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The Legend of the Dream Catcher
The legend........Many years ago, grandmother found a spider in her home. It was building a web above her bed, and she spent many days watching it work. She marveled at its beauty and at the care the sprider took to make the web strong. One day, as the web was nearing completion, her grandson came to visit. He saw the spider and immediately went to kill it. Grandmother stopped him, and said that the spider had been there for several days, working on the web. It had not bothered her, and she had enjoyed watching it. After the boy left, the spider thanked Grandmother for saving its life. It told her that in return for her kindness, it would give her a gift. The spider's web above her bed would make sure she only had good dreams - the bad dreams would get caught in the web, and would burn up when the sun rose. The good dreams would go right through the web to the sleeper.
Native peoples believed that dreams came from the sky. Dream catchers were often hung on children's cradle boards to protect the children from bad dreams. Today, many powwow dancers carry them into the dance arena to keep negative feelings away while they dance. My brother and three of my best . My brother and three of my best friends swear that their nightmares and night terrors have gone away since they hung dream catchers above their beds. Maybe yours will too.