What do sleep paralysis and dream catchers have in common? This episode!! Join Susane and D as they talk about sleep paralysis and dream catchers. Listen in as these two witches discuss if sleep paralysis is a "brain glitch" or did the dead lay on top of you while you sleep? How did one native American tribe woman get her nickname the "spider woman"? What is the legend behind dream catchers?
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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