The Princess and the God (Premium Episode Preview)
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
[Content Warning: This ancient tale contains elements of death.]
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Tonight's storytelling is called 'The Princess and the God', a tale from ancient India, retold by Aaron Shepherd in his book "Savitri" and used with permission through his Gifts of Story Series. In this ancient tale, Princess Savitri must use all her wit to save her beloved husband from the God of death. Will she be able to win back her husband's life? Well...snuggle under the covers and let's find out together.
Sweet dreamzzz...
The music in this episode is called 'Spatium' by Keys of Moon
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Joanne from Drift Off, and tonight you're listening to a bonus episode called |
| 0:06.6 | The Princess and the God, An Ancient Tale of India, and Retelling by Aaron Shepard. |
| 0:13.4 | You can listen to the whole story and other episodes while enjoying Add Free Listening |
| 0:18.3 | by becoming a premium member at driftoff.supercast.com, or you can find the link in the show notes that's |
| 0:25.2 | driftoff.supercast.com |
| 0:30.0 | Tonight I will be reading The Princess and the God, A Retelling by Aaron Shepard from |
| 0:42.5 | the picture book called Savatri, An Ancient Tale of India. |
| 0:48.4 | In this ancient tale that is over 3,000 years old, Princess Savatri must use all her wit |
| 0:56.2 | to save her beloved husband from the God of death. |
| 1:00.3 | Will the Princess Savatri husband? |
| 1:02.6 | Well, let's find out together, and so as always my friend, settling comfortably under |
| 1:11.4 | the covers, take a full comfortable breath, and as you exhale, relax and let go. |
| 1:24.3 | Allow any tension to just melt away, letting your head sink deeper and deeper down into |
| 1:35.1 | the softness of your pillow. |
| 1:38.8 | There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be, so just lie back, relax, and enjoy |
| 1:49.2 | the story. |
| 1:53.1 | In India, in the time of legend, there lived a king with many wives but not one child. |
| 2:02.0 | Morning and evening for 18 years, he faced the fire on the sacred altar and prayed for the |
| 2:08.4 | gift of children. |
| 2:10.4 | Finally, a shining goddess rose from the flames. |
| 2:16.8 | I am Savatri, child of the sun. |
| 2:21.1 | By your prayers, you have won a daughter. |
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