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Legend of the Dream Catcher “Long ago when the world was young, an old man sat 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 that only the old man could understand. As he spoke, Iktomi the spider took the elder’s willow
hoop which had feathers, horse hairs, beads and offerings on it and began to spin a web. He spoke to the elder about the cycles
of life.... how we begin our lives as infants and we move on to childhood, and then to adulthood. Finally, we go to
old age where we must be taken care of as infants, completing the cycle. Iktomi said, “In each time of life there are
many forces and different directions that can help or interfere with the harmony of nature, and also with the Great Spirit
and all of his wonderful teachings.” Iktomi gave the web to the Lakota elder and said, “See, the web is a perfect
circle but there is a hole in the center of the circle. If you believe in the Great Spirit, the web will catch your good dreams
and ideas - - and the bad ones will go through the hole. Use the web to help yourself and your people to reach your goals
and make good use of your people’s ideas, dreams and visions.” The
elder passed on his vision to his people and even today, many of us use the dreamcatcher as the web of our life. It is hung
above our beds or in the home to sift dreams and visions. The good of our dreams are captured in the web of life and carried
with them...but any bad dreams escape through the center hole.” It’s said that the dream catcher holds the
destiny of the future.
Unique Dreamcatchers
Ceremonial Pipes
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