The bad dreams get trapped in the web whereas the good ones are allowed to pass through the feathers and go downhill to the sleeper’s mind. The dream catcher is hung above the head where the rays of sunlight hit. The Ojibwe tribe supposed the night air is loaded with both good and bad dreams. Thereafter, every grandmother and mother made a dream catcher to protect them from bad omen. In order to protect them all, she made the first dream catcher whilst in their term was “Asbikeshiinh”. They named her “spider woman”.ĭue to various circumstances, they had to travel far from their native land which made it difficult to bind them with her protective spell. Like every tribe had a deity to follow, they had Asibikashi who had preternatural powers. They believed that the spiders protect them from negativity. Back then, the tribes Ojibwe and Lakota were the ancient tribes of Native America who were fascinated by the spiders. The other convincing theory about dream catcher is that of Native Americans. Expressing gratefulness, the spider offered her web which would catch all of her bad dreams.

It was weaving its web in the window a child was about to kill it when his grandmother stopped him from doing so. Early in the morning, when the first rays hit the catcher, it would burn all the bad dreams caught in between. Good dreams took hold of the feathers hanging at the end of the dream catcher and poured on the child’s health. When bad dreams came to the child, it filtered his bad dreams in the strands. Then, a woman who practiced medicine made a dream catcher taking spider’s web as a reference. There’s a story of a child, according to a legend, who was very sick. But aren’t we a little curious to know what these fancy looking thing specifically imply, its origin and it’s whereabouts? History of Dream Catcher Image Source: Pixabayĭream catchers have different theories and its purpose vary rather religiously. Gifting dream catcher in birthdays and on special occasion has developed like a fashion these days as it symbolizes protection and positivity. Did you know, between these good and bad dreams, there’s a talisman that is believed to catch bad dreams? Dream Catcher- a decorative modern contemporary object which is a small circular hoop, web-like in the between made up of threads, beads in the middle and the feathers hanging in the end.

Origins of dream catchers