User blog comment:Kidtragic/Elder Scrolls Races and Cultures Compared to Real Life./@comment-36.76.250.13-20150615155311

Too much speculations about races that didnt show much of their culture, but here it is:


 * Nord* - Obviously Norse (or vikings / germanic tribes) which same culture, architecture, names (Laila law-giver, Vignar Gray-Mane) and appearance.


 * Imperial* - Again, Obviously the Romans. As said above, in TES and real life, both has a disciplined military that conquered the world, and government monarch that has  a council. Imperials got romanic names (Aventus Aretino, Julita Plotius). The Imperial city resembles roman cities, and religiously polytheism (but less then 10 gods in particular)


 * Redguard* - This one is kind of debatable. But i think it resembles the most to the Moors (african muslims) in terms of appearance, weapons and armors (sabre a.k.a curved-sword) Landscape (mostly Alik'r desert), and culture (Muslims architechture, warrior prowess, talented sailors and noble-hearted). Again as said above, they are civilized people but with few cities.


 * Breton* - Mostly resembles the Western Culture during the Middle Ages (Celt-Frank-Bretony). Both in real life and the game had a feudal society in which the land was divided and controlled by nobility and all had their own ways of rule but all answered to one leader. Civilized and open to innovation and also common european names (Amaund Motierre, Beatrice Gene).


 * Dunmer* - This one i think, it's quite easy: Dunmer resembles the Mesopotamian Akkadian-Babylon. What? Really? Dunmeri names (Vedam Dren, Dralsea Arethi) are Akkadian names, their architecture (Vivec and Hlaalu cities in particular) resembles babylon, the Tribunal (demi)god (especially Sotha Sil) looks really Akkadian. Oh, Modern-day Akkadians are middle eastern countries (iraq in particular) which hates imperialist or foreign forces occupying their country for resources (even though they are not "conquered"). Sounds familiar?


 * Bosmer* - Like what Kidtragic said, they're kind of similiar to the Maori Tribes of New Zealand. Both are one with nature, Seperate sometimes waring tribes, Performed ancient religious ceromonys including: Ritual Killings, consuming Mind altering substances, and Canibalism; Belived killing an enemy would give you an magical essance or mana, Consuming a fallen enemy was receiving this essance in the highest of forms, And above all they are attacked multiple times by outside forces.


 * Altmer* - Again, not much idea on this one, Although it supposed to be fictional and resembled the Greek in culture (the imperials/roman copied their architecture and innovation from the aldmer/greeks).


 * Orcs* - While i think they're fictional, i agree with Kidtragic opinions of'em: "A nomadic warrior culture, feared and hated by more civilized empires." They're probably the Huns (NOT mongols)


 * Argonians* - I believe these to be Mesoamerican civilization, looking from their landscape (marshy, like central america Yucatan), names; some has Aztec-Inca names (Xal-Geh, Zollassa) or North American Indian-like names (Lifts-Her-Tail, Not-So-Quick) and South American Pyramids. Both also suffer slavery from foreign forces (Surviving Aztecs/inca enslaved by the Spanish or Argonians enslaved more by the dunmeri than the khajiit)


 * Khajiit* - Basically no clue about his one, although most sources seems to relate khajiit with Egyptians in terms of names and architectype. (cats everyone?)

I don't think there are any of the Tamrielic cultures resembles anything of Asian. Asian cultures should have resembled the Akaviris.

Cheers,

-Madcat07-