Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.118.67.131-20140926151711/@comment-8843110-20140930002057

76.118.67.131 wrote: There are so many different and conflicting accounts of the beginning of time in the TES universe. It's so confusing. Anu and Padomey are always first, but it never explains where they came from. Nir is sometimes involved, but rarely ever mentioned. And than for some reason Anu and Padomey decide to give away part of they're souls, Anu el and Sithis, which don't do anything accept give part of they're souls to create Akatosh and Lorkhan. Why did they do this. Shouldn't it have been Anu el and Sithis who created the aurbis rather than they're children/avatars. And what happened to all of these guys anyway. Padomey lead outside of time, but obviously that's not true because he was able to impregnate the night mother. Anu, we don't really know where he is. Sithis and Anu el, I have absolutely no idea.

And what is with all the different gods. I mean obviously you've got Akatosh, Mara, Stendar on the Aedric side and Azura, Dagon and Molag Bal on the Daedric side, but there are all of these weird gods that don't seem to show up anywhere in the creation myth. Y'ffre, Trinimac, Phynestar, Xarxes. Oh yah, and is Alduin Akatosh, as the Nords say, or is he another entity altogether. Because I'd feel really guilty if I beat up and killed the merciful lord of the universe in Skyrim.

And don't even get me started on Lorkhan.

I'm really confused about all this. Could someone help explain this to me in a way that makes sense. ES History, in a nutshell:

''            Anu and Padomay fought (no explanation to where they came from), their cosmic blood was spilt (Idk if they're alive though)  and it eventully became the et'Ada (the original spirits). The first one was Lorkan, with both Anu and Padomay's blood (now refered to in this as A & P (Anu's blood make possibly bad/good spirits, while Padomay's were possible of bad. Also the others were either blood only). He coerced the 2 to create Mundus (They were in Atherius). Once they found their power was fading (don't ask) they fled (The first being Magnus). The ones who stayed were too weak to leave. They became the 8 Divines (Talos didn't exist yet, of course). The Elves call the spirits who stayed Aedra (Ancestors) and the ones who left, Deadra (non-ancestors).''

That's the story.