The Dream Catcher

The purpose of the Dream Catcher is to filter your dreams.  Legend goes that your dreams travel the 'dream path', the good and the bad.  So you hang a dream catcher above your bed, and when your dreams come to you, it goes through the dream catcher.  The bad dreams get caught in the web, while the good dreams, knowing their way, glides through the center of the dream catcher to the sleeping ones.  And at the first ray of daylight, the bad dreams disappear and the dream catcher is ready for the night to come.
Almost all dream Catchers have always had feathers attached near the bottom.  Feathers are a symbol of healing power, and that's why Indians use feathers so much.  On clothing, jewelry, weapons, tools and 'decor', you can usually find feathers.