A slow, calm 3 hour Arabian Nights sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight the lantern is lit for the first time, and the first tale in the old book is the storyteller's own. A quiet city at dusk, a king who has forgotten how to rest, and the vizier's daughter, Scheherazade, who volunteers to sit with him and tell a story that is never quite finished by dawn. Her little sister asks for the first tale, an ebony horse rises over the roofs of the world, and a thousand nights and one begin as gently as this one.
Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. There is a grieving king in it, but no harm comes to anyone in the telling, and the storyteller always knows exactly what she is doing. There is nothing here to fear. You do not have to watch. You do not have to remember any of it in the morning.
Episode 1 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 1 of 12 in The Storybook Season, one storyteller, one lantern, and one complete famous tale each night, each told from its original source. Tonight, the tale that holds all the others. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
0:55 The Lamp Is Lit
5:48 The City at Dusk
13:07 The Vizier's Daughter
19:40 One Thousand Books
26:17 The First Night
30:35 The Tale of the Ebony Horse
37:15 The Night Ride
44:54 The Palace on the Roof of the World
49:56 Dawn, and the Tale Unfinished
55:40 A Thousand Nights and One
1:27:57 The Library of Night
1:35:32 Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: add the link after the YouTube upload.
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
🕯 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
🎙 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.
Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. There is a grieving king in it, but no harm comes to anyone in the telling, and the storyteller always knows exactly what she is doing. There is nothing here to fear. You do not have to watch. You do not have to remember any of it in the morning.
Episode 1 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 1 of 12 in The Storybook Season, one storyteller, one lantern, and one complete famous tale each night, each told from its original source. Tonight, the tale that holds all the others. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
0:55 The Lamp Is Lit
5:48 The City at Dusk
13:07 The Vizier's Daughter
19:40 One Thousand Books
26:17 The First Night
30:35 The Tale of the Ebony Horse
37:15 The Night Ride
44:54 The Palace on the Roof of the World
49:56 Dawn, and the Tale Unfinished
55:40 A Thousand Nights and One
1:27:57 The Library of Night
1:35:32 Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: add the link after the YouTube upload.
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
🕯 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
🎙 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.