User blog comment:Madman97/The Jyggalag Theory and the Elder Scrolls/@comment-1738746-20150514095345/@comment-1738746-20150519045206

I had forgotten the aspect of Mer believing they were direct descendants of the Aedra, good point. And the act of self-preservation is a good point to consider as well- I came at it from the view that Vyrthur would have wanted people to find the prophecy in order for it to be fulfilled.

"How could this Mer, vampiric or not, be able to see the future?" As you pointed out, the Mer have strong connections to the Aedra, but don't forget that this Elf in particular has very strong connections to Auriel/Akatosh himself, the god of time, which probably allows for him to have the ability to see into the future/the gift of divination. Paarthurnax himself also highlighted the closeness between the Elder Scrolls and Akatosh- perhaps then, due to his Anuic nature, Jyggalag is actually a lot closer to Auriel/Akatosh than we initially expected? Auriel is meant to be the chieftain god of the Aedra, yet Jyggalag is more powerful and also more Aedra than Daedra. Though the Scrolls being closely linked to Auriel isn't supported by the fact that Moth Priests don't follow Akatosh as closely as Vyrthur did, and instead follow the Ancestor Moths...

Being all-knowing and being able to predict future events can be seen as independent variables too- being able to predict the future can come solely from the ability to cross time, because you simply report back the things you've seen rather than make a prediction from your own calculations. This kind of relates to how one reads the Elder Scrolls- while it does have writing on it (for those who can make sense of it), the readers still usually get visions of some sort along with it. Though it seems contradictory that they provide visions too if the Dwemer were able to create the Lexicon to read the Scrolls- perhaps the visions are something extra that can only be tapped into by one physically reading the Scrolls themselves?