Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.113.168.122-20130520103810/@comment-9887604-20130701063805

Well to try and get it back on topic, it is important to note the map Alxcj linked. The ancient Nordic Empire spanned a far larger distance then Skyrim. That being noted there is definitely a correlation between the nine masks of the dragon priests and the 9 divines of the nords.

Jimeee is actually working on an excellent article of the Ancient Nordic Pantheon.

The nine masks could have each been a representative of the particular divine, and each divine could have had their own particular city as we saw they do in Cyrodiil.

I would totally disregard the masks that were found outside of Skyrim due to the fact that the shrine in Bromjunaar did not have any more reliefs to place the masks. Perhaps the masks outside of Skyrim were devoted to lesser deities.