A slow, calm 3 hour storybook sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight the storyteller opens the old book to Robin Hood, from the oldest ballads and the Gest of Robyn Hode, the greenwood as it always was. A tall stranger met on a narrow bridge with a quarterstaff, a friar who carries an outlaw across a river and back again, a golden arrow won in plain sight, a poor knight lent four hundred pounds and his dignity with it, and a king who comes to the greenwood to see for himself. Sherwood at dusk is one of the calmest places any story has ever kept.
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 are arrows in it, but they are aimed only at willow wands and targets, and nobody in the greenwood goes to sleep hungry or afraid. 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 8 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 8 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 greenwood and its gentleman outlaw. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
2:28 The Greenwood
10:04 The Stranger on the Bridge
18:54 The Miller's Son and the Man in Scarlet
26:34 The Knight at Dinner
34:24 Four Hundred Pounds
44:04 The Friar at the River
51:07 The Golden Arrow
56:03 The Splitting of the Wand
1:03:08 The King Comes to the Greenwood
1:09:28 Lincoln Green
1:16:52 The Turning of the Year
1:25:47 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 are arrows in it, but they are aimed only at willow wands and targets, and nobody in the greenwood goes to sleep hungry or afraid. 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 8 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 8 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 greenwood and its gentleman outlaw. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
2:28 The Greenwood
10:04 The Stranger on the Bridge
18:54 The Miller's Son and the Man in Scarlet
26:34 The Knight at Dinner
34:24 Four Hundred Pounds
44:04 The Friar at the River
51:07 The Golden Arrow
56:03 The Splitting of the Wand
1:03:08 The King Comes to the Greenwood
1:09:28 Lincoln Green
1:16:52 The Turning of the Year
1:25:47 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.