Gildenmyth
The Sleeping Almanac
1001 Nights · Scheherazade
The voice you hear is the creator's own. He cloned it from recordings of his own voice, so every story is told in his voice. If you enjoy falling asleep to it, follow the show so each new story arrives on its own, and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts so other people can find it.
A slow, calm 3 hour Arabian Nights sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight the lantern is lit for the first time, and the first tale in the old book is the storyteller's own. A quiet city at dusk, a king who has forgotten how to rest, and the vizier's daughter, Scheherazade, who volunteers to sit with him and tell a story that is never quite finished by dawn. Her little sister asks for the first tale, an ebony horse rises over the roofs of the world, and a thousand nights and one begin as gently as this one.
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 is a grieving king in it, but no harm comes to anyone in the telling, and the storyteller always knows exactly what she is doing. 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 1 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 1 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 tale that holds all the others. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters
- 0:00Welcome
- 0:55The Lamp Is Lit
- 5:47The City at Dusk
- 13:07The Vizier's Daughter
- 19:39One Thousand Books
- 26:17The First Night
- 30:35The Tale of the Ebony Horse
- 37:14The Night Ride
- 44:54The Palace on the Roof of the World
- 49:55Dawn, and the Tale Unfinished
- 55:39A Thousand Nights and One
- 1:27:56The Library of Night
- 1:35:31Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.