That stuff never went away though, did it? I mean, Shezarr and the Divines says that the Nords would have been angry with the absolute removal of Shor and so accepted Shezarr as the missing god.
So we have evidence that they accepted the Imperial Faith all the way back in the 1E 240's. That is five hundred years before Jurgen's day. So, from that perspective, it is harder to imagine that the Nords clung onto their old Pantheon and only took to the new ways in the last two centuries.
Now, even if you argue that the Nords referenced in Shezarr and the Divines aren't Skyrim Nords but cyro-Nords, then there is still the matter of Borgas. In his time Skyrim was not a traditional pantheon otherwise Wulfy's "fiery reinstatement" would have been unnecessary. So we can see this thematic shift of religion throughout Skyrim's history.
So that begs the question: What was the Alessian Order's religious beliefs?
It depends on how you interpret the sources but I think it nay be worth breaking down the First Empire of the Nords and juxtaposition it over the First Cyrodiilic Empire so we can get a sense of cultural boundaries.
I guess I am in two minds about it. I can accept that the Nine Divines is a relatively new thing to Skyrim but I find it hard to agree that it is only since the Oblivion Crisis. More likely it was Tiber himself who converted Skyrim to The Nine.
Or maybe the dialogue in Bruma about heathen gods is a reference to the PGE 1Ed?
The northern and western Holds -- Winterhold, Eastmarch, Rift, and the Pale, known collectively as the Old Holds -- remain more isolated, by geography and choice, and the Nords there still hold true to the old ways.
Geographical errors aside, this could be where the problems arise - half of Skyrim is traditional, the other half is more Imperialised. Man, I love PGE 1Ed it is so unreliable 
That stuff never went away though, did it? I mean, Shezarr and the Divines says that the Nords would have been angry with the absolute removal of Shor and so accepted Shezarr as the missing god.
So we have evidence that they accepted the Imperial Faith all the way back in the 1E 240's. That is five hundred years before Jurgen's day. So, from that perspective, it is harder to imagine that the Nords clung onto their old Pantheon and only took to the new ways in the last two centuries.
Now, even if you argue that the Nords referenced in Shezarr and the Divines aren't Skyrim Nords but cyro-Nords, then there is still the matter of Borgas. In his time Skyrim was not a traditional pantheon otherwise Wulfy's "fiery reinstatement" would have been unnecessary. So we can see this thematic shift of religion throughout Skyrim's history.
So that begs the question: What was the Alessian Order's religious beliefs?
It depends on how you interpret the sources but I think it nay be worth breaking down the First Empire of the Nords and juxtaposition it over the First Cyrodiilic Empire so we can get a sense of cultural boundaries.
I guess I am in two minds about it. I can accept that the Nine Divines is a relatively new thing to Skyrim but I find it hard to agree that it is only since the Oblivion Crisis. More likely it was Tiber himself who converted Skyrim to The Nine.
Or maybe the dialogue in Bruma about heathen gods is a reference to the PGE 1Ed?
The northern and western Holds -- Winterhold, Eastmarch, Rift, and the Pale, known collectively as the Old Holds -- remain more isolated, by geography and choice, and the Nords there still hold true to the old ways.
Geographical errors aside, this could be where the problems arise - half of Skyrim is traditional, the other half is more Imperialised. Man, I love PGE 1Ed it is so unreliable
