I would like the meaning behind dreamcatchers my boyfriend bought me a beautiful one for my birthday it has a Indian head and eagle head in the middle I would like to know the truth behind dreamcatchers
2006-09-17 08:21:32 · 6 answers · asked by temptress196269 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
http://www.cynaunltd.com/dreamcatcher_legends.htm
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, the good in their dreams are captured in the web of life and carried with them...but the evil in their dreams escapes through the hole in the center of the web and are no longer a part of them. It is hung above their beds or in their home to sift their dreams and visions.
Dream catchers 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.
2006-09-17 08:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by Java 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dream catchers can be better described as dream filters. They only allow good dreams to enter your sleep time. They are to protect you as you sleep from any negative influences.
2006-09-17 08:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by ABLE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 08:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by Victor V 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the story is that the hole in the middle is supposed to catch bad dreams and replace them with good dreams. i don't know if they work, but i should try it.
2006-09-17 08:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Jaycie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one hung up in my truck, as do many in the UK. and have never thought about the dreams i have while sleeping in my cab, but now that you've mentioned it, i don't think i have had any bad dreams in my truck. as for the origin of them. dunno.
2006-09-17 08:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by fool4lovin. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything can work if you want it to and believe it might happen...
2006-09-17 20:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Deb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