yazar.io for Mythology Retellings
Retelling a myth means working with a world that already exists but is complicated: divine family lines stretching across generations, conflicting versions, countless creatures and sacred places. Whether you start from Greek, Norse, Turkic or another mythology, the real work is tracking what you take from the sources and what you change. yazar.io helps you keep that complex inheritance organized.
The challenge of a mythology retelling
Myths don't come from a single author; the same god can have different parents and different endings in different sources. A writer doing a retelling picks one version, sometimes blends them all, and sometimes changes them on purpose. If you don't keep those choices somewhere, it's very easy to contradict your own rules halfway through the book.
Visualize divine family lines
Much of mythology is a family saga: gods, their children, demigods and heroes. In yazar.io's Family Tree you can set parent and spouse relationships between characters and follow the generations visually. Which hero descends from which god is visible at a glance.
Beliefs, creatures and sacred places
Keep the pantheon, rituals and sacred rules in Beliefs; dragons, giants and other beings in Creatures; sacred mountains, underworlds and temples in Locations. Items is ready for sacred weapons and talismans, and the Glossary for old words and titles. When you mention another record with @Name, the link shows up in both directions.
Keep the source apart from your take
With custom fields you can add fields like 'Source' or 'My version' to any record. That way you keep a god's traditional portrayal and your story's version side by side. You can also keep contradictions between sources and the decisions you made in Notes.
Does it work for lesser-known mythologies too?
Yes. yazar.io isn't tied to any particular mythology; you fill in sections and fields based on whatever source you're working from.
What if a god has more than one name?
Create the record under the name you use most and keep the other names in a custom field. Writing their equivalents in other cultures in the same field makes things easier.
Can I share my mythological world with readers?
Yes. With the Shareable Wiki you can publish your book as a read-only wiki; your notes are never published.
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