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Dream Catchers: Legend, Lore and Artifacts (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 370
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Dream Catchers: Legend, Lore and Artifacts (Paperback)
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Loot Price R437
Discovery Miles 4 370
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Considered the definitive book on dream catchers, this book is for
all readers that want to learn about these important symbols in
Native American tradition. It features close-up photographs of
dream catchers; covers their history, legends, lore and cultural
symbolism; and presents a stunning collection of dream catchers
that are at once craft and high art. The text is suitable for a
popular audience while also thorough, rigorous and valuable in
research. This edition has been redesigned with a new cover. The
exact genesis of dream catchers is unknown and origin stories vary
as do beliefs about how they work. One legend has it that a
medicine woman made a circle from a willow branch and used sinew to
weave a spider-web pattern across the hoop. The circular talisman
was hung over the bed of a sick child where it would 'catch' bad
dreams and protect the child, or it would catch good dreams to
bless the child. However it worked, the child would recover by
morning. Purchasers of dream catchers might find such a story
attached to it. Dream catchers made by artists and artisans vary in
their design and decoration, and range from craft to high art.
Making dream catchers is a popular project for craft groups;
conversely, dream catchers are exhibited at museum and galleries
where they can fetch a high price. Each element of a dream catcher
carries a meaning and function, and these are discussed in the
book. * Part 1: Legend and Distribution - Origins; Algonquian
Cultures; Dreaming. * Part 2: Net Charms - Power in Lines and
Knots; Non-Algonquian Cultures; Dream Catchers Today. * Part 3:
Scale - Fascination with 'Indians'; Marketing; Artists and
Manufacturing; The Future. More than 40 colour photographs feature
contemporary dream catchers and artifacts with captions that
identify and comment on the different patterns and their
significance. The book features original works by Nick Huard, who
creates dream catchers in his studio near Montreal.
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