The Huluppu Tree
Plant mystical roots in this reimagining of the Mesopotamian myth of Inanna and the Huluppu Tree. In tonight’s bedtime story, as you are tending to your garden on the banks of the river, a sapling washes ashore. You plant the unfamiliar tree and admire its qualities, hoping to carve it into a majestic throne once it is fully grown. However, you soon find your tree overrun with animals and spirits who seek to make it their home. You enlist your brother’s help to remove your rivals, and he fashions for you a magnificent throne and bed from the tree; yet you come to regret its destruction. At last, with new seeds in the earth, you learn the tree’s true impact on your community, and you make amends with its former residents. If you’re still awake at the end of the story, I’ll guide you through a relaxing visualization. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw, Thymotic Moments by Bruce Brus, Epidemic Sound
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