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dreamcatcher
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thumb|Dreamcatcher, Royal Ontario Museum thumb|An ornate, contemporary, nontraditional dreamcatcher
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Within Vinony's link graph, dreamcatcher is referenced by 299 other articles, and connects out to amulet, Native Americans in the United States and apotropaic magic.
It sits within the topics Amulets, Anishinaabe culture and Anishinaabe mythology.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|Dreamcatcher, Royal Ontario Museum thumb|An ornate, contemporary, nontraditional dreamcatcher
In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher (, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally, dreamcatchers are hung over a cradle or bed as protection. It originates in Anishinaabe culture as "the spider web charm" – asubakacin 'net-like' (White Earth Nation); bwaajige ngwaagan 'dream snare' (Curve Lake First Nation) – a hoop with woven string or sinew meant to replicate a spider's web, used as a protective charm for infants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dreamcatcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.