What is the AltmerHigh Elf religion? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:48 pm

From what I know so far, the Altmer/High Elf controlled Aldmeri Dominion (a.k.a. the Thalmor) has banned the worship of Talos, the ninth divine. Do they worship the other eight, or are their general religious beliefs comprised of other elements? I don't know very much about the High Elves' society, and I've played the Elder Scrolls games since Morrowind.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:32 pm

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/races-tamriel-altmer

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:39 am

From what I know so far, the Altmer/High Elf controlled Aldmeri Dominion (a.k.a. the Thalmor) has banned the worship of Talos, the ninth divine. Do they worship the other eight, or are their general religious beliefs comprised of other elements? I don't know very much about the High Elves' society, and I've played the Elder Scrolls games since Morrowind.

Why does no one seem to read The Monomyth and Varieties of Faith in the Empire?

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/monomyth-altmeri-heart-world
http://www.imperial-library.info/content/varieties-faith-empire

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:41 pm

One thing the USEP wiki is actually good for: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Gods. except for some of the Raga stuff, it's all accurate to my knowledge.

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:13 pm

From what I know so far, the Altmer/High Elf controlled Aldmeri Dominion (a.k.a. the Thalmor) has banned the worship of Talos, the ninth divine. Do they worship the other eight, or are their general religious beliefs comprised of other elements? I don't know very much about the High Elves' society, and I've played the Elder Scrolls games since Morrowind.

They worship other gods...Someone replied that.And the Imperials are the only one's that worship the Divines(Homever Akatosh can be found on almost all religions trought Nirn).

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:06 pm

They worship other gods...Someone replied that.And the Imperials are the only one's that worship the Divines(Homever Akatosh can be found on almost all religions trought Nirn).

No.

The Eight Divines created the world at the urging of Shor/Shezzar/Lorkhan, and all major religions, even if they do not consider this important, acknowledge it. The reason it is fun is because everyone seems to only have an outline. The old humans (and Dunmer) think Shor was trying to lead everyone to transcendence and was betrayed by the Aedra who did not realize the extent of the cost. Altmer and hardcoe elves believe that Lorkhan tricked the gods (and the Aldmer, who were gods as well) into giving up their divinity and therefore must be undone. Imperials belive an ancient political smash-together of both. It is called the Monomyth for a reason, and that reason is that all creation stories on Nirn are a cultural interpretation of it.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:07 pm

No.

The Eight Divines created the world at the urging of Shor/Shezzar/Lorkhan, and all major religions, even if they do not consider this important, acknowledge it. The reason it is fun is because everyone seems to only have an outline. The old humans (and Dunmer) think Shor was trying to lead everyone to transcendence and was betrayed by the Aedra who did not realize the extent of the cost. Altmer and hardcoe elves believe that Lorkhan tricked the gods (and the Aldmer, who were gods as well) into giving up their divinity and therefore must be undone. Imperials belive an ancient political smash-together of both. It is called the Monomyth for a reason, and that reason is that all creation stories on Nirn are a cultural interpretation of it.

Most humans do not believe Lorkhan was betrayed. Nordic and Imperial belief has the Aedra purposefully sacrificing their power for Mundus, and Shor/Shezarr was killed by "elven giants". I Nord would be furious if you even considered calling their Aedra elven giants.

The similarities between Men and Dunmer cease after their respect of Lorkhan.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:16 am

(and the Aldmer, who were gods as well)

unless I missed something, the Aldmer weren't gods, just the ancestors of all the Elves to date who came to Tamriel ;p