The Sleeping Almanac

The Sleeping Almanac · Norse Mythology Sleep Stories
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The Sleeping Almanac retells the world's oldest stories, myths, lost civilizations, and forgotten cosmologies, in slow, calm narration designed to be listened to as you fall asleep. Each episode is researched, written, and narrated to drift over you rather than demand your attention. The pacing is slow. The music never spikes. The goal is the opposite of keeping you awake. Season 1 is Norse mythology, told across a single season long arc from the nine worlds to Ragnarǫk. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. The almanac is now a book. Norse Myths Retold for Sleep gathers twelve of the oldest stories, retold to be read in a low lamp until the page slips from your hand. On Kindle now, free with Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2WLVPD This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

Episodes

  1. Odin · The Mead of Poetry

    3h ago

    Odin · The Mead of Poetry

    Tonight: how poetry came into the worlds. Of Kvasir, the wisest being ever made, brewed from the breath of every god in Asgard. Of his murder by two clever dwarves who poured his blood into three vessels and hid them. Of Suttungr the giant, who took the vessels into a hollow mountain and set his daughter Gunnlǫð to guard them. And of Odin, who walked east in disguise as Bǫlverkr the worker, drilled into the mountain in the shape of a snake, drank the mead in three long draughts, and flew home as an eagle to give poetry to the gods and to men. A 3 hour sleep story for adults, drawn from Snorri's Prose Edda and the Hávamál. Old north narration, calm pacing, ambient music. Made to drift into, not to follow. · Chapters · 00:00 Welcome01:44 Chapter I: The Spit in the Jar10:41 Chapter II: The Wisest Being in the Worlds15:22 Chapter III: The Dwarves at the Door23:53 Chapter IV: The Drowning of Gilling29:11 Chapter V: The Brother's Revenge37:45 Chapter VI: The Mead in the Mountain45:29 Chapter VII: Bǫlverkr at the Farm55:44 Chapter VIII: The Summer of Nine Men's Work1:05:47 Chapter IX: The Drill in the Stone1:11:23 Chapter X: The Snake in the Mountain1:16:16 Chapter XI: The Three Nights1:31:01 Chapter XII: Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time. · About The Sleeping Almanac · 3 hour sleep stories drawn from the world's old mythologies. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Everything in one place: thesleepingalmanac.com · Disclosure · This story is narrated with a voice clone of the host, scored with AI generated ambient music, and illustrated with AI generated still images. The script is written by hand from the source texts.

    1h 38m
  2. The Giant's Bride · Thor and the Theft of Mjǫllnir · 3 Hour Norse Sleep Story

    4d ago

    The Giant's Bride · Thor and the Theft of Mjǫllnir · 3 Hour Norse Sleep Story

    Tonight, the strongest of the gods wakes to an empty bed and an empty hand. Mjǫllnir, the hammer that holds the sky together, has been stolen in the night. Loki borrows Freyja's falcon cloak and flies east to Jǫtunheimr, where the giant king Þrymr is waiting on his high mound with a price for its return. The price is Freyja herself. Freyja refuses, the gods sit in council, and the only road forward is the one no one wants to take. Þórr is dressed in fine wheat linen and a bridal veil, Loki agrees to come as the handmaid, and the two of them ride east to a wedding feast in the cold hall of the giants. A bride who eats an entire ox. A quick tongue that has an answer for every strange thing. A veil that lifts just long enough for two burning eyes to be seen. And then the hammer brought out at last to bless the marriage, laid in the bride's lap, and the hand that closes around the haft. Let it carry you down into sleep. Chapters:0:00 Welcome1:25 Chapter 1. The Empty Pillow10:10 Chapter 2. The Borrowed Wings17:15 Chapter 3. The Hall of Þrymr25:40 Chapter 4. The Demand31:41 Chapter 5. The Refusal38:25 Chapter 6. The Counsel of the Gods52:41 Chapter 7. The Bridal Veil1:02:11 Chapter 8. The Road East1:09:31 Chapter 9. The Wedding Feast1:17:04 Chapter 10. The Eye Beneath the Veil1:27:20 Chapter 11. The Hammer on the Knee1:40:14 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.1:50:22 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanacEverything in one place: https://thesleepingalmanac.comNew episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Þrymskviða from the Poetic Edda (Codex Regius, 13th century Iceland), with chapter framing and Hávamál anchors drawn from the same manuscript tradition. Retold as an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  3. Thor and the World Serpent · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 22

