Dream Catchers

Bearlanders Trading Co is always looking for the finest quality in the merchandise we sell. We are very pleased to have found the Indian Artist, who is Navajo (Dine`) Mae, she is pictured here in front of the house she grew up in on the reservation. Mae has done an excellent job crafting our dreamcatchers Dream Catchers < - (Click here to shop), because these Dream Catchers are original & unique, each one will differ slightly in the color of the feathers and beads. Each Dream Catcher is shipped with a certificate of authenticity as well as the spiritual meaning which we list below.

It is believed that each carefully woven web will catch your dreams in the night. The bad spirit dreams will get caught in the web and disappear. Any bad dreams left in the web will be trapped by the beads (Called prayer beads) and burned up from the web. The good spirit dreams will find their way to the center of the dream catcher and float down the sacred feather. The good dreams will then rise up to the Great Spirit with the morning sun.

Please click on the top corner picture to enlarge. There you will see Mae with one of her Grand Daughter's "Alicia". Next to Mae is her Aunt "Grace". And seated on the end is Mae's Grandmother, who taught Mae how to do arts and crafts. Mae's Grandmother was born in 1899.

The dream catcher story is as follows; It is believed that each carefully woven web will catch your dreams in the night. The bad spirit dreams will get caught in the web and disappear. Any bad dreams left in the web will be trapped by the beads (Called prayer beads) and burned up from the web. The good spirit dreams will find their way to the center of the dream catcher and float down the sacred feather. The good dreams will then rise up to the Great Spirit with the morning sun.

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There are several reasons why the Navajo dream catchers actually capture and destroy bad dreams and present the person who owns the dream catcher with good dreams, the first reason is:

1) The Navajo people are one of the first people to create dream catchers with the belief in the dream catchers ability to capture dreams. The word "believe" is very important in the concept of any creation.

2) The Navajo dream catchers have prayers beads woven into each dream catcher. The prayer beads burn up any bad dreams trapped in the dream catchers web.

3) Many people craft dreamcatchers from animal horn bone, wood, plastic or other material and put different items into the web itself, like bone or photos or ever feathers. What the person who makes the dream catchers doesn't understand is feathers, bones, photos or any item other than a prayer bead will not burn up bad dreams. While these items may look pretty they are not able to burn up the bad dreams.

4) The dream catcher itself should be made using a ring or circle, as it is, in the circle of life.

5) The person who receives the dream catchers should read the purpose and meaning of how the dream catcher works. If you are giving the dream catcher to a child, no matter how young, you should read the meaning/explaination to the child, giving them the opportunity to believe.

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Dream Catchers