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Dreamcatchers are of Native American origin. Though many think this is a simple trinket to hang near one’s bed in order to ‘prevent bad dreams’ the truth is that the dreamcatcher actually has a deep spiritual history behind it. For those who are more mystically minded, understanding the history and spirituality behind the dreamcatcher may change how one selects a dreamcatcher, how it is used, and, who knows, perhaps improves the effectiveness of a dreamcatcher. One could say a dreamcatcher is a spiritual tool that embodies Native American history.

The dreamcatcher frame is willow. The willow tree holds special significants to most Native Americans. Willow was, and is, special for it’s vast array of uses from creating baskets to medicinal (the active ingredient in the common drug aspirin was originally discovered in willow and many ancient people utilized willow as a pain killer and to reduce fever). An Osage tribe legend holds that the willow tree is a tree of wisdom.

It is no coincidence that the center of a dreamcatcher looks like a spider’s web, for that is what it is. The spider and the spider’s web hold special significance for native American peoples. For many native Americans and First Peoples the spider’s web is how the natural world exists, that is, all life, all nature is interconnected. All life and things in the world are connected to one another. The Hopi tribe have a legend that Spider Woman (Kótyangwúti) created the world. For some tribes spiders brought the gift of basket weaving, to others, the spirituality of how the world exists, to others the spider brought the gift of fire.