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GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Africa

Akan — Anansi Web Akan peoples — Ashanti, Fante, Akyem, Akuapem, Kwahu — Ghana and Côte… 9 movements · shares the Web / Network shape BaAka — Congo Forest Spirits Mbuti, Baka, Aka, Efé and related forest peoples of the Congo Basin… 8 movements · shares the Negotiation / Reciprocal shape Dogon — Creation Cycle Dogon people — Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali, West Africa 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Mandé — Griot Performance The Mandé peoples — Mandinka (Maninka), Bambara and Dyula — of the… 8 movements · shares the Spiral shape Kemet — Ma'at Balance Ancient Egyptian civilization — Nile Valley from the First Cataract to the… 7 movements · shares the Balance-Seeking shape San — Click Stories San — the Ju/'hoansi (!Kung), the Taa-speaking !Xóõ, the /Xam, the Naro… 6 movements · shares the Spiral shape Mandé — Sundiata Epic Mandinka, Bambara, Dyula peoples — Mali Empire and successor states 8 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape Zulu, Xhosa & Shona — Ubuntu Story Circle Bantu-speaking peoples — Zulu (umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu), Xhosa, Ndebele, Shona (hunhu), Sotho… 8 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Yoruba — Ifá / Orisha Realms Yoruba peoples — Oyo, Egba, Ijebu, Ile-Ife, Ekiti, Ijesa, Igbomina — southwestern… 8 movements · shares the Web / Network shape Mbuti & Baka — The Forest Song Mbuti (Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo), Baka (Cameroon, Central African Republic,… 6 movements · shares the Spiral shape BaKongo — Dikenga Cosmogram BaKongo peoples — Kongo, Vili, Yombe, Woyo, Solongo — of the Congo… 4 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Dinka, Nuer & Maasai — Cattle Song Dinka and Nuer of South Sudan, Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, Acholi… 6 movements · shares the Spiral shape Zulu & Xhosa — Izibongo Zulu (amaZulu), Xhosa (amaXhosa), Swazi (emaSwati), and Ndebele (amaNdebele) — the Nguni-speaking… 8 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · East Asia

Japanese — Ma (間) Japanese aesthetic and artistic tradition — developed across Noh theatre, ink painting… 6 movements · shares the Non-Conflict shape Japanese — Kishōtenketsu (起承転結) East Asian literary tradition — originating in classical Chinese poetics (qǐ chéng… 6 movements · shares the Non-Conflict shape Chinese (Tang) — Qǐchéngzhuǎnhé (起承轉合) Chinese literary tradition — the classical poetics of the Tang Dynasty (618–907… 8 movements · shares the Non-Conflict shape Chinese — Wuxia (武俠) Chinese literary tradition — the wuxia genre of martial heroes, rooted in… 8 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape Chinese (Taoist) — Zhuangzi Parables Chinese Taoist tradition — Zhuangzi (Zhuang Zhou, c. 369–286 BCE) and Laozi… 4 movements · shares the Non-Conflict shape Yamato Japanese — Kojiki / Amaterasu Yamato Japanese peoples — the Kojiki ("Record of Ancient Matters") compiled in… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Korean — Pansori Korean peoples — the pansori tradition flowered under the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897),… 6 movements · shares the Spiral shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · South Asia

Sanskrit Theatre — Rasa (Nāṭyaśāstra) The Indian (Sanskrit) dramatic and aesthetic tradition — the theory of rasa… 9 movements · shares the Balance-Seeking shape Sanskrit Epic — Mahābhārata Sanskrit literary and religious tradition — attributed to the sage Vyasa, compiled… 8 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape Tamil — Sangam Akam / Puram Tamil peoples — Tamilakam (the ancient Tamil country of southern India and… 5 movements · shares the Balance-Seeking shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Southeast Asia

Javanese — Wayang Kulit Javanese peoples — the island of Java, Indonesia, in a tradition synthesizing… 7 movements · shares the Balance-Seeking shape Tagalog, Visayan & Ilocano — Bathala / Diwata The Tagalog, Visayan (Bisaya, including the Sulodnon of Panay), Ilocano, Bikolano, Kapampangan… 6 movements · shares the Cyclical shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Middle East

