The Nightbringers: Gods of the Night | Keepers of the Threshold Episode 1 | A Sleep Story

This is the first episode in a new series exploring the figures who stand at the boundaries of the world. Every threshold has a keeper. The edge of sleep. The moment between day and night. The crossing between the living world and whatever lies beyond it. In every culture that has ever existed, these boundaries have been tended — by gods and goddesses, by spirits and creatures, by figures whose names have been spoken in prayer and in fear for thousands of years. Tonight we meet the ones who carry the darkness in. The Nightbringers — the gods and goddesses of the night itself. Not figures associated with the night, or named for it, but made of it. Who existed before creation. Who ride the darkness across the sky each evening. Who hold it as a sovereign power, a gift, a protection. Settle in. Let your breathing slow. The night has always had a name. Tonight, you'll learn a few of them. 00:00 Intro 08:23 Kuk and Kauket 16:13 Erebus 22:33 Nyx 32:17 Han 38:45 Nut 45:28 Nótt 53:55 Ratri 01:03:21 Breksta 01:11:01 The Nine Lords of the Night and Tezcatlipoca ✦ Keepers of the Threshold is an ongoing series from The Veil Weaver, exploring the figures who tend the boundaries of night, sleep, death and beyond. ✦ Best listened to with headphones, in the dark, when the world has gone quiet.