During this council one elder had a vision of a spider's web in a hoop with a feather and bead attached that would catch the bad dreams while letting good dreams pass through. The dream catcher is hung above a sleeping area in a place where the morning light can hit it. The nature of the Dream Catcher will attract all sorts of dreams to its webs. When bad dreams come, they do not know the way through the web and get caught in the webbing where the first light of day causes them to melt away and perish. The good dreams knowing the way go through the center of the web and slide down the feather to the sleeper below.
Bad dreams are malicious in intent, or simply unimportant fleeting images.
Bad dreams may be very disturbing, but still have a very important message for the dreamer, so that the dream catcher doesn't necessarily get rid of bad dreams in the sense of nightmares, but bad dreams in the sense of distracting dreams that have no significance or meaning to the dreamer. Cary Miller I have often seen many people driving down the Highway with a dream catcher attached to the rearview mirror. They must be made with all natural materials - the hoop should be made with willow, preferably red willow. Cary Miller Also, the traditional Dream Catchers are only 3 to 5 inches across.