Sleep Paralysis and Dream Catchers Ep. 3

Dream Catcher Legends

Ojibwe  Legend

A grandmother watched patiently each day as a spider spun his web above her sleeping place until one day her grandson noticed the spider and tried to kill it.

“Don’t hurt him,” she told the boy in a soft tone, surprising him.

“But grandmother, you should not protect this spider.”

When the grandson left, the spider thanked the woman for her protection and offered her a gift.  “I will spin you a web that hangs between you and the moon so that when you dream, it will snare the bad thoughts and keep them from you.”

At this, grandmother smiled and continued to watch the spider spin his web.

Lakota Legend

While receiving a spiritual vision high on a mountain, a Lakota leader met Iktomi, a trickster who also held great wisdom.  Appearing to the leader in the form of a spider, Iktomi made a hoop of willow and spun a web inside of it. 

He told the aged Lakota man that many forces, both bright and dark would attempt to enter peoples’ dreams and that the dream catcher he was making would catch the bright forces and allow the dark ones to slip away and burn up.  Iktomi instructed the old man to make dream catchers for his people so they could all achieve a bright future by capturing the good dreams that are blown about by the winds of the night.

As you can see, in the Lakota version, dream catchers trap good dreams, just the opposite of the Ojibwe belief. 

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https://www.nativeamericanvault.com/pages/legend-of-the-dreamcatcher  

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/sleep-paralysis

https://sleepeducation.org/sleep-paralysis

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sleep-paralysis

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