Hello, I am relatively new to the forums and I'm not exactly an Elder Scrolls "lore master," but I certainly do know enough about the games lore and themes it bases itself off of to understand what kind of cultures they choose to cater their games for. In Skyrim, we saw a lot of that Viking/Nordic culture, which is great! They were a very interesting people for their time, and exploring such a culture in an open world game like Skyrim definitely had me excited. I also like how Bethesda are willing to open their boundaries a bit by implementing non-European cultures (nothing against Europe!) into their games, as it shows they are willing to look at what else the world has to offer to make an interesting story.

However, my question, or at least something that I am wondering, is if people here think North American Indian culture would work in a setting like Skyrim. Now my people, the Pueblos, lived in New Mexico, so I certainly don't believe they would fit in well in such a winter setting, however, I do believe that many of the northern nations, mostly the Inuit ones, would actually work quite well in such a setting, and I don't believe it would cause too many fans or reviewers to feel it isn't "lore friendly" to a viking winter culture. Not to mention tales of Werebears have been told through many generations of various first nations in North America, so that's another thing that would certainly fit in well with Skyrim, no?

I'll add more to this discussion after I see what other people think. Thanks for reading!

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It's too bad we don't get to interact with the Foresworn, as those are a group of people who probably would be closer aligned to the Native Americans culturally than they would be to the Nords. Alas, their culture was not really fleshed out in the game.

Very true, but I believe that the Forsworn shouldn't be in Skyrim, as I think it is better off in the Alik'r Desert in Hammerfell, or the Colovian Highlands in Cyrodiil, but hey it is my opinion.

The Forsworn, to me, actually does have some Native American culture to it.

Yes i've seen alot of things which lend itself to Native American culture like the wall paintings in some dungeons and the totem like stone bird heads in the wilds.

Yea the Scandinivian mythology in SKYRIM is spectacular. Feels like i jumped into one of those nordish viking mythology books i used to read as a child in the school library with hairy giants stalking the woods who would drag people off to their caves to eat them alive I just found out the other day the Draugr are actually part of some very old myths which have inspired many horror icons throught out the ages. Bethesda doesnt mess around with its lore. This stuff has some epic history

Yes, environment and culture is perhaps Bethesda's greatest strength in their games. Morrowind included a lot of East Asian mythos and culture, for example.

Animistic cultures fit into various environments. I think they fit easily into Skyrim or other areas of Tamriel. The idea doesn't have to match the Earth context, after all.