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The Daedra are not gods, but neither are the Aedra. They are just transcendant beings, like Nephilim or something. Daedra are the most powerful, but certain magics made by mortal hands can defeat and/or banish them, i.e. the Amulet of Kings.

The real reason that Dagon was defeated was because he was shortsighted, he opened too many portals and had too little power left. Herpes Lesa (Guess who that is? Yep, Hermaeus.) wouldn't have failed, his awesome knowledge of awesome would allow him to calculate the exact amount of portals he would use while still having enough power in his form to defeat a Divine.

Actually, Boethia fought Trinimac and near the end, Boethia, being smart, set a trap and Trinimac fell into it. Literally.