    Thor and the World Serpent · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the strongest of the gods goes fishing for the end of the world. Þórr travels east to a giant's hall for a cauldron large enough to brew the sea, and before dawn he rows a small boat out past every fishing bank a man has ever known, into the deep water where the Serpent waits. He baits a line with the head of an ox and lets it down, and far below, the thing that circles the world takes the hook. A slow, strange story of a god and a monster meeting eye to eye, and the small old hand that cut the line and gave the world a little more time. Let it carry you down into sleep. Chapters:0:00 Welcome3:09 Chapter 1. The Cauldron That Was Not There8:18 Chapter 2. The Journey East12:26 Chapter 3. The Grandmother and the Mother16:28 Chapter 4. The Return of Hymir20:41 Chapter 5. The Three Oxen27:48 Chapter 6. The Bait34:41 Chapter 7. The Rowing Out40:54 Chapter 8. The Whales45:04 Chapter 9. The Pull52:57 Chapter 10. The Eye1:05:02 Chapter 11. The Cut1:17:26 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.1:27:54 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanacNew episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Poetic Edda (Hymiskviða) and Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (Gylfaginning), with the fishing scene preserved on the Altuna and Gosforth picture stones, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  4. The Binding of Loki · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 18

    The Binding of Loki · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the feast in Ægir's hall by the sea, where the gods gathered to drink and one uninvited guest spoke every cruel and true thing he had ever held back. Of Bragi and Iðunn. Of Óðinn lowering his cup. Of Frigg, who heard at the table the name of the one responsible for her son's death. Then the flight to the high mountain. The hall with four doors. The salmon in the dark pool below the waterfall of Fránangr. The first fishing net the world had ever seen. And the cave with three stones, where a wife knelt with a wooden bowl raised above her husband's face for the rest of time, because what else was there for her to do. This is the Lokasenna and what came after. The hinge of the season. Everything in Norse mythology that follows, the slow tilt toward Ragnarǫk, begins on the night Sigyn first raised the bowl. Episode 7 of a complete twelve part season. Chapters:0:00 Welcome3:44 Chapter 1. The Hall by the Sea8:53 Chapter 2. The Seat He Claimed16:29 Chapter 3. Bragi and Iðunn21:22 Chapter 4. The Old Wounds33:43 Chapter 5. The Vanir's Shame38:43 Chapter 6. Týr's Hand and Freyr's Sword45:58 Chapter 7. Heimdallr and Skaði53:59 Chapter 8. Sif and the Coming of Þórr1:02:39 Chapter 9. The Mountain Hall1:12:24 Chapter 10. The Net of Ash1:23:17 Chapter 11. The Three Stones1:39:58 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.1:48:17 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanacNew episodes every Wednesday and Sunday at 8pm ET. 🎧 Follow the show so the next story finds you. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sleeping-almanac/id1896899316 · Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033vbQDixCCfxEWvl1XFJQ Sources: the Poetic Edda (the Lokasenna), the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, and the Vǫluspá, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  5. The Death of Baldr · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 15

