A slow, calm Egyptian mythology sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight, the gentle story of Osiris, the green king, the kindest ruler the old world had known, who taught a wandering people to plant the grain and tend the vine and reigned over a long golden age of peace beside his queen Isis.

This is a bedtime story for adults, made for sleep, insomnia, and quiet nights when the mind will not switch off. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. You do not have to follow it. Just let it drift over you.

Episode 5 of 12 · Egyptian Mythology · The Sleeping Almanac.

Where this sits: Part 5 of 12 in the Egyptian cycle, one continuous telling of the gods in story order, from the first sunrise onward. Tonight, Osiris the green king and his long golden reign. Each episode stands on its own, and in order they tell one long story.

Chapters 0:00 Welcome 2:38 The King Who Was Born to Be Loved 10:23 A Land Without Settled Ways 18:28 The Teaching of the Grain 24:13 The Gift of the Vine 30:48 The Laws and the Gods 39:16 The Queen at His Side 47:01 The Green Crown 53:39 The Journey Out 1:02:23 The Land at Peace 1:10:16 The Brother in the Shadows 1:16:28 What the Green King Meant 1:23:52 Goodnight. And the Serpent at the Edge of Dawn 1:28:17 Calm music to drift off

Drawn from the ancient Egyptians themselves, from the Pyramid Texts and the old temple traditions of Osiris, and from the Greek writer Plutarch, who preserved the fullest account of the green king's reign. These are retellings. Where the ancient sources fall silent or disagree, we fill the gaps gently and in their own spirit, choosing the telling that serves a calm night.

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This show uses AI tools (script research, narration, visuals) under the direction of a human editor. Every episode is researched, reviewed, and revised before publication.

A slow, calm Egyptian mythology sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight, the gentle tale of Thoth, the wise moon god, who won five new days for the world at a quiet game played by moonlight, the five days on which the great gods were born.

This is a bedtime story for adults, made for sleep, insomnia, and quiet nights when the mind will not switch off. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. You do not have to follow it. Just let it drift over you.

Episode 4 of 12 · Egyptian Mythology · The Sleeping Almanac.

Chapters 0:00 Welcome 3:24 The Sky and the Earth in Love 12:13 The Jealous Decree 20:54 The Year That Had No Room 27:30 The Wisest of the Gods 38:15 The Moon and the Game 47:58 Playing for Light 56:58 The Making of Five Days 1:07:27 The First Day, Osiris 1:17:03 The Second Day and the Third 1:26:30 The Fourth Day and the Fifth 1:35:10 The Year Made Whole 1:45:29 Goodnight. And the Serpent at the Edge of Dawn 1:51:33 Calm music to drift off

Drawn from the Egyptians themselves and from the Greek writer Plutarch, and from the real Egyptian calendar, which truly did keep five extra days each year as the birthdays of the gods.

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This show uses AI tools (script research, narration, visuals) under the direction of a human editor. Every episode is researched, reviewed, and revised before publication.

A slow, calm Egyptian mythology sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight, the tale of the Eye of Ra, the lioness Sekhmet whose fury was calmed at last not by force but by a field flooded the color of dawn.

This is a bedtime story for adults, made for sleep, insomnia, and quiet nights when the mind will not switch off. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. You do not have to follow it. Just let it drift over you.

Episode 3 of 12 · Egyptian Mythology · The Sleeping Almanac.

Chapters 0:00 Welcome 4:00 The Aging of the Sun 15:11 The Whispering of Mankind 24:18 The Council in the Night 33:58 The Eye Becomes the Lioness 43:44 The Going Forth 52:56 The Sun Repents 1:01:34 The Brewing in the Night 1:11:25 Seven Thousand Jars 1:21:45 The Lioness at Dawn 1:31:20 The Calming 1:39:00 Hathor Returns 1:48:02 Goodnight. And the Serpent at the Edge of Dawn 1:53:30 Calm music to drift off

Drawn from one of the great Egyptian temple texts, the Book of the Heavenly Cow, carved on the walls of the tombs of the New Kingdom pharaohs.

New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Everything in one place: https://thesleepingalmanac.com

This show uses AI tools (script research, narration, visuals) under the direction of a human editor. Every episode is researched, reviewed, and revised before publication.