dream catchers
Woven nightmare traps
Dream catchers are handcrafted Native American objects, traditionally a willow hoop with a woven web inside and feathers or beads hanging below.
Originally from Ojibwe culture, they were hung over sleeping areas to filter dreams—good ones passing through the web's center, bad ones caught in the threads.
Now widely commercialized as decorations: She hung a dream catcher from her rearview mirror.
- OjibweAlgonquian-speaking indigenous nation
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- spiderwebSilk net for catching prey
- guardiansThose who protect others
- hoopRigid circular frame
sleeps · feathers · willow · Lakota · traditions · tribal legends · vision quests · protection · good luck charm · sinew · creation myths · weaving · cultural heritage · cultural appropriation · commercialization · medicine wheel · spirit world · spiritualities
- nature craftsleaf pressing, leaf prints, leaf rubbings, driftwood art, pebble art
- Native culturetribal traditions, sacred ceremonies, powwow, native languages, tribal dances
- tribal traditionstribal customs, tribal councils, tribal dances, tribal tattoos, medicine men
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- dreamsnightmare, daydream, nightmares, daydreams, REM sleep
dream catcherscrucifixes
Crosses bearing Christ's image
mezuzahs · rosary beads · sleeping pills · wind chimes · evil eye beads
dream, catcher, dreams, dreamed, dreaming, dreamer, dreamers, dreamy, dreamlike