A slow, calm Egyptian mythology sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight, the voyage the sun itself makes every night: down into the country of the dark in the great Boat of a Million Years, through the twelve quiet hours, carried by a faithful crew, renewed in the deepest hour, and lifted up new and golden at 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. The night is told as a safe passage you are carried through, to a morning that has never once failed to come. Just let it drift over you.
Episode 10 of 12 · Egyptian Mythology · The Sleeping Almanac.
Where this sits: Part 10 of 12 in the Egyptian cycle, one continuous telling of the gods in story order, from the first sunrise onward. Tonight, the sun makes its nightly voyage through the dark and rises again at dawn. Each episode stands on its own, and in order they tell one long story.
Chapters
0:00 Welcome
3:12 The Boat of a Million Years
9:03 The Gate of the West
15:02 The Crew of the Boat
21:04 The River Through the Dark
28:54 The Sleeping Ones
34:40 The Deepest Hour
40:34 The Renewing Waters
46:13 The Coils of the Great Serpent
52:16 The Holding Back of the Serpent
57:45 The Turning Toward Dawn
1:03:16 The Scarab and the Dawn
1:09:19 Goodnight. And the Serpent at the Edge of Dawn
1:13:27 Calm music to drift off
Drawn from the ancient Egyptians themselves, from the Amduat and the old books of the night that charted the sun's dark voyage hour by hour. These are retellings. Where the old books turn toward fear, we turn gently toward comfort, choosing the telling that serves a calm night.
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Everything in one place: https://gildenmyth.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.
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. The night is told as a safe passage you are carried through, to a morning that has never once failed to come. Just let it drift over you.
Episode 10 of 12 · Egyptian Mythology · The Sleeping Almanac.
Where this sits: Part 10 of 12 in the Egyptian cycle, one continuous telling of the gods in story order, from the first sunrise onward. Tonight, the sun makes its nightly voyage through the dark and rises again at dawn. Each episode stands on its own, and in order they tell one long story.
Chapters
0:00 Welcome
3:12 The Boat of a Million Years
9:03 The Gate of the West
15:02 The Crew of the Boat
21:04 The River Through the Dark
28:54 The Sleeping Ones
34:40 The Deepest Hour
40:34 The Renewing Waters
46:13 The Coils of the Great Serpent
52:16 The Holding Back of the Serpent
57:45 The Turning Toward Dawn
1:03:16 The Scarab and the Dawn
1:09:19 Goodnight. And the Serpent at the Edge of Dawn
1:13:27 Calm music to drift off
Drawn from the ancient Egyptians themselves, from the Amduat and the old books of the night that charted the sun's dark voyage hour by hour. These are retellings. Where the old books turn toward fear, we turn gently toward comfort, choosing the telling that serves a calm night.
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Everything in one place: https://gildenmyth.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.