Visualization of the Pantheon of the Elder Scrolls - FINAL VERSION UPLOADED! :D

Gidorick

I felt the desire to make this the other day. This is how I personally choose to view the Pantheon and how they fit together. How do your views differ?

I have taken much of what was suggested and commented on into consideration.

This final version is 8090X12,360 and the proper aspect ratio for a poster. It's free to download to do with what you will. I have submitted it to be bought directly from Deviant Art as a print/poster. But I'm sure you could upload it to Vistaprint or CafePress to get a print made if you wish. If you take the image and make any adjustments, please post those so we can see your work!

On deviant art: http://gidorick.deviantart.com/art/Monomyth-of-the-Elder-Scrolls-548745264

Special thanks goes out to @BBSooner @Faulgor @Throren @Rosveen @lordrichter @Armann @Ffastyl @Enodoc @Ghrimn @Sentinel for their input on getting all the details and associations straight... even if we still disagree with a few details. Such is the way with Elder Scrolls lore!

Primary Sources:

• http://www.uesp.net/
• http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/
• http://www.imperial-library.info/

REVISION HISTORY

REV 1 Changes

• Added Anuiel & Sithis as separate entities from Anu and Padomay
• Spelled Aurbis correctly
• Added the Corruption of Trinimac
• Moved the Khajiit influence line to the Daedra side
• Added the Dunmer influence line
• Added the Bosmer Influence line
• Added Chimer Race Icon in lineage with Dunmer
• Lengthened the image

REV 2 Changes

• Added Aurbis' titles
• Added The Banishment of Merid-Nunda
• Associated other Pantheons with the Nine Divines, Daedric Princes, & Lorkhan
• Seperated the Yokudan & Atmoran lineage lines
• Added some Ehlnoey influence lines for Redguard & Altmer
• Assed the Corruption of Trinimac to the Orsimer line
• Added the Dova as manifestations of Akatosh
• Changed Anuiel and Sithis to Manifestations of Anu and Padomay

REV 3 Changes

• Added Tribunal
• Added the Battle of Red Mountain influence line
• Added the rest of the Khajiit Pantheon
• Added the Binding of Ja'Kha'Jay influence line
• Added the rest of the Redguard Pantheon
• Added the Ancient Nord Pantheon
• Moved Baan Dar to Padomay (from Lorkhan)
• Added the Nedes
• Moved the Creation of the Hist to Sithis from Padomay
• Added Padomay's influence on Lorkhan
• Added a list of worshiped Ehlnofey
• Added The Aetherius
• Added The Planes of Oblivion
• Added the Dreamsleeve
• Added the Falmer
• Added the Dwemer
• Added the Dwemer Betrayal of the Falmer influence line
• Moved Tu'Wacca to be another name for Magnus
• Reset the Oblivion portals

REV 4 Changes

• Changed Bretons to come from Aldmer not Altmer
• Changed Imperials to coming from only Nedes
• Removed the claim that Molag Bal created Corprus
• Changed Aldmer Banner
• Changed Dova Banner
• Resized Dreamsleeve banner
• Changed the influence title of the Tribunal
• Changed the Banner for the Tribunal
• Added the "Bear" to Stendarr
• Added Kaah to Kynareth
• various visual fixes (including the removal of a star-wars image )

REV 5 Changes

• Added Riddle'Thar to Aurbis
• Added Ghost Snake and Seth to Sithis
• Changed Tribunal Logo to be more in keeping with the rest of the chart
• Added Ada
• Added Heroes
• Added Champions
• Added Alduin
• Added Numidium
• Separated Earth Bones from Ehlnofey
• Changed Planes of Oblivion Graphic

REV 6 Changes

• Reymon Ebonarm was moved to be an Ehlnofey instead of a version of Talos.
• Tu'whacca was moved to be a version of Arkay
• Image aspect was adjusted to match poster and print aspects
• Image was saved as a large 8090X12,360 image

