The Sleeping Almanac: Egyptian Myths Retold for Sleep: Calm Bedtime Stories Adults from Ancient Egypt, Book Two

You are not meant to finish this book.Twelve of the oldest stories on earth, retold slowly enough to fall asleep to. Ra and the first sunrise. The secret name whispered at dawn. The green king who taught the river people to plant. The scale, the feather, and the quiet hall where hearts are weighed. The great boat that carries the sun through the dark and always, always returns.These retellings are drawn from the Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts, the Book of the Dead, and the tellings preserved by Plutarch, in the same warm, scholarly voice as The Sleeping Almanac sleep story channel and podcast. Each chapter grounds its myth in the real Egypt of its tellers, the flood and the black land, the temples and the scribes, then lets the story carry you gently down toward sleep.One short chapter is plenty for a night. Lower the light. Read until you drift. There is nothing here you need to remember.Book Two of The Sleeping Almanac. Book One retells the Norse myths.