain ledgen which is a circle of wire wrapped in string like a wed of the spider and has beads put on them for color. It is said that if you put this above your bed and hang it while you sleep your bad dreams go through the catcher and are taken away for you. I have a huge one in my room but you can get them in all sizes and can be purchased where ever you get items made by hand or by the Natives. Most craft places carry them now and alot of folk are making them no matter what their Nationality is. I have two smaller obnes attached to the large on and and done in the beads to acknowldge USA., and also my favourite colors of black and white on the other. They also have feathers hanging off them if they are done right. I hope you have a Reservation close by or know where one is they make the best ones for it came from them in the first place. You will enjoy it even if the Mieth is true or not. They make for great gifts as well. Alot of people have them and others would like them but like yourself are not sure what they are or where to get them. Hope this was helpful. Good Luck in your find.Mich

Answer 6

✞ Perhaps because of misunderstand. I am Native American Cheyenne tribe..many believe that the dream catchers are for evil spirits which is not the case at all...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.

Answer 7

Dream catchers are artistic designs and representations of spiders' webs. The plains Indians of North America made them and hung them over their babies to keep bad dreams from coming to them. The dream catcher was supposed to act as though it were a spider's web and catch bad dreams in its webbing. Their cost is entirely based on their size and how much a business wants to sell them for. I've made and sold them for as little as five dollars each. I've seen fancy ones made of metal, feathers and beads for about a hundred bucks. To me, if it isn't made from natural materials, it corrupts the idea and the respect for nature the indigenous peoples of our country used to have. A true dream catcher should be made of a hoop of willow and have a crisscrossing pattern of strands of sinew woven like a spider web. It might have a feather or two and a few beads on it, but nothing more.

Answer 8

A dream catcher is an old Indian art craft that is believed to bring you good dreams. It is round on the out side and in the middle it looks like a spider web. On the bottom of it there will be feathers and beads hanging down. I don't know where to actually get one. I had a friend in Arizona make me one.

Answer 9

In Native American culture, a dreamcatcher is a handmade object based on a hoop (traditionally of willow), incorporating a loose net, and decorated with items unique to the particular dreamcatcher. There is a traditional belief that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams, trapping the bad ones and letting only the good ones through.

Dreamcatchers are an authentic Native American tradition from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribe. The Ojibwa would tie sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing) and hang the resulting "dream-catcher" as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares.

Sometimes a dream catcher may be made to symbolise a spider web, often with a bead in the center to symbolise the spider.


You can find them all over... look on Ebay, or do a Google search... they're pretty common items in Native American stores.

Answer 10

it's a device that you can buy, usually mail order, although some
specialty shops have them like Brookstone. Before going to
bed you rub your forehead some with a lotion (any type of
hand lotion will work), and then you hook up the dream catcher
to your forehead using electrodes. Of course you will have
to sleep on your back all night to prevent the electrodes from
coming off. In the morning you hook your Dream Catcher
up to your computer, usually via a USB connection, and your
with the software provided with the Dream Catcher, your
computer will intrepret your dreams and play them out
electronically. I really don't understand my electronic images
so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. It's most just
a bunch of colored swirls. I hope this helps.

Answer 11

You can purchase a Dream Catcher from a native American in the west. The Hopi tribe originated them, the Navajo tribe sells them by the side of the road.

You hang it in your room to catch the bad dreams. A Navajo told me the story of an Eagle, Bear and Spider but I cannot remember the story. Basically one is out to get you, and the other saves you. Of course you have to have a dream catcher for the story to protect your sleep.