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Erra and Ishum is the only poem in this season whose author put his own name at the end and told us how he wrote it. He says it came to him in a dream, and that he wrote it down in the morning without adding a line. Tonight is a god of war who cannot settle, the Seven who were made to be used, the herald who talks him down, the statue whose gold went dull, the empty seat, and a tablet on a peg beside a door. A slow, calm 3 hour sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. You do not have to follow it. You do not have to remember any of it in the morning. These are retellings drawn from the real tablets and the real history. Where the old stories turn toward fear or cruelty, we turn gently toward comfort, choosing the telling that serves a calm night. Where scholars disagree, the disagreement is said out loud rather than smoothed over. Season Five of The Sleeping Almanac: Mesopotamia. Twelve nights. CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome 5:38 The Man Who Had the Dream 10:58 The One Who Could Not Settle 15:20 The Seven 21:18 The Bolted Door 27:27 The Statue Needs Cleaning 33:22 The Seat Is Empty 39:26 What It Looked Like 49:33 The Speech 50:58 He Sat Down 56:37 The Remnant 1:00:53 The Blessing on the House 1:05:55 The Tablet on the Peg 1:11:16 Calm music to drift off More to listen to and read: Gildenmyth (all our stories and books): https://gildenmyth.com Mortgages in plain language, Inside The Home Loan: https://insidethehomeloan.com 🎧 The Sleeping Almanac is now a podcast. Follow so the next story finds you: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sleeping-almanac/id1896899316 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033vbQDixCCfxEWvl1XFJQ Or wherever you listen: https://podcast.thesleepingalmanac.com This channel uses AI tools (script research, narration, visuals) under the direction of a human editor. Every episode is researched, reviewed, and revised before publication. New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6pm ET. #erra #sleepstory #mesopotamia #babylon #bedtimestoriesforadults #deepsleep #sleep #insomnia #calm #mythology