My Dreamcatcher Tattoo

Since I really like dreamcatchers and I didn't have the supplies or the funds to make one, I decided to make myself a tattoo :)

Dreamcatchers were huge in most Native American tribes. I think the Ojibwa were the first to use them, then they were adopted by neighboring nations. They were believed to protect sleepers from bad dreams. They were hung directly over their heads so that only positive images would come to them as they slept. The good dreams would then mosey on down the feathers into the mind of the sleeper. Any nightmares would be caught by the middle part and then were burned away at sunrise.