Dragon Break. Basically, the Alessians tried to retcon history and purge Auriel's aspect of Akatosh. They succeeded in at least retconning it such that Akatosh had always existed as the Dragon God of Time, and the Skyrim dragons, being intertwined with Time, no longer remember a time when Akatosh didn't exist. Mortals, on the other hand, are more intertwined with space, and can remember alternate timelines.