The dreams are attracted to the dreamcatcher's web by the dream spirits, and the bad dreams are trapped in the web where they are burned off by the first rays of the morning sun.
Others believe that good and bad dreams leave the sleeper at night to become reality. Some say that good and bad messages are sent by the spirits at night, bringing happiness and health or sorrow and suffering. The story of the dreamcatcher has many variations, but it is generally believed that they originated with the Oneida Indians of the Northeast many hundreds of years ago, says Mr.
