Legend of the Dreamcatcher

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It was beside the sleeping space of Nokomis, the grandmother. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Each day, Nokomis watched the spider at work, quietly spinning away. One day as she was watching him, her grandson came in. "Nokomis-iya!" he shouted, glancing at the spider. He stomped over to the spider, picked up a shoe and went to hit it. </div> <div> "No-keegwa," the old lady whispered, "don't hurt him." "Nokomis, why do you protect the spider?" asked the little boy. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The old lady smiled, but did not answer. When the boy left, the spider went to the old woman and thanked her for saving his life. He said to her, "For many days you have watched me spin and weave my web. You have admired my work. In return for saving my life, I will give you a gift." 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?" he said. "See and learn, for each web will snare bad dreams. Only good dreams will go through the small hole. </div> <div> This is my gift to you. Use it so that only good dreams will be remembered. The bad dreams will become hopelessly entangled in the web." </div> <div> ~~Author Unknown.~~</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21990900.gif" border=0 width="144" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >ANOTHER LEGEND OF THE DREAMCATCHER</FONT><B>.  </B><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> Long ago when the world was young, an old Lakota spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision. In his vision, Iktomi, the great trickster and teacher of wisdom, appeared in the form of a spider. Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language. As he spoke, Iktomi the spider picked up the elder's willow hoop which had feathers,horsehair, beads and offerings on it, and began to spin a web. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> He spoke to the elder about the cycles of life; how we begin our lives as infants, move on through childhood and on to adulthood. Finally we go to old age where we must be taken care of as infants, 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'll steer you in the wrong direction and may hurt you. So these forces can help, or can interfere with the harmony of Nature. While the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the elder the web and said, "The web is a perfect circle with a hole in the center. Use the web to help your people reach their goals, making good use of their 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 elder passed on his vision to the people and now many Indian people hang a dream catcher above their bed to sift their dreams and visions. The good is captured in the web of life and carried with the people, but the evil in their dreams drops through the hole in the center of the web and are no longer a part of their lives. It's said that the dream catcher holds the destiny of the future. </div> <bR> <div> ~~Author Unknown.~~</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c8248a0.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >THE DREAMCATCHER</FONT>.  <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  </div> <div> For hundreds of generations, certain elements of Native American peoples' spiritualism have been, and continue to be, handed down. One of these elements was the hoop. Some Native Americans of North America held the hoop in the highest esteem, because it symbolized strength and unity. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> A lot of symbols evolved around the hoop, and one of these was the Dreamcatcher. </div> <div> Using a hoop of willow, traditionally, and decorating it with findings, bits and pieces of everyday life, it is believed to have the power to catch all of a person's dreams, filtering out the bad ones, letting only the good dreams pass through. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> May they also work for you...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b36fa260.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >AN ANCIENT CHIPPEWA TRADITION</FONT>.  <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> The dream net has been made</div> <div> For many generations </div> <div> Where spirit dreams have played.</div> <div> Hung above the cradle board,</div> <div> Or in the lodge up high,</div> <div> The dream net catches bad dreams,</div> <div> While good dreams slip on by.</div> <div> Bad dreams become entangled</div> <div> Among the sinew thread.</div> <div> Good dreams slip through the center hole,</div> <div> While you dream upon your bed.</div> <div> This is an ancient legend,</div> <div> Since dreams will never cease,</div> <div> Hang this dream net above your bed,</div> <div> Dream on, and be at peace. </div> <div> ~~Author Unknown.~~</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d0473730.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >THE DREAMCATCHER LORE.  </FONT><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> The Indians believe that the night air is filled with dreams both good and bad.The dreamcatcher when hung in your place of rest, swinging freely with the air, catches the dreams as they flow by. The good dreams know the way,slipping through the outer holes and slide down the soft feathers so gently that many times the sleeper does not know that he/she is dreaming. The bad dreams not knowing the way, get tangled in the web and perish with the first light of the new day.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21990900.gif" border=0 width="144" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >THE DREAM KEEPER  </FONT><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> Bring me all of your dreams,</div> <div> You dreamers,</div> <div> Bring me all of your</div> <div> Heart melodies</div> <div> That I may wrap them</div> <div> In a blue-cloud cloth</div> <div> Away from the too-rough fingers</div> <div> Of the world. </div> <div> ~~Langston Hughes</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21990900.gif" border=0 width="144" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >BEYOND</FONT>.  <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Sleep well sweet child</div> <div> Don't worry your head.</div> <div> Your Dream Catcher is humming</div> <div> Above your bed </div> <div> Listen so softly</div> <div> I know you can hear.</div> <div> The tone of beyond</div> <div> Close to your ear </div> <div> Love is alive</div> <div> And living in you.</div> <div> Beyond all your troubles</div> <div> Where good dreams are true </div> <div> ~~By Toni.~~</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21990900.gif" border=0 width="144" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Origin of the Dream Catcher  </FONT><U><IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> <U> </U></div> <div> Long ago in the ancient world of the Ojibwe Nation, the Clans were all located in one general area of that place known as Turtle Island. This is the way that the old Ojibwe storytellers say how Asibikaashi (Spider Woman) helped Wanabozhoo bring giizis (sun) back to the people. To this day, Asibikaashi will build her special lodge before dawn. If you are awake at dawn, as you should be, look for her lodge and you will see this miracle of how she captured the sunrise as the light sparkles on the dew which is gathered there.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Asibikaasi took care of her children, the people of the land, and she continues to do so to this day. When the Ojibwe Nation dispersed to the four corners of North America, to fill a prophecy, Asibikaashi had a difficult time making her journey to all those cradle boards, so the mothers, sisters, & Nokomis (grandmothers) took up the practice of weaving the magical webs for the new babies using willow hoops and sinew or cordage made from plants. It is in the shape of a circle to represent how giizis travels each day across the sky.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21620200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  The dream catcher will filter out all the bad bawedjigewin (dreams) & allow only good thoughts to enter into our minds when we are just abinooji. You will see a small hole in the centre of each dream catcher where those good bawadjige may come through. With the first rays of sunlight, the bad dreams would perish. When we see little asibikaashi, we should not fear her, but instead respect and protect her. In honour of their origin, the number of points where the web connected to the hoop numbered 8 for Spider Woman's eight legs or 7 for the Seven Prophecies. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ca74940.jpg" border=0 width="372" height="404" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="d7552a70.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="423" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b852c5e0.gif" border=0 width="300" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>