Mythology Shorts with a story, not a slideshow

Most AI “mythology” channels stitch random images under a generic voice-over: the hero changes face every shot, the plot is vague and every video ends the same way. This workflow was built for our own mythology channel to fix exactly that. It plans each video like a short film — a hook, a fixed cast, one clear story arc, a scene for every sentence and a question that invites comments.

What one run produces

• A ~2-minute 9:16 Short (1080×1920) with 10 narrated beats, each with its own scene and camera shot
• A cast of 1–4 characters whose written look is reused in every image prompt, so the hero stays recognisable
• A title in the form “Epic: intriguing chapter title”, a description with the story context, and tags
• Upload to YouTube with the “altered or synthetic content” flag set automatically; optional Instagram Reel through Blotato
• A log row in Google Sheets and a Telegram report

The library: 14 epics × 10 arcs

Iliad, Odyssey, Epic of Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, Shahnameh, Journey to the West, the Osiris myth, Völsunga saga, Book of Dede Korkut, Tale of the Heike, Epic of Sundiata, Ilya Muromets, Popol Vuh and the Song of Hiawatha. Every epic has its own visual language — Bronze Age bronze and marble, Norse steel-blue and firelit halls, the Mali savanna at golden hour — and you can add your own epics in the same format.

How quality is protected

• Grounded retelling: the Wikipedia article is read with its plot-summary sections first; off-topic pages (a city or film with the same name) are rejected and Tavily is always used to cross-check.
• Consistent characters: the cast is defined once per video and injected into every image prompt.
• Text-picture fit: objects the narrator mentions are checked against each scene and added if missing.
• Validation with retries: word counts, hook length, a real closing question, shot variety, no clichés and no filler “atmosphere” sentences — up to two regenerations before the run stops.
• Publish Guard: nothing is uploaded unless every part rendered; an arc is marked as used only after a successful run.

What is included

• Main workflow (59 nodes) and 5 sub-workflows: voice, scene image, videofy, clip, combine
• Google Sheet template and an English setup guide with credential table, test mode and troubleshooting
• Test mode: render one specific arc without consuming the rotation

Requirements

n8n (Cloud or self-hosted, recent version) and your own accounts for OpenAI, Tavily, Kie.ai (Seedream 4.0 images), fal.ai (ElevenLabs voice), Rendi (cloud ffmpeg), Google Sheets, YouTube and Telegram. Blotato is optional for Instagram. You pay each provider directly; running cost depends on the models and the number of beats you choose.

DIY or VIP Installation

DIY Setup — download immediately and follow the guide.
VIP Installation — we import the workflows into your n8n, connect your accounts, produce the first Short with you and show you how to add your own epics and arcs.

Narration is in English. Want another language or your own story library? Request a custom build.