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The Descent of Inanna is about four hundred lines long and it is the best built thing in all of Sumerian literature, and it is built out of seven gates. Tonight is the first half: a goddess who sets her mind on the great below, the seven powers she puts on and has taken off her one piece at a time, the seven judges, the peg on the wall, and the two small creatures made from the dirt under a god's fingernails who do the one thing nobody down there had ever thought to do. 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 5:12 From the Great Above to the Great Below 10:40 What She Abandoned 15:33 The Seven Me 22:29 If I Do Not Return 26:56 The Door 33:35 What Ereshkigal Said 38:59 The Seven Gates 43:58 The Hook 49:59 Three Days 55:32 The Dirt Under His Nails 59:07 Agree With Her 1:04:41 No One Ascends Unmarked 1:10:06 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. #inanna #sleepstory #mesopotamia #sumerian #bedtimestoriesforadults #deepsleep #sleep #insomnia #calm #mythology