Norse Mythology Sleep Story | The Real Loki — Thor's Stolen Hammer & the Wall of Asgard

The real Loki of the old Icelandic poems — stranger, funnier, and far older than any modern telling — in a slow fireside saga for deep sleep.\n\nTonight the Skald tells two of the oldest Norse myths: how a mysterious builder nearly won the sun, the moon and the goddess Freyja as the price of the wall of Asgard — and how Thor's stolen hammer was won back at the strangest wedding feast in the nine worlds. A gentle crackling hearth and drifting north mist accompany the telling.\n\nYou don't need to remember any of this. If you drift off, the story will still be here tomorrow.\n\nNew quiet sagas for sleep every week — subscribe and settle in.\n\n0:00:00 Welcome by the Fire\n0:02:38 CHAPTER 1 — The World of the North\n0:10:55 CHAPTER 2 — The Fire in the Hall\n0:20:12 CHAPTER 3 — The Broken Wall\n0:28:20 CHAPTER 4 — The Bargain\n0:36:14 CHAPTER 5 — Three Days of Winter Left\n0:45:27 CHAPTER 6 — The Long Peace\n0:54:19 CHAPTER 7 — The Morning the Hammer Was Gone\n1:03:30 CHAPTER 8 — What Heimdall Proposed\n1:12:19 CHAPTER 9 — The Wedding Feast at Thrym's Hall\n1:21:50 CHAPTER 10 — The Ride Home\n1:28:19 CHAPTER 11 — The Two Faces of the Fire\n1:34:40 CHAPTER 12 — The Fire Burns Low\n\nSources: the Poetic Edda (Bellows translation, 1923) and the Prose Edda (Brodeur translation, 1916), both public domain. Retold in original words. Narration and artwork are AI-assisted, with human research, writing direction, and editorial review on every video. "tags": [ "sleep story", "Norse mythology", "Loki", "Thor", "Freyja", "Heimdall", "Odin", "Asgard", "Jotnar", "Thrymskvida", "Gylfaginning", "Poetic Edda", "Prose Edda", "bedtime story for grown ups", "sleep story for adults", "fireplace ambience", "relaxation", "crackling fire" ], "chapters": [ "0:00:00 Welcome by the Fire", "0:02:38 CHAPTER 1 — The World of the North", "0:10:55 CHAPTER 2 — The Fire in the Hall", "0:20:12 CHAPTER 3 — The Broken Wall", "0:28:20 CHAPTER 4 — The Bargain", "0:36:14 CHAPTER 5 — Three Days of Winter Left", "0:45:27 CHAPTER 6 — The Long Peace", "0:54:19 CHAPTER 7 — The Morning the Hammer Was Gone", "1:03:30 CHAPTER 8 — What Heimdall Proposed", "1:12:19 CHAPTER 9 — The Wedding Feast at Thrym's Hall", "1:21:50 CHAPTER 10 — The Ride Home", "1:28:19 CHAPTER 11 — The Two Faces of the Fire", "1:34:40 CHAPTER 12 — The Fire Burns Low" ]