I will not break this tradition here for clarity's sake, but one amendment has to be made. In the written tradition, the word 'Daedra' has somehow evolved to mean 'a single specimen'. The singular form of 'Daedra' would be 'Daedroth', but very few known texts ever use it. It was initially meant to denote the whole kind, not a single creature. Aedra are often called as gods, while Daedra are called as demons.Д¬ontrary to popular belief, the words 'Daedra' and 'Aedra' are plural. Aedra in this case means 'ancestors.' Most of the time Daedra are looked as the opposite of Aedra. This is roughly correct, although the exact translation of the word Daedra is 'not our ancestors.' While we are talking about Daedra, we cannot overlook the Aedra.

From the book of Morian Zenas, ' On Oblivion', Daedra is an old Aldmeri/Elvish word for strange and powerful creatures of uncertain motivation that came from the dimension of Oblivion. One unique characteristic of the Elder Scrolls world is the existence of powerful beings (et'Ada) known as Daedra. This guide is dedicated to Morian Zenas, the greatest Oblivion Explorer that was lost somewhere in the Daedric Realms some years ago. You live too short, and so are wonderfully sharp and inventive. We have lived too long, and grow dull and complacent. Thus do we bargain and plunder and steal to gain these treasures. Thus do we so prize the fruits of your mundane and arcane engineering.

But you mortals are also potent engines of change and innovation, of desperate and reckless improvisation and industry. 'Mortals are short-lived, ignorant, and feeble by contrast with the Daedra.

Lords of the daedra