Auriel visited a mighty vengeance upon Lorkhan upon discovered his treachery, and to it we owe Vvardenfell and Red Mountain today, as their legend dictates. The Altmer see Lorkhan as a horrible trickster, who severed the connection of the magick of Aetherius from the world, enslaving them, the ancestors of the gods, in the prison of Mundus. All elves, Altmer, Dunmer, and Bosmer alike call him Lorkhan, but this is not to say they all agree therein. Nazz before me has noted the irony of calling Lorkhan by his merish name, and Akatosh, the time god, by his mannish. The most famous moniker of the Trickster is Lorkhan, for this is the name the elves give him. Whether this was done by treachery, love, or faithfulness cannot be fully told, except in the confusing logic of Aurbic ambivalence, which allows all of these to be true by way of the mad godhead. What can be surmised, is that the Trickster devised the plan for Mundus, and went to seek the help of the other Aurbic deities (for at this time, gods and demons and Aedra and Daedra cannot be adequately distinguished) to carry this out. Where the controversy lies is his motive and manner of executing it. The Trickster deity is noted not only by his association with space versus the time of the Dragon, but his enactment of the Mundus (Mortal Plane) throughout all pantheons and belief systems. Herein I shall collect, list, and explain the significance of these. One thing remains constant throughout his dance of mythic ambivalence, and that is his connection with the Mundus and its inhabitants, who have called him by many names over time, enough to confuse a novice. ![]() He Trickster deity plays many roles across many cultures, shifting motives and attitudes like tides in a storm.
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