Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-5227390-20130413225709

@Epzo

Keep in mind that the Elves didn't ban Talos, the Thalmor did. The Thalmor/Aldmeri Dominion does not represent the sentiments of all the High Elves or Mer people... it is, if anything an imposter government that has inflitrated Mer society.

That said, @Equilibrium nailed it, they outlawed Talos worship because of the fact that he's a human. And, look at the history the Aldmeri Dominion has had with Men, there is a mutual generational hatred there that's still pretty prominent, especially in the Skyrim province. Talos is Man's invented demi-god. The Divine that started as a mere man, a human none the less, and achieved 'god-hood.'

They hate the humans, and the humans hate the Thalmor. If they can't outright take the Empire from the humans, they'll do the next best thing - take their god from them.

Has nothing to do with the actual validity of the deity's status as a "true" god... just how they regard him.

In THAT sense, you are correct... the mere act of belief does hold a great deal of power... but not in regard to the deity's actual power or longevity, but in a societal kind of way.

And, furthermore nowhere in Elven theology does it say that ONLY the Elves can be called back from the "curse" of creation. They do however maintain their 'superiority' in this sense, and their closeness to the original spirits they were removed from. They do consider themselves to be more... divine, and enlightened than other Mer or Man races. Adherance to their theology means there is room for other races to be included in their version of the end of it all as according to them, all other races were at one time, Mer... Just no room for their alternative Pantheon of gods or their worship.