Blessed Dream Catcher
It also stimulates creativity, bringing you fresh new concepts and ideas. I additionally had this Dream Catcher blessed by a Native American Ojibwa Chief. This brings extra protection from evil forces and the blessings of thousands of Native American Indian Spirits. The dream catcher has been a part of Native American culture for generations. In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher or dream catcher (Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web.The dreamcatcher may also include sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally they are often hung over a cradle as protection. It originates in Anishinaabe culture as. Dreamcatchers are the most recognizable Native American symbol in the country today. For many Native Americans, they represent tradition and the dreamcatcher legends that have been handed down for. Authentic Native American dreamcatcher. Made with traditionally tanned (chemical free) buckskin, buffalo horn beads, turquoise, buffalo bone beads, turquoise, and feathers. Dimensions are approximately 5.5” wide by approximately 14” long, not including hanger. Sage blessed with Lakota prayer.
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.
Each item we sell is skillfully made with care and all of the dream catchers come with a Dream Catcher Legend Card that tells the story of the dreamcatcher. When you give a dreamcatcher as a gift to someone you share the story and legend of the gift with the person you give it to.
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.
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.
Native American Made Dream Catchers
How the Dream Catcher is made:
Blessed Dream Catcher
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.