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The Death of Baldr · Norse Mythology Sleep Story

3 hours · The Sleeping Almanac · June 14, 2026

The Death of Baldr · Norse Mythology Sleep Story
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Tonight, the brightest of the gods begins to dream of his own ending. Baldr, the most loved and the most gentle, wakes from dreams of death, and his mother Frigg walks the whole world asking every living thing to swear it will never harm him. Everything swears, except one small plant she passes by. A slow, sorrowful story of love, an overlooked thing, and a grief that even the gods cannot undo. Let it settle over you softly.

Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning) and the Poetic Edda (Vǫluspá and Baldrs draumar), retold in an original written narrative.

Chapters

  1. 0:00Welcome
  2. 8:04Chapter 1. The Dream That Baldr Had
  3. 15:29Chapter 2. The Long Ride to Hel
  4. 18:50Chapter 3. The Seeress Who Did Not Want To Speak
  5. 25:35Chapter 4. Frigg's Long Walking
  6. 35:35Chapter 5. The Sport of the Gods
  7. 40:53Chapter 6. The Old Woman at Frigg's Door
  8. 45:57Chapter 7. The Plant West of Valhǫll
  9. 51:33Chapter 8. The Brother Who Could Not See
  10. 56:37Chapter 9. The Throw
  11. 1:02:03Chapter 10. The Greatest Ship in the World
  12. 1:13:13Chapter 11. Hermóðr's Nine Nights
  13. 1:32:38Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.
  14. 1:46:27Music to sleep by

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