Dreamcatcher
The Sioux hang dreamcatchers above their beds to sift their dreams and visions. Good dreams are captured in the web of life and carried with them … but the evil dreams escape through the center’s hole and are no longer part of them.
Legend of the Dreamcatcher
Long ago, when the world was young, a Lakota elder had a vision. In his vision, Iktomi – the great trickster and teacher of wisdom – appeared in the form of a spider. As Iktomi spoke, he took the elder’s willow hoop – which had feathers, horse hair, beads and offerings on it – and began to spin a web.Iktomi told the elder about the cycles of life and how we begin our lives as infants. We then move on to childhood and in to adulthood. Finally, we go to old age where we must be taken care of as infants, thus, 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 will hurt you and steer you in the wrong direction.”
All while the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web … starting from the outside and working toward the center. When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the Lakota elder the web and said, “See, the web is a perfect circle, but there is a hole in the center of the circle.”
“Use the web to help yourself and your people … to reach your goals and make use of your people’s 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 Lakota elder passed his vision on to the Sioux people.
My dream catcher hangs above the table in the breakfast room. On either side are spinners of hand blown glass. This works for me.
Happy dreams, Carto
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