holy shit is #TES lore A Lot. I just got a physical book (one of three volumes) of all of the books in #Skyrim and omg. it’s definitely confusing on purpose, but with just enough similarities and connections with other confusing-on-purpose books to be genuinely maddening. every god has like 5 names and 12 different interpretations, there are whole mystical worldviews that all seem to be correct yet contradict each other, the names and cultures of the races change depending on what era it is, and any of the various creation myths probably require psychedelics to be fully understood. and yet somehow it always feels like there’s a deeper context and some way to unify all of the contradictions, if I could just understand a little deeper

I think I need to learn how to just, be okay with not understanding something like an offhand reference to a name/culture/place/etc. that I’m not familiar with. and keep reading anyway. because otherwise I’m just going to the UESP every 5 seconds and ending up with more questions than answers lol

I have to say though, the fact that everything is so contradictory and confusing and nuanced makes it feel like by far the deepest fantasy lore I’ve ever read

@kasdeya as a fantasy setting, The Elder Scrolls has perhaps my favorite mythology - the ambiguity and inconsistency feel very true to real world mythology to a degree i haven’t otherwise seen

@kasdeya Funny you should say that about psychedelics. Micheal Kirkbride wrote some of the more esoteric lore while high on psychedelics. There’s extended lore he wrote that gets even crazier but most of that isn’t officially canon.