Dream catcher tattoo:
The dream catcher, as it is commonly called, is an artifact known and shared by most Native American tribes.
It´s a symbol of protection that comes from the Ojibway (Chippewa)
tribe and the legend tells how an old woman protected Asibikaashi, the
spider woman, and how to thank her the spider wove a web that would trap
the bad dreams letting only the good ones pass.
Every part of the dream catcher has a reason to it and a meaning: its
circular shape is said to represent the circle of life, or the path of
the sun in the sky; the web served as a trap for nightmares so that they
could vanish in the morning under the first sun rays, whilst the small
hole in the middle lets only the good dreams slip through, floating then softly down to the dreamer on the feathers often present on the
dreamcatcher.
The web gets connected to the frame in eight places to remember the eight legs of Asibikaashi.
A curiosity: the feather in the middle
symbolizes air and it´s a symbol of life; it usually came from an owl
(in general for females, to favor wisdom) or from an eagle (generally
for males, to favor courage).
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