![]() ![]() The good dreams are let through the web, travel down the feathers dangling beneath, and to the undisturbed sleeping person. The nightmares are said to be caught in the web and then burned up in the morning light. Today, dreamcatchers have been adopted by many tribes and are primarily believed to ward off nightmares. Originally these charms were not associated with dreams but were placed over the cradleboards of infants, and it was said that they “caught any harm that might be in the air as a spider’s web catches and holds whatever comes into contact with it.” ![]() While the true origins of the dreamcatcher remains something of a mystery, they’re commonly understood to have come from the Anishinaabe tribe from Canada, with other sources attributing them to the Ojibwe, also a largely Canadian civilization.įrances Densmore, an enthnographer, wrote in 1929 of an Ojibwe legend in which these “spiderwebs” originate with Spider Woman (also known as Asibikaaashi) who takes care of children. They’ve become a symbol that is synonymous with First Nations culture to the point where much of their original origin and specificity has become lost. ![]() South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP £)ĭreamcatchers all over the world, hanging in windows and from car rear-view mirrors, available for purchase everywhere from the corner drugstore to high-end art galleries. ![]()
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