Searching for common themes in The Sleeping Giant myth caused me to come across another myth that I have always enjoyed but had forgotten about. The Myth of the Dream Catcher has many origins in different Native Tribes but basically revolves around the same idea. A structuralist interpretation could be made on this myth just as we made one for the Sleeping Giant myth, but I bring it up simply to share the story with you. :)
The Dreamcatcher filters our dreams. It was said that a spider wove a web around a circular branch leaving a perfect circle in the middle, so that at night while we dreamt the bad dreams would be caught in the web and destroyed in morning light and the good dreams or ideas would pass through the circular centre. Or another version is that the bad dreams pass through the web and the good ones are caught in the web so they can be had again, or so the positive ideas can be brought into our lives. Also, often objects are added to the making of the dreamcatcher (for eg. rocks and feathers are traditional) and since the dreams passed through them to get to the sleeping person, they should be objects symbolic of what the person would like to see in their dreams.
After reading this myth again, I don't know about anyone else, but I hate having nightmares haha, so I'm thinking I might try to resurrect the old dreamcatcher I made when I was a kid and hope that suddenly I will begin to produce plenty more good ideas (generated from my good dreams saved up!)
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