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Nergal and Ereshkigal is the story of the queen of the underworld, who never goes anywhere, and the one god who went down to her twice. Tonight is the banquet she could not attend, the minister who climbed the long stair, the god who would not stand up, the fourteen doorkeepers, the six days behind a shut door, the threat that emptied heaven, and an ending that is far gentler than it has any right to be. 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 4:38 The Party She Could Not Come To 12:08 Everybody Stood Up 17:42 The One Who Did Not Stand 23:28 Fourteen at the Gates 31:31 The First Telling 36:37 Do Not Sit Down 42:18 Six Days 47:13 The Seventh Morning 52:28 Find Him 57:41 What She Said She Would Do 1:03:43 He Came Back 1:09:57 The Two Tellings 1:15:56 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. #ereshkigal #sleepstory #mesopotamia #nergal #bedtimestoriesforadults #deepsleep #sleep #insomnia #calm #mythology