    The Death of Baldr · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the brightest of the gods begins to dream of his own ending. Baldr, the most loved and the most gentle, wakes from dreams of death, and his mother Frigg walks the whole world asking every living thing to swear it will never harm him. Everything swears, except one small plant she passes by. A slow, sorrowful story of love, an overlooked thing, and a grief that even the gods cannot undo. Let it settle over you softly. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 8:04 Chapter 1. The Dream That Baldr Had 15:29 Chapter 2. The Long Ride to Hel 18:50 Chapter 3. The Seeress Who Did Not Want To Speak 25:35 Chapter 4. Frigg's Long Walking 35:35 Chapter 5. The Sport of the Gods 40:53 Chapter 6. The Old Woman at Frigg's Door 45:57 Chapter 7. The Plant West of Valhǫll 51:33 Chapter 8. The Brother Who Could Not See 56:37 Chapter 9. The Throw 1:02:03 Chapter 10. The Greatest Ship in the World 1:13:13 Chapter 11. Hermóðr's Nine Nights 1:32:38 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time. 1:46:27 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning) and the Poetic Edda (Vǫluspá and Baldrs draumar), retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  6. The Theft of Iðunn's Apples · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 11

    The Theft of Iðunn's Apples · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the gods discover they can grow old. Iðunn keeps the apples that hold age away, and when Loki, cornered by a giant in eagle feathers, gives her up, the halls of the gods begin to gray and stiffen and slow. To undo it, Loki must fly north as a falcon and carry her home before the oldest of them forgets how to stand. A gentle story about time, and the quiet panic of losing it, told slowly enough to lose track of time yourself. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 2:03 Chapter 1. The Hunger of Three Wanderers 10:08 Chapter 2. The Ox That Would Not Cook 17:06 Chapter 3. The Pole That Stuck 23:26 Chapter 4. The Oath Sworn in the Sky 31:16 Chapter 5. The Goddess of Apples 42:28 Chapter 6. The Story Loki Told 51:00 Chapter 7. The Wings of Þjazi 1:00:22 Chapter 8. The First Gray Hair 1:15:08 Chapter 9. The Falcon Cloak 1:23:08 Chapter 10. The Nut and the Fire 1:32:30 Chapter 11. The Daughter Who Came for Vengeance 1:45:28 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time. 1:56:08 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Skáldskaparmál) and the skaldic poem Haustlǫng, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  7. The Binding of Fenrir · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 8

    The Binding of Fenrir · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the gods try to hold back the future. A wolf is growing among them, larger and stronger each day, and the gods know how the story is meant to end. They bring him chains, and call it a game, and he breaks them. Then they bring a ribbon made of impossible things, and a single god is brave enough, or honest enough, to pay the price of the lie. A calm, sad story about fate beginning to set. Let it settle over you slowly. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 2:04 Chapter 1. The Three Children of Loki 12:47 Chapter 2. The Wolf Brought to Asgard 21:57 Chapter 3. Týr, the One Who Fed Him 31:51 Chapter 4. The First Two Chains 40:10 Chapter 5. Down to Svartalfheim Again 47:20 Chapter 6. The Six Impossible Things 57:34 Chapter 7. The Ribbon in the Hand 1:04:37 Chapter 8. The Test the Wolf Proposed 1:10:37 Chapter 9. The Binding 1:16:38 Chapter 10. The God Who Could Not Hold a Sword 1:28:14 Chapter 11. What Was Lost. What Was Held. 1:35:42 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time. 1:47:30 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7P8vw9jK5Y4 New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning) and the Poetic Edda, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  8. The Forging of Mjǫllnir · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 4

    The Forging of Mjǫllnir · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, a wager in the dark under the mountains. Loki, having cut the golden hair from Thor's wife while she slept, must replace it, and to do so he sets the finest dwarven smiths against one another. Out of their forge come a ship that folds into a pocket, a spear that never misses, a ring that makes more of itself, and a short handled hammer that will become the most famous object in all the nine worlds. A slow, warm story of craft and mischief. Drift off beside the forge. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 1:55 Chapter 1. Thor, the God of the Hammer 11:34 Chapter 2. Sif and the Golden Hair 20:58 Chapter 3. Loki, the Trickster 31:38 Chapter 4. The Cutting 41:13 Chapter 5. Down to Svartalfheim 50:15 Chapter 6. The Sons of Ivaldi 59:44 Chapter 7. The Wager (Loki Bets His Head) 1:09:15 Chapter 8. The Fly at the Bellows 1:21:05 Chapter 9. Gullinbursti and Draupnir 1:29:53 Chapter 10. The Making of Mjǫllnir 1:41:14 Chapter 11. The Judgment of the Gods 1:48:16 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Hammer at Rest 2:01:36 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/J1fn8PAVAjY New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  9. Odin's Search for Wisdom · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Jun 1

