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The Dream _ Catchers

  • Writer: Shithal Bhaskar
    Shithal Bhaskar
  • Jan 1, 2020
  • 3 min read

“The more we dream, the more we became realistic. Because we know it’ll happen someday.” - Anonymous

Wishing you all a very happy and joyfull NEW YEAR 2020

Back again after a long time.

I have seen many of them asking me, many times, what are these dreamcatchers? for what are these used? Why people are so crazy about these things?

So i am here today to just clear few things about dreamcatcher which i got to know from my readings.

Lets know what are these dreamcatchers.

From past few months i had created few dreamcatchers and it was really a gud experiences. I got in love with making of dreamcatcher and i slowly tried to make this thing. At first it was too difficult, because everything is with thread and making patterns with knots. Later after doing two or three dreamcatchers, it seems bit easy to make patterns. Great patience is needed as it take long time to create patterns with thread. Hours and hours needed to weave out patterns and create the whole dreamcatcher. This time i got many orders for dreamcatchers, did many and some i had to cancel due to my tight schedules. Hope more people will love my work and will show their love.

Dreamcatchers today come in a variety of different sizes and styles which was originally created by American Indians. They consist of a small wooden hoop with net or web of different pattern made with threads and with meaningful sacred items like feathers and beads attached, hanging down from the bottom of the hoop. Wrapping the frame in leather is common finishing touch for "real" dream catchers.

Today the dreamcatcher is associated with Native American culture in general, but dream catchers are often believed to have originated from the Ojibwa Chippewa tribe in particular

Dreamcatcher referred to as "Sacred Hoops," Ojibwe tribes dreamcatchers were traditionally used as to protect sleeping people, usually children, from bad dreams and nightmares. Native Americans believe that the night air is filled with dreams, both good and bad. When hung above the bed in a place where the morning sunlight can hit it, the dream catcher attracts and catches all sorts of dreams and thoughts into its webs. Good dreams pass through and gently slide down the feathers to comfort the sleeper below. Bad dreams, however, are caught up in its protective net and destroyed, burned up in the light of day.

All parts of the authentic Native American dreamcatcher have meaning tied to the natural world. The shape of the dreamcatcher is a circle because it represents the circle of life and how forces like the sun and moon travel each day and night across the sky. The dream catcher web catches the bad dreams during the night and dispose of them when the day comes.

As for the good dreams, the feathers act as a fluffy, pillow-like ladder that allows them to gently descend upon the sleeping person undisturbed. There is some contention when it comes to the meaning of the beads that often decorate the dreamcatcher. According to some American Indians, the beads symbolize the spider—the web weaver itself. Others believe the beads symbolize the good dreams that could not pass through the web, immortalized in the form of sacred charms.

Today, it is used as home decor or ornamental. Still it is consider to bring good to your life. That is one reason people still love and are more crazy about dreamcatchers.

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Love dreamcatcher

In this Newyear let all your dreams come true. Let you all be able to catch up all your dreams and make it true.

All of these are my creations in last few months.

(REFERENCE https://legomenon.com/dreamcatcher-meaning-legend-history-origins.html )


 
 
 

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