When it is time for your son to sleep, pray with him for a good rest and good dreams. Then take sinew and fashion a web exactly like mine, leaving a small hole in the center, and attach feathers to each side and on the bottom. Do you see my web that I have spun to catch my food?” The father replied, “yes, yes I do, and it is so beautiful.” Spider said, “Go and pick some Red Willow and use them to create a circle. So, the father did as Creator told him, walked out to the meadow and found Spider sitting in a magnificent web. Creator told him to share what is going on with his son and then to listen to what Spider tells him. Creator told the father to go out to the meadow and visit Spider. On the fourth night Creator spoke to the him. The father fasted and prayed for four days and four nights. The boy’s father told his son he would pray and talk to Creator, asking him to take away the bad dreams, giving him only good dreams.
The boy told him that when he sleeps, he has very bad dreams that scare him and he is scared to sleep. His father asked him why he could not sleep.
Many moons ago (Indian humor), there was a boy that was weak and not well because he had not slept for many days. There are a few different stories that I have heard over the years, but I wanted to share a particular story that was told to me. The Dream Catcher has its origin with the Ojibwe tribe, although it has been adapted into other tribes.
