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like other people have said this but (aside from the whole meridia situation) the worst part is the homogenization of the religion lore.
like one of the best parts of the series is how unique the races and cultures are from one another. even when they have the same figures, they tell different stories about them. even when they tell the same stories about them, they tell them differently.Ā
sure, the altmer worship pretty basic fantasy gods in a pretty basic fantasy way. theyāre high elves, and kind of a touchstone for the contrasts in the lore. the imperials and bretons function similarly, both reflecting real european cultures, and the imperials in particular utilize religion as a tool of at best unification across the empire, and at worst as a way to oppress native populations and suppress their native cultures.
then thereās the bosmer, who are somewhat similar to the altmer, but way different. like, the green pact alone makes them highly unique. they canāt eat plants, and in the past this fostered cannibalistic practices. theyāre wood elves, and you can draw good comparisons between them and other fantasy wood elves, such as their living in trees and fondness for archery. but GOD if the green pact and their literally-physically-moving capital tree city donāt make them right-off way more interesting, i donāt know what will.
then thereās the next race of mer, the chimer, who are DRASTICALLY different from the rest. they worshipĀ ādemonsā and value strife and political underhandedness. their evolution, the dunmer, worship living gods, who are all fairly unique to each other: thereās the most seemingly mundane, almalexia, who might appear at first as just a maternalistic queen (āmother morrowind,ā after all), but has within her war and strife; sotha sil, who creates robots and shit and lives in a technologically advanced city in another realm; and vivec, who i hope i donāt have to explain as a pretty fucking unique god.
then thereās the chimerās contemporaries, the dwemer, who are initially described asĀ ādwarvesā andĀ ādeep folkā to confuse you, but are actually a highly technologically advanced steampunk people who worship no gods, but instead value reason and logic and science above all else, and even go so far as to try to make themselves gods by tampering with the still-beating heart of a creator god.
then thereās the nords, who if you only played skyrim might seem just like normal vikings or some shit. but skyrim really fucked with the cultural and religious lore of the nords a lot. their chief god is a dragon god of destruction, who they worship to placate into not ending the world yet, and who once enslaved them all with his dragon army. the next most important god is literally dead and in heaven, but sometimes he gets brought back in different shapes to help the nord people. some of the other nord gods vaguely resemble otherĀ ānormalā gods, seeming to have counterparts in other religions, but thatās bc those religions built their gods piecemeal, using the nordic gods as part of the ingredients.
then thereās the redguards, who are actually more like the moreĀ ātameā religions than youād think. they have unique gods, for sure, and different names for shared ones, but ultimately theyāre not too dissimilar from from, say, the religion of the altmer, save for name and aesthetic.
then thereās the orcs, who worship aĀ āsavage demonā god of war, or sometimes the same god as aĀ ānoble knightā god of war. their entire culture is founded on their oppression asĀ āuglyā andĀ āanimals,ā as well as their resistance to that oppression.
then thereās the fuckin khajiit who take a lot of the altmeri and bosmeri concepts and gods and completely flip them on their heads in very unique ways, mostly centered on theirĀ ācatsā themes. thereās so much interesting about it, way more originality in approach than i have space to elaborate. i highly recommend readingĀ āwords of clan mother ahnissiā, which is really the fundamental text on khajiit religion.
then thereās the argonians who only worship one god of the other cultures, (the literal fucking void) and also the deific trees that give them life. this requires no further explanation as to why theyāre pretty fucking unique.
thereās just so much diversity in culture in this series and itās gradually being destroyed and homogenized into pretty run-of-the-mill boring fantasy tropes. these datamined khajiit books are another in recurring theme of homogenization. like, this might as well be a book on chimeri religion rephrased (in some parts, poorly) to include someĀ ākhajiitā flavor. itās extremely disappointing, even though i suppose i shouldnāt be surprised. it started in oblivion, got a LOT worse in skyrim, and has been downhill since
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