| LC control no. | sh 99003991 |
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| Topical heading | Dreamcatchers |
| Variant(s) | Dream catchers |
| See also | Indian mythology |
| Found in | McCain, B.R. Grandmother's dreamcatcher, c1998: p. [20] ("When this grandmother hung the dreamcatcher above her grandchild's head, a spider came down and made the web inside. All the child's dreams were then caught in that web to go to the Great Spirit. Only the sweet dreams were permitted to go back to the girl.") Osofsky, A. Dreamcatcher, 1992: Kirkus review (With a willow twig and nettle-stalk twine, an Ojibway baby's sister weaves a weblike "dreamcatcher" to hang above the crib and sift out bad dreams.) NativeTech page at the NativeWeb site, Apr. 23, 1999 (Instructions for making Dreamcatchers) LC database, May 13, 1999 (Dreamcatcher, Dream Catcher) Waldman, C. Word dance, c1994: Dream Catcher (An object with webbing inside a circle and a hole in the middle of the webbing, made of various combinations of wood ... designed to be hung in a lodge near bedding. According to legend, the dream catcher catches all dreams, good and bad. Bad dreams are trapped in the web until dawn and burn up; good dreams find their way to the hole in the center and flow into the feathers, where they stay until dreamed another night.) |
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