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• Veloth the Prophet

  

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  September 23, 2015 9:23 AM EDT

  Pretty much every fantasy fiction has some inspiration from real world mythology and the Elder Scrolls universe is no different, dragons, vampires werewolves and draguer are just some of the basic examples. But is their any mythology\folklore\legends from any real world culture you would have like to have seen introduced in to one of them games or even seen in future games?

  

  Personally I would have loved to have seen the Wendigo introduced in to Skyrim. I have always seen Solstheim as the Greenland to Skyrim's Scandinavia, and the Skaal have that nice mix of Nordic and Native American influence that Greenland does so i think it would have been the perfect place to introduce a wendigo like creature and quest. I know Solstheim already has a big connection to werewolves via Bloodmoon but I would have liked to have seen the Frostmoon stuff lifed out and put in to either the Companions or Forworn quests and instead replaced it with a Namira centric wendigo quest.

  So what do you think? Any folklore would you like to see in past or future games?

    

• Teineeva

  

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  September 23, 2015 11:08 AM EDT

  This:

  This is a Dahu, it's a mythological creature from the Alps. It is said to ressemble a mountain goat but would have two legs (the ones on the higher flank of the mountain) to be shorter than the other two.

  Sure, this would just be implemented as a joke or an easter egg, but it would have been awesome to find one in Skyrim, I would have laughed my face off if they followed legend (and logic) by not allowing it to turn around or tread on flat ground, without tumbling down the mountain.

• Maninjadog

  

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  September 23, 2015 11:46 AM EDT

  Griffons. Kinda like dragons. Rare and only in few numbers. They would be the opposite to dragons though. Like they only want to live in peace but the ancient nords hunted them into extinction. Kinda like Paartheurnax.
• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 12:36 PM EDT

  That sounds good, Griffins are a great myth.
• Veloth the Prophet

  

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  September 23, 2015 12:38 PM EDT

  I love Griffons and I could totally see their being super rare ones hiding around Alinor.

• Chris

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:11 PM EDT

  Pegasus, more Unicorns, but also:

   Aswang-Filipino vampire like ghouls, they have the ability to dislocate their joints with ease, feed on blood, and can seperate their head from their bodies, and fly around as s head.

  Kyrkogrim-A Church Grim, a Scandinavian being, who is said to be the portal to the future, standing outside churches, and its heart is said to be the heart of creation itsel

• Borommakot

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:40 PM EDT

  I'd love to see some nods to Egyption mythology. Nothing in particular, but Egyptian myth and legend is a lot of fun, and I think a lot of it would adapt well to Redguard lore and culture.

• Chris

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:49 PM EDT

  Or Persian mythology

• Veloth the Prophet

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:52 PM EDT

  I agree. I think it would be a nice way to distinguish between Crowns and Forebears if one was more Egyptians and the other more Arabic.  

• Chris

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:55 PM EDT

  Another one I want to see are Centaurs, or maybe Chimeras

• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 1:59 PM EDT

  let's bring back the Minotaur and Ogres and make the Minotaur act realistic.

• Mirric

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:01 PM EDT

  Return of the medusas!
• Virgait

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:03 PM EDT

  I would like to see a more adult version of Nessie at some point, perhaps a side quest of some kind. 

• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:06 PM EDT

  what about the creatures from the Shivering Isles DLC? especially the Flesh Atronach and the Flesh Guardian.

• Karver the Lorc

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:09 PM EDT

  "Flesh" Atronach. Flash is from comics

  Actually, I would mind seeing Hungers, Minotaurs and Ogres again.

  But I would like to really see and fight the Sload. Maybe I will when TES VI: Summerset comes out

• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:13 PM EDT

  <--- This thing would be nice to see, it's Egyptian.

• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 2:14 PM EDT

  just Edited, thanks for the catch.

• Teineeva

  

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  September 23, 2015 3:44 PM EDT

  While this is technically TES lore I would love to see some snow whales. They are mentioned in ancient nordic litterature and are described as whales capable of swimming in mountain snow, it sounds awesome.

• ShyGuyWolf

  

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  September 23, 2015 3:50 PM EDT

  Also in Lore are a race of snow vampires.
• Veloth the Prophet

  

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  September 23, 2015 4:10 PM EDT

  That does sound pretty amazing 

• Teineeva

  

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  September 23, 2015 4:13 PM EDT

  Snow whales have been in Skyrim since [the return of Man], living at the tops of the highest mountains, singing in magic tones, jumping from peak to cloud and back again, spreading their joy-snow in horn-like triumph from blowholes. We used to hunt them, our best climbers braving the rocks and ice-sheets, carrying rope and hooked spears. They had much meat, these whales, and blubber, and fluids that made paint and rosewater for our women. The earliest hunters had no luck; spouts of joy-snow [from the whales above] would drift down from the clouds and turn the men goofy. They would laugh like happy babes, some getting so tickled that they’d roll back down the mountainside in big flumphs—which only begat more guffaws-- or begin to pat each other on the back or hug in the masculine style to reaffirm their affections and camaraderie; in essence, the joy-snow got in their heads and they just forgot what they were doing.

  They do, don't they?

• Edana

  

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  September 23, 2015 5:15 PM EDT

  This will probably be an unpopular opinion, but I like the blend of original TES lore and established folklore as we currently understand it. I feel like if Bethesda starts adding in too much established existing folklore from other cultures it will dilute the series.

  Dragons? Duh, get in here. Werewolves? Sure, you can come too. Vampires? Fine... But if Sasquatch and unicorns turn up in TES VI, I am out. 

• Teineeva

  

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  September 23, 2015 5:19 PM EDT

  You know uhm, how am I going to put this Edana... There already is a Unicorn in Tes lore... And then there are the Imga's of course... Large ape-ish men from Valenwood, probably somewhat similat to sasquatch... Anyhow, I hope you'll stay nonetheless

• Edana

  

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  September 23, 2015 5:29 PM EDT

  Sigh. Dammit Teineeva. I'm laughing actually but I'm crying on the inside. Ugh. I guess that's what I get for putting off playing Oblivion. And. Fuck. I guess I'm sticking around too. I'm in too deep at this point. 

• Teineeva

  

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  September 23, 2015 5:30 PM EDT

  Aren't we all?