Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-5989209-20140722213819

Pelinal Whitestrake wrote:

As I said, they are subgradients of them.

The Monomyth says that Auriel is Anu's soul. A subgradient.

Sithis and the Monomyth say that Lorkhan is Padomays 'son'. A subgradient. Sithis flat out says that Padomay is Lorkhan, and the Monomyth says that Anu formed himself into Akatosh to help other spirits formed. Mara is a subgradient of Anu. She follows his same basic principles and behaves somewhat like he would. Aka is Anu. He reflects him, he acts like, him he creates order, Time, like him. Mara can't do these things and is a subgradient. Aka can an is an embodiment of a principle. Sithis like wise is change and space. Sithis is a principle and Lorkhan embodies this principle. He isn't a subgradient of this principle, he is the principle made flesh, or in this case, rock. I don't think Akatosh has all the power Anu has, but he is Anu all the same. The rest of the Aedra are more akin to Alduin's relationship to Akatosh than Akatosh's relationship to Anu. Same with Lorkhan, the Daedra, and Padomay.