Anyone know the story of Dream catchers ??

Question

I have been given one, all feathers and twine...
where should I put it ???

Answer 1

Dreamcatcher

A dreamcatcher.In Ojibwa (Chippewa) culture, a dreamcatcher (or dream catcher; Ojibwe asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for "spider"[1][2] or bawaajige nagwaagan meaning "dream snare"[2]) is a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on which is woven a loose net or web. The dreamcatcher is then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads.

Origin and legends

While dreamcatchers originated in the Ojibwa Nation, during the pan-Indian movement of the 1960s and 1970s they were adopted by Native Americans of a number of different Nations. They came to be seen by some as a symbol of unity among the various Indian Nations, and as a general symbol of identification with Native American or First Nations cultures. However, other Native Americans have come to see them as "tacky" and over-commercialized due to their acceptance in popular culture.

Dreamcatchers.Traditionally, the Ojibwa construct dreamcatchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame of willow (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing). The resulting "dream-catcher", hung above the bed, is then used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares. Dreamcatchers made of willow and sinew are not meant to last forever but instead are intended to dry out and collapse over time as the child enters the age of adulthood.

The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams. According to Terri J. Andrews in the article "Legend of the Dream Catcher," about the Ojibwa nation in the magazine World & I, Nov. 1998 page 204, "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through . . . Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day."

Another legend (Lakota), according to St. Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain, South Dakota, "Good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn."

Answer 2

Above your bed or above a doorway ,they were made to catch nightmares the Native Indian belief was that the bad dream gets caught in the web and then shaken out in the morning. traditional dream catchers have wooden beads intertwined in the cord which should be cream coloured and the feathers are brown and cream like that of an eagle.The feathers are for the freedom. The outside leather is to bind.

Answer 3

There is no story gut a belief. We make dream catcher and keep them above our beds. Good dreams are straight and light the morning sun and they slip right through the web. Bad dreams are twisted and crooked and get tangled and caught up in the web so they cannot get through to the dreamer, they are burned up by the morning sun never to be seen again.

A dream catcher should be placed hanging over or at the head of every bed in the home to protect the family from harm as they sleep.

Answer 4

Put it above where you sleep.

A dreamcatcher is a magical Native American device, made in a spiderweb-pattern around a circular wooden hoop.
The Legend of the Dreamcatcher involves an old grandmother, her rash and impetuous grandson, and a magical spider. The grandmother, Nokomis had been watching ths spider for days as he spun his web next to her bed. One day, her grandson, No-keegwa came into the room as she was watching the spider, and stomped over, shoe in hand, to smash it. Nokomis stopped him, protecting the defenseless the spider, and, in return, the spider offered her a gift.
"Soon the moon glistened on a magical silvery web moving gently in the window. "See how I spin?" he said. "See and learn, for each web will snare bad dreams. Only good dreams will go through the small hole. This is my gift to you. Use it so that only good dreams will be remembered. The bad dreams will become hopelessly entangled in the web."

Answer 5

Dream catchers are of Indian decent. They are to be hung in you bedroom WINDOWS as to catch bad dreams as they try to enter and protect you from them, leaving you to dream pleasant dreams and sleep well and safe.They can be bought or made, decorated with items that represent your beliefs or passions, or with items symbolic of nature such as the feathers and beads. it is sometimes said that you can dissipate the bad dreams they catch in the morning by opening the window and blowing them out or off. just what I've heard as my father's side of the family is of Indian descent.

Answer 6

The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams. Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through. Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day.
Another legend (Lakota), states that good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn.

Answer 7

dream catchers should be hung in your bed room.the Indians hung them close to where there children slept,so they wouldn't have bad dreams.dreams pass through the dream catcher before they went to the children,and if it was a bad dream the dream catcher would trap it and not let it pass,so they had all good dreams.

Answer 8

Stephen King wrote a novel called Dreamcatcher. Pretty good so far.

Answer 9

The origin is North American Indian (but I don't know which tribe).
PS They make great wedding gifts!

Answer 10

I have one in all my bedrooms. I dont have them above my bed i have mine hanging on my curtain poles across from where my beds are. Not sure if its all in the mind or not but mine definately work.