Fiction generator post-mortem : #mythology generation
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For JuNoGenMo[1] this year, I wrote a small script to generate work in the style of sumerian mythology.Sumerian mythology, in the form of translated primary sources, has a number of attributes that make it suitable for prose generation. The original sources tend to be extremely repetitive, prone to inserting long lists, and without a strong narrative.Part of this is the use of exhaustive lists of epithets. For instance, here is a portion of an actual myth:Grandiloquent lord of heaven and earth, self-reliant, Father Enki, engendered by a bull, begotten by a wild bull, cherished by Enlil, the Great Mountain, beloved by holy An, king, meš tree planted in the Abzu, rising over all lands; great dragon who stands in Eridug, whose shadow covers heaven and earth, a grove of vines extending over (...)