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Pagan Dream Catcher

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Pagan Dream Catcher
Group:A Little Witchy
Swap Coordinator:njstauter (contact)
Swap categories: Nature 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:Regional - usa only
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:July 8, 2017
Date items must be sent by:July 22, 2017
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

According to legend... 'Many, many moons ago, so many moons that the oldest of the Elders have forgotten ... There was a woman whose child suffered nightmares. She went to the village medicine man. He took a twig, bent it, tied it together, and wove thread around it like a spider's web. He left a hole in the center of the web. He tied feathers to the bottom of the hoop and gave it to the woman. He told her to hang it up over the sleeping child. The hole in the web would let the good dreams through, but the web would catch the bad dreams. The bad dreams would slide down the feathers and the morning sun would melt them away. This is the story of the dream catcher and how it came to be. Its found in most Native American tribes, and I'm not sure that any one knows for sure which tribe developed the dream catcher first. Given all of that ... I guess it's YOUR call whether or not that qualifies as pagan, depending on how you define pagan. I'll let you decide.'

This is a sender's choice swap. You have one partner and make your partner a dream catcher to help with such things as falling asleep, staying asleep, releasing the day's anxiety and then dreaming. RATE WHEN YOU RECEIVE even if you are not all that enchanted with what came. After all, we are at different levels of our Craft and crafting and we do try to do our best.

If you have questions or concerns PM me. USA only because of postage.

Discussion

StagKing 06/27/2017 #

Dream catchers originated from the Ojibwe tribe and later adopted by the Lakota tribe. I would personally approach this swap with caution since many Native Americans and First Nations people believe that their meaning/symbolism has been misappropriated by non-natives & is considered a form of cultural appropriation. This is not me speaking for all/any natives as a white person, but just my 2 cents for people partaking!

lynnerfb 06/27/2017 #

Would any one like some nice feathers on there's ??? Also I have a really great small voo doc doll that meeds a good home. I DO NOT do that type of magic..

CajunLady 06/27/2017 #

What does "that type" of magic mean? Using voodoo dolls isn't a bad type of magic. Because voodoo isn't bad. Hollywood made it bad.
And if we're going for cultural appropriation, every thing we do can be considered cultural appropriation.

sal410cat 06/27/2017 #

@CajunLady not true. Cultural appropriation is when people take things from closed cultures. Not all cultures are closed. Most Native items/beliefs have been appropriated and this is no different. I do hope people approach this with caution as @StagKing mentioned.

lynnerfb 06/27/2017 #

Well I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. i am personally not comfortable with it at all. I have enough respect for that tradition and culture to know I will never have that much knowledge to attempt that power. Lynne

CajunLady 06/27/2017 #

Well i hope everyone has the same attitude about voodoo dolls swaps or Norse mythology or Samhain, Yule, Beltane, Mabon. And let's not forget Egyptian things too. Oh and when you use something Cajun, Creole or Mexican too.

StagKing 06/27/2017 #

@CajunLady regarding Norse & Egyptian mythology/pantheons in regards to appropriation of Native American & First Nations religion and religious practices is that Norse and Egyptian religious practices of today are revivalist in nature. They are considered "dead"/open religions as they have practically no direct/original practitioners left (and haven't had them for 100s-1000s of years), and the modern movements are reconstructive and revivalist in nature. Samhain, Yule, Baltane, etc. as we know them (ie. "Wheel of the Year" & Sabbats), are also taken from different historical cultures (Gaelic, Germanic, Irish, etc.) and combined into a cycle by the neopagan & Celtic Reconstruction movements. When it comes down to it, cultural appropriation occurs when people (typically in the invader & oppressor role) misappropriate cultural artifacts, symbolism, and practices from a closed and living culture of peoples who have been oppressed and victims of genocide & colonization, (ex. White settlers oppression of Native Americans), and cannot completely understand the context and reality of the people "born into" said culture and religion. Once again, this is coming from a white person, so I do not want to speak for all peoples affected by cultural appropriation, but it is VERY important to address why you want to use this symbolism and why it may be considered harmful to those it has been appropriated from. As a person uncomfortable with being involved with closed religions, I won't partake in this swap due to personal beliefs and I think it is a good thing for people to really evaluate why this is an important topic. Sorry if it is a difficult topic to discuss, but I believe it is very important for pagans and witches to take it into account regarding their practices and craft.

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