How to read the Mythoskolis HoloGraph

The HoloGraph is the main genealogy exploration tool in Mythoskolis.

It uses an ego-centered approach:

• one entity is placed at the center;
• its parents, consorts, children, and siblings appear around it;
• the reader can recenter the graph on another portrait.

What the HoloGraph is trying to solve

A mythological genealogy quickly becomes unreadable if it tries to show everything at once.

The HoloGraph was designed to avoid that problem:

• it shows a local neighborhood rather than one global tree;
• it prioritizes structuring family relations;
• it helps the reader reconstruct the relevant nuclear family when needed;
• it separates simple navigation from advanced documentary reading.

General structure

The HoloGraph is organized around four main families of relations:

• parents;
• children;
• siblings;
• consorts.

This organization makes relational roles easier to read immediately.

Narrative groups

Some sibling sets are not only a sum of brothers and sisters. They also exist as identified narrative groups in the traditions.

In Mythoskolis, this makes it possible to surface sets such as:

• the Cyclopes;
• the Muses;
• the Moirai.

Concretely:

• in the children quadrant, a narrative group may appear as a collapsed bubble that can be expanded;
• in the siblings quadrant, a badge may indicate that a distinct sibling subgroup exists as such.

This avoids suggesting that all children of the same pair always form one single uniform sibling block.

Color halos

The color halo system is central to the HoloGraph.

When a portrait is clicked, the graph does not merely activate a node. It also highlights the relational context around it.

This helps readers understand:

• which consort belongs to which child group;
• which parents should be read together;
• which nuclear family is currently active.

The halos therefore transform a group of portraits into a readable family structure.

Navigation

The interaction follows a progressive logic:

• a first click highlights a relational context;
• a second click may recenter the graph on that entity;
• the graph is then reorganized around it.

Readers can therefore move from one figure to another without losing local readability.

Simple mode

Simple mode is the default mode.

It provides a first clear reading:

• dominant relations;
• stable navigation markers;
• readable family visualization.

It does not try to expose every variant at once.

Advanced mode

Advanced mode adds a documentary layer.

It can make visible:

• alternative relations;
• parental or family variants;
• sources;
• some uncertain cases;
• contextualized source modals.

When that mode is active, a contextual ? badge may also appear next to its button. It opens an illustrated guide directly inside the interface, adapted to the current language and active illustration mode.

Advanced mode does not replace the HoloGraph. It deepens the same genealogy.

When a precise excerpt is available, a sourced relation may also expose a clickable badge that opens the exact supporting passage in a modal, then links to the full source text directly at the matching highlighted location.

In that framework, a narrative group is not treated as an absolute property of an entity, but as a reading cue tied to specific documented relations.

Intended limits

The HoloGraph does not try to:

• represent every tradition exhaustively;
• display the complete genealogy in a single diagram;
• show every minor relation;
• artificially merge contradictory traditions.

These limits are intentional and serve readability.

Role within Mythoskolis

The HoloGraph is the visual entry point of the site.

It helps readers:

• place a figure within a family;
• navigate between related entities;
• prepare the reading of entity sheets;
• reconnect stories to a coherent genealogical landscape.