    Odin's Search for Wisdom · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

    Tonight, the Allfather goes looking for what he does not yet know. He comes to the well at the root of the world, where Mímir keeps the water of wisdom, and he pays for a single drink with an eye. Later he hangs nine nights on the windswept tree, wounded and alone, until the runes rise to him out of the dark. A quiet story about how much a god will give to understand the world. Let it carry you down slowly. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 1:46 Chapter 1. The God Who Could Not Be Still 8:44 Chapter 2. The Many Names of the Allfather 16:52 Chapter 3. Thought and Memory, the Two Ravens 24:41 Chapter 4. The Wolves at His Throne 31:43 Chapter 5. The Spear and the Ring 39:02 Chapter 6. The Well Beneath the World 52:28 Chapter 7. The Eye in the Water 1:01:40 Chapter 8. Sleipnir, the Eight legged Horse 1:09:24 Chapter 9. The Hanging on the Tree 1:26:38 Chapter 10. What the Runes Whispered 1:41:15 Chapter 11. The Wisdom He Brought Back 1:48:49 Chapter 12. A Quiet Reflection on the Allfather 1:53:15 Chapter 13. Goodnight, and the Allfather Continues 1:56:48 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wAZlnkpF0uM New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Hávamál and the Eddas, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  10. The Nine Worlds · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours of Calm Narration

    May 28

    The Nine Worlds · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours of Calm Narration

    Tonight, the shape of everything. Before the gods have names you know, there is a tree, and from its branches and roots hang nine worlds. We move slowly through each one, from the fire of Muspelheim to the mist of Niflheim, the halls of the gods, the home of giants, and the dark below, until the whole map of Norse reality is laid out quietly around you. This is the orientation episode of the season. Everything that follows happens somewhere on this tree. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome 1:49 Chapter 1. The North Before the Gods 9:50 Chapter 2. Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void 18:18 Chapter 3. The First Fire and the First Frost 26:40 Chapter 4. Ymir, the First Being 36:56 Chapter 5. The Sons of Borr and the Slaying of Ymir 45:59 Chapter 6. The Making of the World 57:24 Chapter 7. Yggdrasill, the World Tree 1:08:02 Chapter 8. The Nine Worlds Named 1:19:00 Chapter 9. The Wells Beneath the Roots 1:28:19 Chapter 10. The Bridge of Burning Light 1:36:58 Chapter 11. A Quiet Reflection on the Edda 1:45:11 Chapter 12. Goodnight, and the Beginning 1:49:50 Music to sleep by Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HpgRqADGzTo New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Sources: the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, retold in an original written narrative. This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    3 hr
  11. Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac · Norse Mythology Sleep Stories

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    Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac · Norse Mythology Sleep Stories

    A slow, calm place for the world's oldest stories, told for the listener who cannot quite turn off. Season 1 is Norse mythology, narrated across a single season long arc, from the nine worlds to Ragnarǫk. How to use the show: press play, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow and the music never spikes. You are not meant to stay awake. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Follow everywhere, and watch the illustrated versions on YouTube: https://beacons.ai/thesleepingalmanac This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

    1 min

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The Sleeping Almanac retells the world's oldest stories, myths, lost civilizations, and forgotten cosmologies, in slow, calm narration designed to be listened to as you fall asleep. Each episode is researched, written, and narrated to drift over you rather than demand your attention. The pacing is slow. The music never spikes. The goal is the opposite of keeping you awake. Season 1 is Norse mythology, told across a single season long arc from the nine worlds to Ragnarǫk. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. The almanac is now a book. Norse Myths Retold for Sleep gathers twelve of the oldest stories, retold to be read in a low lamp until the page slips from your hand. On Kindle now, free with Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2WLVPD This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.

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