I am fairly new to elder scrolls lore and I was reading some stuff about the various religions and history. I came across a journal in which the man asks may the eight divines protect us. This was in 1E140. Then I read that St. Allesia established the eight divines in 1E243. The journal was Skorm Snow-Stirder a nord warrior who I would assume at these times would be worshiping the. old Nordic gods. So this raised to question 1) Were the eight divines being practiced before St. Allesia made the the official religion. 2) Why would a Nordic warrior at this time be worshiping a mixture betwwen his and Aldmeri gods instead of his own