Babylonian — Enuma Elish Babylonian civilization — Akkadian-speaking, central Mesopotamia 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Persian & Arabic — Thousand and One Nights The Arabic and Persian storytellers of Baghdad, Cairo and the Persian lands,… 7 movements · shares the Negotiation / Reciprocal shape Sumerian — Gilgamesh / Inanna Sumerian civilization — the city-states of Uruk, Ur, Lagash, Nippur, Eridu —… 7 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape Persian Sufi — Rumi's Masnavi Sufi Islamic mystical tradition — centered on Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273),… 6 movements · shares the Spiral shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Europe

Finnish & Karelian — Kalevala Finnish and Karelian peoples — Finno-Ugric tradition 7 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape Irish & Welsh — The Celtic Spiral Celtic peoples — the Irish (Gaelic) and Welsh (Brythonic) traditions above all,… 7 movements · shares the Spiral shape Icelandic — Norse Saga Norse peoples — the medieval Icelanders and the wider Scandinavian world, heirs… 8 movements · shares the Linear shape Slavic Peoples — The Turning Year Slavic peoples — the East Slavs (Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians), West Slavs (Poles,… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · North America

Lakota, Anishinaabe, Diné & Cherokee — Animal-Guide Journey The Pawnee (Chaui, Kitkehahki, Pitahawirata and Skidi), whose animal lodges, the nahurac,… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Lakota, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfeet & Cree — Sacred Hoop The Lakota — the Titonwan (Teton) bands, Oglala, Sicangu, Hunkpapa and the… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Plains Cree, Lakota & Cheyenne — Medicine Wheel Story The nations whose medicine wheels and four-directions teachings carry the circular story:… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Lakota, Cheyenne & Crow — Vision Quest The Lakota (the Titonwan bands) and the Dakota (Santee, Yankton and the… 8 movements · shares the Linear shape Haudenosaunee — Sky Woman / Great Law Haudenosaunee (the "People of the Longhouse," also known as the Iroquois Confederacy)… 7 movements · shares the Web / Network shape Diné — Hózhó / Blessingway Diné (Navajo) people — Diné Bikéyah, the Navajo homeland in the Four… 6 movements · shares the Balance-Seeking shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Mesoamerica

Zapotec — Cloud People Zapotec peoples — Oaxaca Valley; Monte Albán civilization 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape Mexica (Nahua) — Codex (Amoxtli) The Mexica (Aztec) and wider Nahua peoples of central Mexico, and the… 7 movements · shares the Cyclical shape K'iche' Maya — Creation Cycle The K'iche' Maya of highland Guatemala, whose sacred book the Popol Vuh… 8 movements · shares the Cyclical shape K'iche' Maya — Popol Vuh Hero Twins K'iche' Maya peoples of the Guatemalan highlands, heirs to the broader Classic… 8 movements · shares the Multi-Trial shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · South America

Shipibo, Achuar & Matsés — Vision Journey The Desana (Wira) and their Tukanoan neighbours of the Vaupés (Uaupés) river… 6 movements · shares the Negotiation / Reciprocal shape Quechua & Aymara — Inca Quipu The Quechua-speaking Inca of Cusco and the peoples of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca… 8 movements · shares the Negotiation / Reciprocal shape Guaraní — The Land Without Evil Guaraní peoples — Mbyá, Ava (Ñandeva), Kaiowá, and Paĩ Tavyterã — of… 6 movements · shares the Geographic shape

GriotsWell World Story Worlds · Oceania

Trobriand & Melanesian Peoples — Ancestor Presence The Trobriand Islanders of Kiriwina and the other Massim island peoples of… 6 movements · shares the Web / Network shape Polynesian Voyagers — Wayfinding The voyaging peoples of the Pacific — Hawaiian (Kānaka Maoli), Tahitian (Mā'ohi),… 7 movements · shares the Geographic shape Aboriginal Australia — Songlines The First Nations of Australia whose Country the songlines cross — many… 7 movements · shares the Geographic shape Māori — Whakapapa Māori — the Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), organized in… 7 movements · shares the Web / Network shape

GriotsWell Classic Story Worlds

Three-Act Structure The European/American dramatic and narrative tradition — rooted in classical Greek dramatic… 9 movements · shares the Linear shape The Hero's Journey The European/American comparative-mythology and craft tradition — the monomyth Joseph Campbell set… 10 movements · shares the Linear shape Seven-Point Structure The European/American storytelling-craft tradition — a modern structural framework that plots a… 9 movements · shares the Linear shape Four-Act Structure The European/American dramatic and narrative tradition — a refinement of the classic… 8 movements · shares the Linear shape