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Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

A Ship on the Horizon (Premium)

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

Slumber Studios

Fiction, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Stories For Kids, Drama

4.5 β€’ 10K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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This is a preview episode. Get the full episode, and many more, ad free, on our supporter's feed: https://getsleepy.com/support. A Ship on the Horizon Tonight's story takes us back in time to the sandy blue shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a tale from Greek mythology, with love and compassion at its heart, adapted to help you drift off peacefully. 😴 Sound design: ocean waves 🌊 Narrator: Thomas Jones About Get Sleepy Premium: Help support the podcast, and get: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads) The exclusive Thursday night bonus episode Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free) Premium sleep meditations, extra-long episodes and more! We'll love you forever. ❀️ Get a 7 day free trial, and join the Get Sleepy community here https://getsleepy.com/support. And thank you so, so much. Tom, and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story

0:08.8

tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire

0:15.6

back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link

0:23.2

below to learn more. And thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your

0:29.7

support.

0:40.4

Once upon a time, long ago, the Gods made Iolyce, the keeper of the Four Winds.

0:49.6

He lived far to the west across a sea as flat, blue and warm as the summer sky.

1:03.4

His islands floated like oak leaves drifting across the water in whatever direction he liked.

1:15.3

And he had a beautiful daughter named Alcoyony.

1:22.5

Far away, the Titan of the dusk and Titaness of the dawn gave bath to the morning star.

1:33.5

In time, he fell in love with the princess of a land called Tracus, which used to stand

1:41.8

by the blue shores of the Malion Gulf.

1:48.5

They married and had a son named Kex, who grew into a handsome and gentle young man.

2:00.7

Because the winds often rise at dawn and dusk, Iolus came to know the Titans and the morning

2:09.4

star.

2:12.0

This was how their children, Kex and Alcoyony came to meet one night as they walked

2:19.5

along the dusky beaches of Tracus.

2:26.9

They fell in love as the light of the morning star rose in the sky above and were married

2:35.0

soon after.

2:39.2

From the moment of their first kiss, Kex shone like a star as well, with the radiance

2:47.2

of his father, a testament to their true love.

2:55.7

But not even the children of winds and stars are immune to those designs spun for us by

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