Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-68.46.224.243-20140312205033/@comment-24590102-20140313000441

AngryEnclaveSoldier wrote: Smoking.Chimp wrote: Is it possible that "mantling" is being confused with "apotheoses"? Although confused by modern writers with the term, "apex", the term "apotheoses" was coined to refer to "ascension to divinity".

"Mantling", on the other hand, is a noun, taken from heraldry jargon, which refers to "a piece of ornamental drapery depicted issueing from a helmet and surrounding a shield". No, it's not. As Ika already said, "Mantling" is becoming so similar to a deity that this person and the deity basicly "merge". It's a bit more complex than that, but I'm really not in the mood right know to write 4 Paragraphs about it.

Yes, mantling is from heraldry (originating in the 16th century) and it does not refer to apotheoses or any other form of ascension to divinity - which anyone can verify by picking up a dictionary and looking the word up for themselves. If it really is lore jargon, then you don't need to write four paragraphs - just cite some of the TES books which use the word with the non-standard diction you are attributing to it.