Norse Mythology Sleep Story · The Nine Worlds · 3 Hour Bedtime Story for Adults

Norse Mythology Sleep Story for Adults. A 3 hour bedtime story with calm narration and an ambient soundscape designed to be listened to as you fall asleep. Tonight we begin the first season of The Sleeping Almanac. A slow twelve episode walk through Norse mythology, paced for sleep. We start at the beginning: the shape of the world itself, as the old Norse peoples understood it. Nine worlds joined by a single great tree, its roots in dark earth and its branches lost among the stars. This is the first episode of a complete twelve part season. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday at 8pm ET. If you fall asleep to this, leave a 💤 in the comments. I read every one in the morning. 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 · · · 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. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday at 8pm ET. This channel uses AI tools (script research, narration, visuals) under the direction of a human editor. Every episode is reviewed and revised before publication. Sources for tonight's episode: the Poetic Edda (Vǫluspá, Grímnismál, Vafþrúðnismál) and the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning). #NorseMythology #SleepStory #BedtimeStory #Vikings #Yggdrasil #Odin 🎧 The Sleeping Almanac is now a podcast. Follow so the next story finds you: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033vbQD... Or wherever you listen: https://beacons.ai/thesleepingalmanac New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Listen on every app: thesleepingalmanac.transistor.fm Shop the art prints: thesleepingalmanac.etsy.com Everything in one place: thesleepingalmanac.com