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The Nine Worlds · Norse Mythology Sleep Story

3 hours · The Sleeping Almanac · May 27, 2026

The Nine Worlds · Norse Mythology Sleep Story
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Tonight, the shape of everything. Before the gods have names you know, there is a tree, and from its branches and roots hang nine worlds. We move slowly through each one, from the fire of Muspelheim to the mist of Niflheim, the halls of the gods, the home of giants, and the dark below, until the whole map of Norse reality is laid out quietly around you. This is the orientation episode of the season. Everything that follows happens somewhere on this tree.

Sources: the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, retold in an original written narrative.

Chapters

  1. 0:00Welcome
  2. 1:49Chapter 1. The North Before the Gods
  3. 9:50Chapter 2. Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void
  4. 18:18Chapter 3. The First Fire and the First Frost
  5. 26:40Chapter 4. Ymir, the First Being
  6. 36:56Chapter 5. The Sons of Borr and the Slaying of Ymir
  7. 45:59Chapter 6. The Making of the World
  8. 57:24Chapter 7. Yggdrasill, the World Tree
  9. 1:08:02Chapter 8. The Nine Worlds Named
  10. 1:19:00Chapter 9. The Wells Beneath the Roots
  11. 1:28:19Chapter 10. The Bridge of Burning Light
  12. 1:36:58Chapter 11. A Quiet Reflection on the Edda
  13. 1:45:11Chapter 12. Goodnight, and the Beginning
  14. 1:49:50Music to sleep by

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