While Dreamcatchers and their symbology and mythology are wholy unique to Native Americans and other Pan-Indian-movement First Peoples, some have made loose comparisons to a few other traditional cultural artifacts in and out of the Americas.  

Some examples:  
- the God's eye (in Spanish, Ojo de Dios) spiritual and votive objects, commonly found in Mexican, Peruvian people and Latin American communities, among both Indigenous and Catholic peoples.
- Namkha (Tibetan: nam mkha' meaning "sky", "space", "aether"," heaven"), also known as Dö; (Tibetan mdos), made by Tibetan Buddhists.
- the Witch Balls and Witch Bottles, of 17th-18th century England.
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