The Meaning of the Dream Catcher
The Mi'gmaw believe that wisdom and knowledge comes to us in our dreams and
we are encouraged to remember
our dreams. Dreams are visions that provide protection, guidance,
assistance and good luck. The dream catcher
represents the sacred hoop, the great circle of life of which we are all a
part. The web design is symbolic of our
brother, the spider. The spider's web is spun in one continuous
strand. So is the dream catcher, making it
symbolic of eternity; reminding us that the spirit is eternal and lives on even
after death.
The Legend of the Dream Catcher
A spider was quietly spinning his web in his own space. It was beside the
sleeping space of a grandmother.
Each day, the grandmother watched the spider at work, quietly spinning
away. One day, as she was
watching him, her grandson came in. He glanced at the spider, stomped
over, picked up a shoe and
was going to hit it. The grandmother whispered, "No, don't hurt
him". "Grandmother, why do you
protect the spider?" the little boy asked. The grandmother
smiled, but didn't answer. when the boy left,
the spider went to the grandmother and thanked her for saving his life.
"I will give you a gift." said the
spider. He smiled his special spider smile and moved away, spinning as he
went. Soon the moon
glistened on a magical silvery web moving gently in the window. "See
how I spin?" the spider said,
"See and learn, for each web will snare bad dreams. Only good dreams
will pass through the small hole.
This is my gift to you. Use it so that only good dreams will be remembered
and bad dreams will
become hopelessly entangled in the web."
3" Beaded Dreamcatcher. 100% Mi'gmaq made
1 1/2" Beaded Dreamcatcher. 100% Mi'gmaq made
Snow shoe style Dream catcher. Webbing made with sinew. 100%
Native made. $42.00can
Wooden hand carved feather with wolf and dream catcher. 100% native
made. $32.00can
