A slow, calm 3 hour fairy tale sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight the storyteller opens the old book to Sleeping Beauty the old way, from Perrault and from the Grimms' Briar Rose. A wish granted by the water, gifts spoken over a golden cradle, one spindle left in a high tower room, and then the enchantment the tale is named for: the whole castle falls asleep together, the cooks and the horses and the doves and the fire on the hearth, and a hedge of briars rises to guard the quiet. A hundred years pass in that stillness, and when the time is finally right, the hedge blooms and opens all by itself.
Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. The spindle does its small work early, and after that the entire story is one long, protected sleep, which is rather the point. 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 7 of 12 路 The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 7 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 castle that slept for a hundred years. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
2:38 The Wish by the Water
8:02 The Feast of the Golden Plates
15:24 The Gifts of the Wise Women
22:14 The Thirteenth Wish, and the Twelfth
27:15 The Kingdom Without Spindles
33:46 The Tower Room
41:05 The Castle Falls Asleep
50:48 The Hedge of Briars
59:16 A Hundred Years of Quiet
1:06:48 The Hedge in Bloom
1:16:15 The Waking House
1:28:25 Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
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New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
馃暞 Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
馃摐 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
馃晩 Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
馃帣 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
馃帶 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.
