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[McBadgere]

Mundus is the plane or realm of existence that encompasses Nirn, its moons, and attendant Aedric planets


and


Alone of the constellations it is said to be formed of Unstars, rather than stars and planets.

Fair dues...Ta...

So what this basically says is that the monomyth is just so much beautifully written backwards medieval superstition as ours was before Galileo managed to turn a telescope on the universe... ...Excellent...

So I wonder what it says about the giant stellar dust cloud that obscures what is obviously supposed to be the bight centre of the galaxy that bisects the sky at night...

I did the "Go up the mountain and just watch" thing...So beautiful...Amazing bit of programming...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Sep 14 2014, 10:12 AM

[Acadian]

Heh, all I know (aside from big moon / little moon) is that there is a tight cluster of three stars that Buffy uses to help navigate at night since they are always due north. North Stars if you will. - - Here you go, in the upper left sky.

[ghastley]

If you want to be further confused, try and reconcile the Orrery in Oblivion with the night sky.

[mirocu]

Heh, all I know (aside from big moon / little moon) is that there is a tight cluster of three stars that Buffy uses to help navigate at night since they are always due north. North Stars if you will. - - Here you go, in the upper left sky.

This is pretty much the extent of my lore knowledge too...

[McBadgere]

I've never seen the orrery... ...I'm not sure it's even on the PS3 one...

I've seen pics of it...So awesome...

That pic of the three stars and the moons...I'm guessing with the moons that the big one's Masser and the little, Secundus...I think the bright star at the bottom of the three is what made me wonder about the other planets...It looks like how Jupiter appears in the sky...

I can't get decent screenshots else I'd show you where I think they - well, at least two of them - are...

The other thing about your photo...When I look at the moons on my game they're separated by a fair degree...In yours, Secundus is about to precede Masser...I wonder if there really is an orbital mechanics mechanic in the game?... ...*Awed*... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Sep 14 2014, 01:51 PM

[haute ecole rider]

The other thing about your photo...When I look at the moons on my game they're separated by a fair degree...In yours, Secundus is about to precede Masser...I wonder if there really is an orbital mechanics mechanic in the game?... ...*Awed*... ...

I do think there is some sort of orbital mechanics in play regarding the moons. I'm not so sure about the stars, I don't think the Three Sisters (or the Three Bears, depending on whom you talk to) that Acadian refers to move much across the sky - they might be close to the pivot point like our own Polaris is, and all the other stars rotate about it. Wouldn't it be sooooo cool if that were the case??

[McBadgere]

Makes sense if they are the pole stars™...They are northern stars, for defo... ...Blimey, Robert/Tharryn may have to do some skywatching...

*Grabs binoculars*... ...

[Renee]

Random lore tidbit for The Elder Scrolls I found in an old archived post. I'm posting it here because it explains so succinctly how the people of Nirn view their gods. I doubt I'll ever see a clearer explanation.

The Eight and One, more commonly known as the Nine Divines is the 'official' religion of the Septim Empire, but each race has their own set of beliefs. The Altmer believe Nirn is a prison and it must be destoryed to ascend back to their pre-nirn existance, the Red Guards believe Nirn is a testing ground and they must learn to Walk to find their way to the Far Shores to become immortal, the Dunmer believe in Ancestor worship and that Nirn is also a testing ground, the Nords the same in that Nirn is testing ground for warriors to make it to Sovengrad, im more hazy on the beast race religions though,


The Nine Divines are a combination of Elven beliefs and human practices. There are also various beliefs unique to every race, along with a cult for every Daedra lord scattered throughout Tamriel.

This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 6 2024, 04:52 PM

[macole]

One of the most intriguing creation myth stories I’ve found is the Goblin Creation Myth posted by Merari to the old Bethesda forums in 2012. It is an account of a goblin shaman telling the goblin creation myth to his young students.

According to the story the Goblins lived in a cave where the cave represents the Aetherius, or at least the goblin's understanding of it. One goblin suggests going outside by saying he’s been outside the cave and it is real nice. Once outside the goblins find a new unspoiled unpopulated world for them to explore.