The Binding of Loki · Norse Mythology Sleep Story · 3 Hours

Tonight, the feast in Ægir's hall by the sea, where the gods gathered to drink and one uninvited guest spoke every cruel and true thing he had ever held back. Of Bragi and Iðunn. Of Óðinn lowering his cup. Of Frigg, who heard at the table the name of the one responsible for her son's death. Then the flight to the high mountain. The hall with four doors. The salmon in the dark pool below the waterfall of Fránangr. The first fishing net the world had ever seen. And the cave with three stones, where a wife knelt with a wooden bowl raised above her husband's face for the rest of time, because what else was there for her to do.This is the Lokasenna and what came after. The hinge of the season. Everything in Norse mythology that follows, the slow tilt toward Ragnarǫk, begins on the night Sigyn first raised the bowl.Episode 7 of a complete twelve part season.Chapters:0:00 Welcome3:44 Chapter 1. The Hall by the Sea8:53 Chapter 2. The Seat He Claimed16:29 Chapter 3. Bragi and Iðunn21:22 Chapter 4. The Old Wounds33:43 Chapter 5. The Vanir's Shame38:43 Chapter 6. Týr's Hand and Freyr's Sword45:58 Chapter 7. Heimdallr and Skaði53:59 Chapter 8. Sif and the Coming of Þórr1:02:39 Chapter 9. The Mountain Hall1:12:24 Chapter 10. The Net of Ash1:23:17 Chapter 11. The Three Stones1:39:58 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.1:48:17 Music to sleep byWatch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanacNew episodes every Wednesday and Sunday at 8pm ET.🎧 Follow the show so the next story finds you. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sleeping-almanac/id1896899316 · Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033vbQDixCCfxEWvl1XFJQSources: the Poetic Edda (the Lokasenna), the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, and the Vǫluspá, retold in an original written narrative.This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.