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17 - Elder Scrolls Creation Myth: Anu, Padomay, and Lorkhan's Sacrifice
Published 1 year ago
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The Elder Scrolls creation myth begins with Anu and Padomay (order and chaos, form and void) and cascades through emanation, limitation, and the costly making of Mundus.
This analysis sets that cosmogony beside Enuma Elish, Plato, Gnostic and Neoplatonic emanation schemes, and Christian theology: Is Lorkhan a demiurge-trickster pulling the gods toward the void, or the champion of an "ennoblement of sacrifice" that makes mortal reflection and transcendence possible? Along the way: Anuiel and Sithis, the weakening of the Aedra, men vs elves on the meaning of mortality, and why matter need not be treated as a Gnostic mistake.
Companion episode (myth told straight): Mythic Mind Games, ep. 15.
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This analysis sets that cosmogony beside Enuma Elish, Plato, Gnostic and Neoplatonic emanation schemes, and Christian theology: Is Lorkhan a demiurge-trickster pulling the gods toward the void, or the champion of an "ennoblement of sacrifice" that makes mortal reflection and transcendence possible? Along the way: Anuiel and Sithis, the weakening of the Aedra, men vs elves on the meaning of mortality, and why matter need not be treated as a Gnostic mistake.
Companion episode (myth told straight): Mythic Mind Games, ep. 15.
https://youtu.be/LL2cQiLBym4
Watch the video for this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here:
https://youtu.be/EDk7u3gd2VE
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
https://mythicmindfellowship.com
Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts:
• Mythic Mind
• Mythic Mind Games
• Mythic Mind Movies & Shows