User blog comment:Madman97/The Jyggalag Theory and the Elder Scrolls/@comment-1738746-20150514095345/@comment-1738746-20150517232933

1) Even if it did or didn't come true, the game still consistently refers to it as a prophecy. I don't think prophecies are ever really locked in to always occur as said because they tend to be rather ambiguous, predicting a general event that will happen but never truly sticking on an outcome. In the case of the Sun prophecy, it said that Auriel's bow could be used to blind the eye of the dragon. Vyrthur figured out how to corrupt the bow, but whether someone or not did it was another story (enter Harkon vs the Dawnguard). But an event surrounding this idea/prophecy was going to occur, and that's what the Elder Scrolls predicted. If any of that makes sense...

2) That's true, but I still liked your original theory about Jyggalag writing the scrolls himself. My evidence to support this is the fact that the Sun prophecy was written across 3 different scrolls. If Vyrthur himself wrote into them, it seems a bit backward to write it across 3 scrolls, making it much harder to read and less likely to occur. If he really wanted the event to occur, why not just write it all in one place?

Writing that reply made me think of something else entirely. There isn't really any writing on the scrolls themselves... there are diagram-style drawings and symbolic letters or words, and to read them is to go into a trance-like state and have visions appear in front of you. I'm not sure if one really "writes" the Elder Scrolls then in this sense. This further supports that Vyrthur didn't write in them himself, but kinda just adds more mystery into the equation. Seems like the scrolls have writings on them that act as sigils to help the reader access a different (psychological I'd think) state and access or be given said information. This means there could be some degree of flexibility or fluidity in terms of what information the Elder Scrolls contain, and perhaps they act as gateways to put the user in touch with the "author" and said author shares the information? I'm just rambling now, but food for thought :) I'd love to hear your opinions!