The Legend of Dreamcatchers
A dream catcher is said to attract dreams to its web! The good spirits find their way through the center hole and float along the sacred feathers to the people sleeping below. The bad spirits get caught in the web and are melted by the morning sun!
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THE LEGEND OF THE DREAM CATCHER
Long ago when the world was young,
an old Lakota spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision.
In his vision, Iktomi, the great trickster and teacher of wisdom,
appeared in the form of a spider.
Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language.
As he spoke, Iktomi the spider
picked up the elder’s willow hoop
which had feathers, horsehair, beads and offerings on it,
and began to spin a web.
He spoke to the elder about the cycles of life;
how we begin our lives as infants,
move on through childhood and on to adulthood.
Finally we go to old age where
we must be taken care of as infants, completing the cycle.
“But,” Iktomi said
as he continued to spin his web,
“in each time of life there are many forces
some good and some bad.
If you listen to the good forces,
they will steer you in the right direction.
But, if you listen to the bad forces,
they’ll steer you in the wrong direction and may hurt you.
So these forces can help,
or can interfere with the harmony of Nature.”
While the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web.
When Iktomi finished speaking,
he gave the elder the web and said,
“The web is a perfect circle with a hole in the center.
Use the web to help your people reach their goals,
making good use of their ideas, dreams and visions.
If you believe in the great spirit,
the web will catch your good ideas
and the bad ones will go through the hole.”
The elder passed on his vision to the people
and now many Indian people
hang a dream catcher above their bed to sift their dreams and visions.
The good is captured in the web of life
and carried with the people,
but the evil in their dreams drops
through the hole in the center of the web
and are no longer a part of their lives.
It’s said that the dream catcher holds the destiny of the future.
While you dream upon your bed.
This is an ancient legend,
Since dreams will never cease,
Hang this dream net above your bed,
Dream on, and be at peace.
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