FINAL VERSION POSTED

Zorrashi

The only slight difference I have may be of a particular curiosity concerning the bosmer. While I am usually content to be satisfied with the answer that they are descended from the ancient aldmer, their legend states that Y'ffre at least held a highly pivotal role in their creation. On a slightly related note, khajiiti legend states that azurah picked them from among the "forest people" (possibly indicating the bosmer), and if that were indeed the case, Y'ffre should at least be pointed out somewhere in this chart.
However, seeing as this chart is based on the monomyth, Y'ffre being excluded (seeing as how he is mostly acknowledged by the khajiit/bosmer alone) does not seem too out of place.

Also, Trinimac might deserve a place somewhere.

Gidorick

Yea the Bosmer/Khajiit views do step a bit left of what I is displayed in the chart. Y'ffre is contained within the Ehlnofey.

Now, Trinimac I didn't even consider him... hmmm...

Gidorick

I read up on Trinimac @Zorrashi. I think Malacath is a sort of corruption of Trinimac. So he would be included as a daedric prince and not a seperate "entity". I do, however, need to edit this graphic to illustrate his "fall"

Are there any other aedra who became dardra or visa versa?

FilthyMudcrabs

@Gidorick Why are you so awesome?

JD2013

@Gidorick

I love it. Great job. I need a framed version of this.

P3ZZL3

@Gidorick *doffs cap* Well played Sir. Very impressive.

nastuug

And this is why he needs to "Community Ambassador" title.

BBSooner

Great poster. Don't have a lot of time to look through it, but I noticed no Godhead. Curious if you left it out, CHIM, and the concept of Amaranth because a lot of the information is vague/out of game/broader than the direct line (all understandable). Not even really a nit-pick, I was just curious, love the graphic.

Gidorick

Once I "finalize" it. I totally plan on getting a print of it!

Gidorick

Lol. Thanks guys. I totally love the Elder Scrolls Mythos.

nastuug

C'mon @ZOS_AlanG or @ZOS_GinaBruno. You know @Gidorick deserves the proper title.

Gidorick

BBSooner wrote: »

Great poster. Don't have a lot of time to look through it, but I noticed no Godhead. Curious if you left it out, CHIM, and the concept of Amaranth because a lot of the information is vague/out of game/broader than the direct line (all understandable). Not even really a nit-pick, I was just curious, love the graphic.

I tried to keep it simple... there's a lot to "miss" on things like this. With input like yours I plan on building the graphic up until it encapsulates almost all the ESO myths.

HeroOfNone

Hmm, how would you identify the tribunal or Talos?

AlexDrago

Greate Job.
But you forgot Dwemer ^_^

Gidorick

HeroOfNone wrote: »

Hmm, how would you identify the tribunal or Talos?

Talos is on there. Tribunal... hmmmm... i need to think about those guys.

Contraptions

Nice work!

But shouldn't it be "Aurbis" instead of "Arubis"?

Gidorick

Contraptions wrote: »

Nice work!

But shouldn't it be "Aurbis" instead of "Arubis"?

DOH! I'll make that correction. Thanks!

Lynx7386

I look forward to the finished version, and I'll echo that khajiit belong somewhere after the bosmer and descending from azura. Wouldn't hurt to somehow link them to masser and secunda as well, since their physical form relies on the alignment of the moons.

Also, the dro'mathra are Khajiiti dark spirits outside of the normal Tamriel pantheon, somewhere from the daedric side

ZOS_RichLambert

/lurk

Lynx7386

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

/lurk

I wish I got paid to sit around and lurk all day.

nimander99

/lurk

Gidorick

Lynx7386 wrote: »

I look forward to the finished version, and I'll echo that khajiit belong somewhere after the bosmer and descending from azura. Wouldn't hurt to somehow link them to masser and secunda as well, since their physical form relies on the alignment of the moons.

