DreamCatcher

On their recent drive cross country to see the sights, my niece brought back a dreamcatcher for me. She knows I have a deep respect for Native American ways and thought I’d like one from “out west”. Isn’t she sweet?
After looking at it for a while, I noticed it had no hole in the center. “Odd” I thought, but I didn’t know enough detail about dreamcatcher lore to know what it meant. So I looked it up and this is what I found…
There are (generally) 2 schools of thought on the dreamcatcher legend. Don’t blast me if I get this wrong, I’m only reporting what I read…
The Ojibwe believe that the spirits of good dreams slip through the hole to us and the spirits of bad dreams get caught up in the web. When the dawn breaks, the bad dreams caught in the web are destroyed with the sunlight.
The Lakota believe that the bad dreams pass through the hole and keep going while the good dreams are caught in the web and slide down the feathers to those sleeping below.
I can’t find and information on dreamcatchers without a hole. If nothing else, It’s a beautiful ornament and special that Lizzy thought of me on her trip.

Someone’s list of dream symbols. Freud would be proud, Jung would roll in his grave…