Dagoth UrBased on The Devil card of Tarot.The Devil is a controversial figure. In its most tradition

Dagoth UrBased on The Devil card of Tarot.The Devil is a controversial figure. In its most traditional and basic sense, The Devil is all that is considered evil. Some interpret The Devil as a negative card, as a force of illusion and oppression, rule of desire over reason. For others, The Devil is a power to confront with courage and mirth, power to integrate those inevitable “darker,” animal aspects of human nature that society prefer to overlook or stigmatise.From the psychological point of view, The Devil is the darkest side of human nature. In Jungian psychology there is a concept of the Shadow. Shadow is the part of our psyche we are not consciously aware of. It contains things that one has decided to disregard about themselves, things that are too disturbing for us. Yet those things remain, but untouched by light of the consciousness they govern over it and cannot be controlled until faced.Many people are drawn to the Shadow because it contains a great power of all those hidden desires and dark impulses. In order to progress in the spiritual journey, one needs to claim this power, and to own the power of the Shadow, one must face and integrate the Shadow into one’s own conscious personality. “The Devil represents the universal principle of mirth combined with stability. This is the only card in the entire deck which has undergone transformation within itself. During Greek mythology, this symbol was Pan, half-man and half-goat, the God of Merriment and Sensuality. In Egyptian mythology, this symbol was Ra, the Sun Deity, a symbol of life force and energy. During the Middle Ages, there was a backlash to the panistic cults and the archetype of the Devil was created. The panistic goat was changed into the Devil.” In the Rider-Waite deck, The Devil depicted as more of an oppression figure that holds humans enslaved by their desires. But this is the most common and surface meaning of the card. In actuality, The Devil implies a great deal more than sexual rites and violent energy. In a wider sense, it symbolises the life energy locked up in the dark hidden areas of the self, which cannot be entered by ordinary means. It is called The Devil because for those who are not prepared to receive this energy, it can manifest itself as monsters, a sense of the universe as filled with evil, or the temptation to indulge in violence.  In the Thoth Tarot, The Devil is creative energy in its most material form. The impulse to create takes no account of reason, custom, or foresight. All things are equally exalt to the pan. He represents the finding of ecstasy in every phenomenon, however naturally repugnant, and he transcends all limitations. Dagoth Ur is the main antagonist of Morrowind, and is The Devil of this world. Dagoth Ur creates, but his creations are perverse. Dagoth Ur enslaves the people of Morrowind through illusions - the dreams and nightmares he spreads.Dagoth Ur uses the Heart of Lorkhan as his source of power, and the ultimate goal of Dagoth Ur is to extend himself upon all the world through illusions, violence and disease. Like the Devil he creates without looking back. In Morrowind, we can’t say that The Devil really owns the power, but he definitely holds and uses it and needs to be confronted before power may be freed.Like the personal Shadow governs over a person’s life from the unconscious part of the psyche, Dagoth Ur governs the people of Morrowind through their dreams and makes them do things they would not consciously do.Dagoth Ur builds colossal mechanical golem powered with Heart of Lorkhan. Akulakhan is a manifestation of Dagoth Ur’s will. With Akulakhan, Dagoth Ur intends to conquer the world, make Akulakhan the new God and become his high priest.I depicted Dagoth Ur as a priest of Akulakhan. Dagoth Ur is sitting on a rectangular pedestal like the Devil from Rider-Waite deck. The pedestal reminds us of an altar and a throne simultaneously. The symbol of the scarab is the sigil of the Sixth House, the ancient House of Dagoth Ur. The motion Dagoth Ur makes with his hands is similar to the gesture of The Devil of the Rider-Waite deck. This sign with a gap between two double fingers, is the gesture made by the High Priest in Jerusalem to bring down the spirit force.Instead of a head, there is a brass vortex mounted on Dagoth Ur’s shoulders. It extends his throat and broadcasts his music, his terrible divine voice from his body directly into the world.Behind the figure of Dagoth Ur is his creation, Akulakhan, still in the process of being built but already working. At the brow of Akulakhan, on the place of third eye, the Head of Dagoth Ur is placed. Dagoth Ur wears this mask in the game. Akulakhan is the tool of Dagoth Ur and is directly controlled by him. In some sense Akulakhan is the second body of Dagoth Ur, bigger and more powerful. Separation of head from the body is traditional symbol of connection to the world of spirits. It means that head of person (in this case the priest) resides in another reality. Dagoth Ur is the entity that foremost manipulates others in the dimension of their dreams. He does this by tuning spirits of mortals with his music. -- source link

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