Dream Catcher
Dream Catcher Legends – A Sign to the Universe
When my oldest daughter was a little girl, we loved to attend Cherokee Indian Pow-wows. Her Father was part Cherokee, and she loved immersing herself in the legends, the music, and the folklore.
One of her favorite things was a dreamcatcher we purchased at one of the local events. She hung it on the wall over her bed and it remained there until she went off to college.
I was reminded of the beautiful dream catcher while reading PJ’s Prose, where she wrote about the Legend of the Dream Catcher according to the Sioux Indians. PJ also makes dream catchers, and I plan to be ordering one very soon.
Dream Catchers are believed to catch and preserve dreams that people (who love you) have for you.
Since my daughters are part Cherokee, I looked up the Cherokee legend of the dream catcher. These dreamcatcher legends are beautiful thoughts, prayers and/or intentions to protect our cherished ones as they sleep, and as they live.
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The Legend of the Dream Catcher
The Old Ones tell that dreams hold great power and drift about at night before coming to the sleeping ones. To keep the dreamer safe, the Old Ones created a special web,the Dream Catcher, to hang above their sleeping places. When dreams traveled the web paths, the bad dreams lost their way and became entangled, disappearing with the first rays of daybreak, like the morning dew on the grass. The good dreams, knowing their way, passed through the center and were guided gently to the sleeping ones. DiannaWolfe.com
I love the idea of the dream catchers. I see the act of purchasing and hanging a dream catcher as a sign to the universe that I have dreams for my daughter, and that I have faith that the Creator will protect her dreams.
It holds my prayers and intentions safely over her while she is sleeping, reminding her angels of the purpose of her life.
Tags: Dream Catcher, intentions, Legends, Native Americans, Prayer