Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-184.169.191.45-20141023130949/@comment-6881629-20151123185423

Thats how the story of Nirn's creation pretty much always goes whether the Aedra were tricked into it or not. The Aedra gave their power and energy (not used but gave) into the creation and the original eight of the Nine Divines gave pretty much all of themselves, only leaving whats seen from Nirn as the eight planets of Mundus.

The Deadra get a fair bit of praise from their cults some in secret some not, also some show up in other religions the Dunmer (off and on) worship the Deadra mainly the three Azura, Mephala and Boethiah (and Azura also being a major part of Khajiit religion). Hermaeus Mora often sneaks in as a kind of trickster god too.