Argonian Religion

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Religion and Mythic Origins of the Argonians

This passage from "The Monomyth" (penned, I believe, by Michael Kirkbride) refers to "the Hist", a name that has been used to refer to both the Argonian lizard men and certain trees native to Argonia. A dev post by Mark Nelson positively states that these special trees are the Hist. There is, however, room to argue (however implausibly) that his post, which appears later in this work, didn't say that "Hist" doesn't also refer to the Argonians themselves. In any case, The Monomyth's author may have deliberately misused the name, taking advantage of the confusion caused by Pocket Guide to the Empire's misuse of "hist".

If "the Hist" exclusively refers to these trees, then they are intelligent and they acknowledge the creator entity Sithis. As the Hist trees are deeply connected to the Argonians (also stated by Nelson), they may share this acknowledgement. And unless the devs decide that "All of the Tamrielic pantheons" means 'all except the mysterious Argonians', then Anu and Padomay as well as some form of Akatosh, the Dragon God of Time, and Lorkhan, the Missing God, are definitely in the Argonian and Hist pantheon(s). Other et'Ada (Aedra and Daedra) may be members of the Argonian pantheon(s) as well, or that may be the end of it. Neither these passages, nor any others, provide enough info to determine the full pantheon(s). from Argonian Compendium