Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-24.202.20.236-20200221002641

He probably is a god for one reason; because of the heritage of races of man and mer.

Seeing as how the Ehlnofey(Origins of both man and mer) come from being birthed on a world that came from the union of Nir and Anu.(If the the Anuad is to be believed)

By default that would make them true offsprings of the two of them and not like the Aedra and Deadra.(who were born from Anu and Padomay's blood)

So whatever the men and mer think, they are both the same in a way and their heritage may be the reason why they can ascend.

I will say that if the Thalmor weren't so hell bent on being the "Dominant" race of Tamriel and worked with their far distance cousins the men, then maybe they could return to the old days before Nirn. Division will only cause strife and without men (the other half of their race) they will never be whole again.