Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-66.177.58.176-20140121224654/@comment-24999978-20140623190548

75.90.174.199 wrote: khajiit creation theory. This theory makes no sense. If this was true, why did the first Atmorans in Tamriel find khajiit and argonions, but no elves? The khajiit and argonions are native to Tamriel. The khajiit, I believe, either evolved from an extremely inteligant breed of tigers/loins, or, the khajiit theory is true. The khajiit god, Aku-kosh ( I think) gave birth to the first khajiit, which would make khajiits the first born of gods. See the page I linked, and you will understand. I refuse to believe khajiit would come from those stuck up elves! The Atmoran did find Elves, the Snow Elves who inhabitated Skyrim (who they later warred against) initially, in particular. The Elves never really left Tamriel, and the sentiment that only Betmer are natives of Tamriel is fanciful at best, all of the races are. The Khajiiti aspect of the Time God is named Alkosh, but the Khajiit are not said to have been created from him. Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi outlines this as was the work of Azurah. You might be confusing with the fact that the Time God is typically the first et'Ada to crystalise. In the case of the Khajiiti belief:

'''In the beginning there were two littermates, Ahnurr and Fadomai. After many phases, Fadomai said to Ahnurr, "Let us wed and make children to share our happiness."''

''And they gave birth to Alkosh, the First Cat. And Ahnurr said, "Alkosh, we give you Time, for what is as fast or as slow as a cat?"

Besides, what is wrong with Mer? To be fair, the being from which the Bosmer and the Khajiit came from was not truely Mer, considering in its Dawn state it was unable to retain a fixed form. Assigning any sort of race would be a tad odd.