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GriotsWell maps the world’s origin story structures and builds each one into a Story World — a plotting tool built on one culture’s origin story. 54 so far, across 11 world regions, with more being mapped. Start free. Join to follow the work as it grows.

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16 Story Worlds — the four classic linear frameworks and traditions from every world region. No card.

✓ The Hero’s Journey · Three-Act · Seven-Point · Four-Act
✓ Dogon Creation Cycle — Africa
✓ Akan — Anansi Web — Africa
✓ Norse Saga — Europe
✓ Thousand and One Nights — Middle East
✓ Kishōtenketsu — East Asia
✓ Wuxia — East Asia
✓ Indian Rasa — South Asia
✓ Javanese — Wayang Kulit — Southeast Asia
✓ K’iche’ Maya Creation Cycle — Mesoamerica
✓ Amazonian Vision Journey — South America
✓ Medicine Wheel Circular Narrative — North America
✓ Songline (Structural) — Oceania
✓ The Storytelling Traditions library, Specimens, the Inspector and the Record

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or $49 a year. Join the mapping: every Story World, the Academy and the community.

✓ Every Story World — 54 so far
✓ New Story Worlds first, as they are mapped
✓ The Academy — the series, the reading paths, the live sessions
✓ The community
✓ Member prices on the books, guides and lore books

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The First Circle

$39 /year

Everything members have, at $39 a year for as long as you stay — for those who join in the first year. Your name in the record of the mapping.

✓ Everything in membership
✓ $39 a year, held while you stay
✓ Your name in the record of the mapping
✓ Open until October 15, 2027

The Academy’s videos are free on YouTube. Membership is how the work is funded and how you take part in it. Cancel any time.