So before we knew who the Amaranth was, most of us assumed that the universe of the Elder Scrolls was in fact derived from a Godhead figure that split into Anu/Padomay which split into Anuiel/Sithis which split into Lorkhan/Akatosh which split into various aedra/daedra/ which then gave rise to the Mundus and the various things found on it.
With the revelation that Anu is the Amaranth, we now know that the universe that all the games have been set in is in fact part of a dream of Anu the Amaranth, whose mind in fact must have undergone this process for the TES universe to even exist.
So what I'm having trouble reconciling is the real universe, the one outside of Anu's dream. How much do we know about it and is it the same as the universe that we know, except its the real one while ours is not?
How does the Annotated Annuad fit in with this story, which claims that when Nir was killed Anu retreated into the sun and slept (which is technically when our universe should have been formed...? or not...?) but he awoke to fight Padomay who had sundered the twelve worlds of creation. It was then that they were combined into Nirn to save what was left of them, but the annuad deliberately says that Anu awoke to do fight Padomay...
So... are the events of the Annuad actually taking place in Anu's dream too??? As in, he reenacted his going to sleep in the sun or something? Where does this fit in, and how much do we know about the universe outside of Anu's dream... do the twelve worlds of creation actually still exist outside of the dream or not?
Ugh, sooo confused!