A dream catcher is a home made allure historically woven from a willow hoop and adorned with beads and feathers. It’s believed to guard sleepers from unhealthy desires by trapping them in its net. Good desires, alternatively, are stated to move via the middle gap and slide down the feathers to the sleeping particular person under.
Dream catchers are stated to have originated with the Ojibwe folks of North America. The Ojibwe believed that the dream catcher would catch unhealthy desires in its net and permit solely good desires to move via. Dream catchers had been typically hung above the beds of youngsters to guard them from nightmares.