long time ago when the world was young, an old Lakota spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision.
Iktomi In this view, the great master prankster of wisdom came in the form of a spider.
I talk
Iktomi in a sacred language that only the spiritual leaders of the Lakota could understand. As he spoke
Iktomi, the spider took a willow hoop, the oldest, also had feathers, horsehair, beads and offerings and began to weave a web.
He talks to the elder about the cycles of life, as we begin life as babies and grow in childhood and later adulthood, finally we go to old age where we should be careful as when we were babies completing the circle.
But Iktomi said as he continued to spin his web, in every time of life there are many forces, some good some bad, if you are in good forces them guide you in the right direction.
But if you listen to the bad forces, they hurt you and guide you in the wrong direction.
He continued, there are many forces and different directions and may help interfere with the harmony of nature.
also with great spirit and his wonderful teachings. While the spider spoke
continued to weave his web starting from the outside and working toward the center.
Iktomi
When finished speaking, he gave the Lakota elder the web and said, see the web is a perfect circle, but in the middle is a hole, use the web to help yourself and your people to achieve your goals and make good use of people's ideas, dreams and visions.
If you believe in the great spirit, the web will catch your good ideas and bad will go down the hole.
The old Lakota, he spent his vision to his people and now the Sioux Indians use the dream catcher as the web of life.
This hangs above his bed at home to sift their dreams and visions.
The beauty of their dreams is captured in the web of life and sent them the evil of their dreams escapes through the hole in the center of the network and will no longer be part of them. They
believe that the dream catcher holds the destiny of their future.
Author Unknown.
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