Also, the dro'mathra are Khajiiti dark spirits outside of the normal Tamriel pantheon, somewhere from the daedric side

You know... I consider the Khajiit Pahtheon to be more of a different perspective of the monomyth. I do need to account for them though. You're right!

JTorus

Gidorick wrote: »

HeroOfNone wrote: »

Hmm, how would you identify the tribunal or Talos?

Talos is on there. Tribunal... hmmmm... i need to think about those guys.

You could put them between the Chimer and the Dunmer. Use a special banner for their names to represent their 'godhood' On that note, you've a few races of mer to put in there, even if you represent them as extinct/transformed (Falmer, Dwemer, and maybe even Ayleids?)

Additionally I would represent the Bretons as a joint line between men and mer.

You should also represent the Daedric Princes on their respective plane(t)s!

Amazing work though, certainly one of the better representations of the confusion of the dawn era (Though you might want to switch up Sithis and Padomay as it was Padomay that birthed Sithis.

Seriously good stuff, you could spend the next ten years of your life expanding on it too. Lore's deep in this series. This chart is so easy to follow. Definitely one of the best I've seen.

LMar

Very nice, haven't had time to look at it all yet, but one note: I am not sure the Hist come from Sithis, rather it is mentioned that their world, somewhere in Oblivion, was destroyed by the war between the Ehlnofey and a piece of it ended up on Nirn where it became Black Marsh.

Faulgor

1. I don't know of any source that claims Anu as the All-Maker of the Skaal
2. Sithis is not the corresponding subgradient to Anu. That would be Padomay. Below that are Anuiel and Sithis.
3. Would be nice if you could show that Meridia originated as Magna-Ge
4. Likewise, Malacath originated as Trinimac, an Aedra-of-sorts
5. Lorkhan does not belong on the left. Although he is no Daedra, his figurative father is Padomay.
6. Hist do not spring from Sithis afaik; at best, their origin is contentious. At worst, they are not even from this dream.
7. The line of men did not come from Aldmer, their common ancestor is earlier in the Ehlnofey, who eventually split into the Old (Mer) and Wandering (Men) Ehlnofey. This is of course a bit different for the Bretons due to their Elven past.



https://reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/2f53cf/world_map/

I hope this helps to confuse you a little bit more

Lord_Draevan

Psst.

tinythinker

Gidorick wrote: »

I read up on Trinimac @Zorrashi. I think Malacath is a sort of corruption of Trinimac. So he would be included as a daedric prince and not a seperate "entity". I do, however, need to edit this graphic to illustrate his "fall"

Are there any other aedra who became dardra or visa versa?

Sort of:

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Meridia
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Meridia
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Magna_Ge

Didn't have the name at the time I originally posted my thought on new storyline bosses but a forgotten/lost/rogue Magna Ge or similar being might be fun to see

Morimizo

Very well done chart! Is there enough information about the other peoples of Nirn in regards to their beliefs to include them somehow (Akaviri, Sea Elves of Pyandonea, etc...)? Also, the Redgards certainly have a rich belief system. By Tava's Red Feather, you cannot forget Tall Papa!!

Gidorick

Thanks @LMar & @Faulgor. I was grouping Sithis with Padomay... i dunno if I personally view them as seperate entities.... I'll look further into it. I used Sithis because that name is more common than Padomay.

Thanks for the input!

Faulgor

Gidorick wrote: »

Thanks @LMar & @Faulgor. I was grouping Sithis with Padomay... i dunno if I personally view them as seperate entities.... I'll look further into it. I used Sithis because that name is more common than Padomay.

Thanks for the input!

Yeah, I figured. Somehow Anu and Sithis are better known than Anuiel and Padomay, so it makes sense to use them for your chart. It's only a bit confusing when you put them on the same level, otherwise its fine.

TES lore is so wiggly, which is part of its appeal, but that also makes it incredibly hard to visualize.