User blog comment:Gamer124/Races of Nirn and Cultures of Earth Similarities/@comment-5074828-20130223001445

You nailed the obvious ones, like you said, but here are my thoughts on the other races...brace yourself...

I would say the Bretons are more Gaelic/Celtic based on the wiki page: Breton. As you can see on there, someone has compared Bretons to the Celts based on names and origins. In the trivia section you'll notice a portion from Arena, describing Bretons as descendants of 'Druids of Galen'. Druids were Celitc priests during the Iron Age, they performed cuiltic rituals which would explain the Celtic names and cultic ways of the Forsworn ie. Briarhearts are essential sacrificed. Druids were believed to be great sorcerers which would explain why Bretons are skilled in the arcane arts. Christians believed Druids confered with demons, which would explain why Hagravens are found at alters inside camps of the Forsworn, they represent these demons.

As far as Orcs go, they are the people of Germania during the Roman period. Caesar believed the Gauls could be civilized but the Garmanic tribes were savage and barbaric, reflecting the views toward Orcish ways by many. The Romans were able to controls most of Germania, with the exception of a few tribes. Those Germanic people (Orcs) who were able to resist Roman (Imperial) unified and chose thier leaders, this is represented by the Orc Stongholds, isolated from other culture and lead by thier Chieften. Some Germanics were absorbed into the Roman army and were fiecre fighters, just as the Orcs are known to be the best Fighters in the Empire's army.

The Bosmer resmble the Pre-Columbian North American Native Americans. This is apparent in their closeness with nature and skill in archery. Many Native American tribes' religion was focused around animism and natural elements like the Bosmer. The Bosmer live in "timber clanhouses" and had "underdeveloped foot trails" (from the Bosmer wiki page). When read this I immediately thought, Iroquois. With their longhouses that contained whole families and clans in their society, this brings them to be compared to the Bosmer.

The Khajiit seem to the civilzations Africa. The Khajiit were believed to be the oldest races in Tamriel just as Africa is believed to be the oldest inhabited area on Earth according to paleoanthropologists. These races were enslaved by the invaders of Tamriel like those from Morrowind like many European, Middle-Eastern, and American civilizations ensalved Africans. The Khajiit are similar to those African trading civilizations along the Trans-Saharan trade routes, trading ivory, gold and salt, hense the fame and wealth of the Khajiit trading caravans.

The Argonians resmble the Pre- Columbian Native Americans in South America. The rainforest biomes of South America and Argonia are similar with their dangerous diseases and posionous creatures, things the natives had long grown accustom to. Argonians, like the Natie Americans  alive during European invasions, were enslaved.

The Dunmer represent the Japanese during their Edo period. The Houses of Morrowind represent the form of government during the Tokugawa Shogunate with the King of Morrowind being the head Shogun and the Houses being the lesser feudal lords of the Shogun. The Dunmer trait of distrusting other races is a metaphor for the Japanese act of isolation during this time period.

This brings me to the Altmer. The Altmer appear to be a good comparison to the early Chinese empires. The Altmer believe they are directly descended from the gods much like the Chinese believed that they were descended from the gods and had the divine right to rule under the Mandate of Heaven. Also, the Altmer believed themselves superior to the other races just as the Chinese believed they were superior to other civilization that resulted in their isolationism for a frame of time.

Let me know if you agree.