User blog comment:Tholanar/Thoughts on the nordic pantheon./@comment-5709731-20130124142718

I believe Akatosh intended for Miraak to destroy Alduin, but the scrolls knew that Hermaeus would interfere. No reason for Miraak to have his dovahkiin power if Akatosh did not want him to destroy his rebel child (Alduin). As for Miraak being worshipped, all nords swear by Ysmir, and while they may not worship the aspect of the dragonborn, he is a part of nordic mythology. If he is not Miraak, then who else could he be? Certainly he is older than Talos and Miraak seems to be the only dragonborn old enough to be the 'original' Ysmir.