User blog comment:Kidtragic/Elder Scrolls Races and Cultures Compared to Real Life./@comment-69.171.160.121-20130713121842

You guys got the East Asian crap wrong.

First of all, High Elves don't really have a real-world comparison. The High Elves are mostly compared to mythic Elves, the Elves which came from mythology. And, the Wood Elves are actually more compared to the Celtic Clans than anything. Wood Elves worship nature (hence, ancient druids), they were organized in Clans (like the Celts were). The Nords compare really to the Norse, those of the Norway-Sweden and Northern Germany areas. Here is my own list...

Imperials - Early Roman Empire

Nords - Norse / Saxon

Redguards - North African Tribes / Moorish Culture

Breton - Western Medieval Europe

Orisimer [Orcs] - Huns / Mongolian

Bosmer [Wood Elves] - Celts / Gaelic / Picts

Altmer [High Elves] - Mythic Elves

Dunmer [Dark Elves] - Impossible To Relate. Established Their Own Culture

Argonian - Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican / Native American

Khajiit - Persian / Indian