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Pay08 t1_je18d5z wrote

Reply to comment by IactaEstoAlea in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

>From The Many-Headed Talos

Isn't that unofficial?

>From the Mythic Dawn commentaries Vol. 3

That's a bit more credible, provided you believe that Markan Camoran (or whatever his name was) is really thousands of years old.

>As to what the nature of godhood, Talos' own godhood, its relation with the "planets" and CHIM vs "true" godhood; well, we just don't have a simple definitive answer.

According to a book, Lorkhan/Shor/Shezarr tried to achieve CHIM but failed.

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IactaEstoAlea t1_je198v3 wrote

>Isn't that unofficial?

Nope, it gets quoted in Skyrim by Heimskr (the Talos priest preaching in Whiterun)

>That's a bit more credible, provided you believe that Markan Camoran (or whatever his name was) is really thousands of years old.

You don't need to take everything in the commentary as truth, but there is little reason to doubt the bit about CHIM and the transformation of Cyrodiil jungles

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Pay08 t1_je1bp3d wrote

>Nope, it gets quoted in Skyrim by Heimskr (the Talos priest preaching in Whiterun)

A part of it does, which might be a reference than actual canon.

>You don't need to take everything in the commentary as truth, but there is little reason to doubt the bit about CHIM and the transformation of Cyrodiil jungles

Provided it isn't written by someone born hundreds of years after Tiber Septim died/became a god/whatever.

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IactaEstoAlea t1_je1cabr wrote

>A part of it does, which might be a reference than actual canon.

To be clear, the part that is in Skyrim is:

>Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you.

Which is precisely the part about Talos having achieved CHIM

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Pay08 t1_je1d455 wrote

Fair. Although I still doubt that somewhat, as apparently "normal" gods can also reshape the world. Or rather the towers can, the original one (the adamantine tower?) was created by the gods.

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