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The Sleeping Almanac: Sleep Stories for Adults from Myth and Fairy TaleShow Notes
The voice you hear is the creator's own. He cloned it from recordings of his own voice, so every story is told in his voice. If you enjoy falling asleep to it, follow the show so each new story arrives on its own, and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts so other people can find it. Subscribing on YouTube helps the show grow, even if you only listen here: youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac The Sleeping Almanac is also a shelf of books, bedtime stories to read and mythology coloring books: gildenmyth.com/books Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac. Tonight the ships come to the island of the one eyed giant, and a clever captain saves his men with a cup of dark wine and a single word for a name. This is the tale of the Cyclops told gently for sleep, the guest law and the giant who broke it, the name that was No One, and the quiet escape under the warm wool of the rams at morning. Calm enough to drift to and rich enough to stay awake for if you choose. Close your eyes. Let the fire on the beach burn low. There is nothing to do now but listen and rest. CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome and the Singer at the Fire 4:43 Chapter One: The First Shore 11:38 Chapter Two: The Priest's Wine 15:40 Chapter Three: Nine Days of the Wrong Wind 20:24 Chapter Four: The Honey Sweet Country 26:21 Chapter Five: The Island of the Shepherd Giants 37:22 Chapter Six: The Question of the Guest Law 46:51 Chapter Seven: The Host Who Ate the Guest Law 53:37 Chapter Eight: The Name That Was No One 1:02:55 Chapter Nine: The Price of the Door 1:08:45 Chapter Ten: Under the Rams at Morning 1:18:46 Chapter Eleven: The Shout Across the Water 1:29:19 Chapter Twelve: Goodnight and the Wake in the Dark Water Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dblcjNoUJkg New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. 🎙️ Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com 📖 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com 🕊️ Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel 🌙 Join the almanac, first looks and the occasional quiet letter: https://gildenmyth.com This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.
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