Are there any ancient Greek influences in Elder Scrolls lore

Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:47 am

What about the dionysic vs apollinic in the anu-padomay thing?
And the giant Talos?
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:09 pm

What about the dionysic vs apollinic in the anu-padomay thing?
And the giant Talos?

The Talos of Greek myth is quite close to Numidium, the brass golum.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:30 am

Lorkhan can be seen as Prometheus, who gave mankind the gift of fire and was punished for it by being chained to a rock with an eagle tearing out his liver. Similarly, Lorkhan enabled mortals to exist and the other gods turned on him for it.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:03 am

Lorkhan can be seen as Prometheus, who gave mankind the gift of fire and was punished for it by being chained to a rock with an eagle tearing out his liver. Similarly, Lorkhan enabled mortals to exist and the other gods turned on him for it.

Now that's a good observation, one I can agree with.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:16 am

Now that's a good observation, one I can agree with.


Thanks, Hellmouth.

I found a precedent for Reman's birth in Greek mythology. He would be considered "autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth)" like the mythical king Erichthonius. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erichthonius_of_Athens
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:21 am

Some of the daedra statues like the one for Dagon remind me of something I would see in Hinduism(multiple arms)
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:04 pm

Hircine is the hunt, like Artemis, but i can't shake the feeling that the fact he uses a spear rather than a bow and... just his name... are based off Hercules. although Hercules wasn't actually a god...
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:50 am

Most of these stories aren't only in Greek mythology; many don't have Greek origins. Especially the gods, and their Greek equivalents; you could take any pagan pantheon and come up with something similar.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:37 am

Hircine is the hunt, like Artemis, but i can't shake the feeling that the fact he uses a spear rather than a bow and... just his name... are based off Hercules. although Hercules wasn't actually a god...


http://www.answers.com/topic/hircine adj.

Of or characteristic of a goat, especially in strong odor.

edit: and the Greek God correlation Don't Forget This made is too vague to be correct.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:31 am

sorry to keep bringing up dead topics, but also the god Talos(tiber septim) was made emperor by a giant metal colossus -- Like the ancient Cretian defender, Talos.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:19 am

sorry to keep bringing up dead topics, but also the god Talos(tiber septim) was made emperor by a giant metal colossus -- Like the ancient Cretian defender, Talos.

The Numidium fits closer.
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:21 am

The Talos of Greek myth is quite close to Numidium, the brass golum.


Yes. We probably owe Ray Harryhausen for this particular TES god...
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:17 pm

The Numidium fits closer.

The giant metal colossus is was refering to is the Numidium
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Post » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:54 am

Personally I always sort of drew a parallel between the Norse gods and the Tribunal. I recall a theory that the Norse gods evolved from the deeds of real men who were just great storytellers and got everyone to believe that they were gods... it's been years since I read anything on the Norse pantheon, though, so I'm likely messing up some details.

Of course you can draw parallels between TES pantheons and the Greek pantheon, because the Greek pantheon is massive and has been interpreted in so many ways. For what it's worth, how about Arkay and Persephone? Arkay is associated with birth and death, and of course Persephone came and went between Hades and the world of the living--and her passing changed the seasons, and isn't Arkay associated with the seasons too?

Also, the Lorkhan/Prometheus thing is just brilliant; bravo.

edited because I can't spell.
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