Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24722049-20151003205534/@comment-30317136-20170218173136

If you are asking why Redguards and Nords thinks poorly of magic. It's partially due to their past with magic and the recent catastrophic events in Tamriel.

Oblivion Crisis is often being caused by Magic, the collapse of Winterhold City was also strongly believed by the Nords to be caused by Magic.

Redguards used to be Yokudans fought a Sinistral Elf empire said to be 4 times bigger than Septim Empire. The Sinistral Elves were said to be a culture of immensely powerful Earth Wizards it was said that they can create a city in moments using Earth Magic. The Yokudans learned the same powerful Earth Magic, together with their Orichalc weapon crafting and Shehai ( Magical Spirit Sword that is Thu'um equivalent in power) managed to defeat the Sinistral Elves.

Yokudans masters of Shehai was called Ansei (Sorta like Greybeards to the Thu'um) A renegade group of Ansei called Hiradirge who were specialized Earth Wizard Anseis caused most of Yokuda to sink into the Ocena using a Shehai technique on the Orichalc Tower.

Redguards have a bloody history with magic. Both existence threatening to them.

The Nords in addition were described by the Nordic God Tsun as "Forgotten" their respect to the clever craft.