In 1E 243 Saint Alessia became Cyrodiil's first human empress. Besides from designing her new empire, she also created the religion known as the Eight Divines. Alessia wanted a religion that would be accepted by both the Aldmeri and the human races. Therefor she borrowed different deities from both elven and human religion, since many of the Aedra being worshiped were often the same gods with different names. Alessia made a compromise and changed the names of some of the Aedra, simply to avoid conflicts between the races. However most of the Eight Divines originates from Nordic mythology.
An example of this is Akatosh. He is the chief deity of the Nine Divines, and he is the god of time. His avatar is a dragon and his last appearance was in 3E 433, when he defeated Mehrunes Dagon at the Temple of the One.Akatosh can be found in every Tamrielic religion. To the Aldmer he is worshiped as Auri-El, King of the Aldmer. In elven religion he is the spirit of Anu the Everything, and his only mistake was to partake in the creation of the mortal realm and therefor forced the elves away from their home in the spirit worlds of eternity. A minor fun fact is that artifacts like Auriel's bow or Auriel's Shield were created by Auri-El.
But in Nordic mythology, Akatosh is Alduin the World Eater. According to the Nords, Alduin is only related to destruction and despair. Apparently Alduin destroyed the first world to create this one and there are several myths about him, such as that Alduin once ate away the age of all Nords of Skyrim to the age of six.
One can understand why the Nords dislikes elves so much. The god that the Nords fear the most, is being praised by the elves. The gap between the religions seems to be greater then one might first think. It is also important to note that Akatosh blessed Alessia with the Amulet of Kings, and his own blood. If a dragon born were to face Akatosh once again, what would happen?
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