Description Navajo Dark Blue Dream Catcher – Small 3 Inch These Native American dream catchers are made on the Navajo Reservation in USA and come with a label of authenticity. Purchase of this dream catcher helps to employ over twenty-five Native artists. Also available in Black, Light Tan, Red, Green Purple Turquoise What are dream catchers used for? Good dreams are sure to come along if you hang a dream catcher above your bed. In Native American culture, dream catchers are handmade crafts that consist of a round hoop (often made of willow wood) woven with a loose web of yarn and decorated with beads and feathers hanging below the hoop. What is the significance of dream catcher? Purpose & Meaning of the Dream Catcher. Sometimes referred to as “Sacred Hoops,” Ojibwe dream catchers were traditionally used as talismans 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 What culture are dream catchers from? In some Native American cultures, a dream catcher or dream catcher (Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for “spider”) is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. The dream catcher may also include sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Why are feathers used in Dream Catchers? Beads: A single bead often represents the spider that made the web. Many beads or hanging beads can represent good dreams that trapped during the night. Gem Stones: Because it is illegal for most people to posses certain types of feathers, gem stones are now used to replace the symbolism feathers once held. Also comes in Black and Turquoise
