Kalpa

A kalpa, referred to as the Next Pounce by the Khajiit,King Hemakar's Grave is a period of time over which the world of the Elder Scrolls exists. Some sources indicate that at the end of the kalpa, time resets to a new Dawn Era.World Eating 101
Due to the age resetting at a new Dawn Era, the creation of Mundus can emerge in different ways each kalpa, with different et'Ada playing different roles. For example, Vivec recounts Molag Bal being prince of the Dreugh in what may be a previous kalpa,36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 28 and Umaril's father is claimed to be god of the world river in a previous kalpa.The Song of Pelinal, Book VII
This is apparently possible because the Leaper Demon King hides parts of the world from Alduin each cycle, which are then stuck into the world by the Greedy Man, who is likely to be Lorkhan.Varieties of Faith: The BretonsSeven Fights of the Aldudagga However after the defeat of Alduin in the hands of Marcella Varian, her Nordic aspect, Ramis took the role of the new kalpa.
Few Tamrielic faiths directly reference kalpas. The best example is the Yokudan creation myth saying that Satak sheds its skin to create a new world, and spirits ultimately learn to travel between worldskins, avoiding the destruction of the world through the creation of the Walkabout, a way of "moving at strange angles" to stride between worldskins.The MonomythDialogue with Hayazzin during "Satak was the First Serpent" However, this may not be a reference to kalpas as such, as Sep created the current world out of a collection of old ones, rather than it beginning anew. This implies an end to the cycle, in the same way that Anu's creation of Nirn from the Twelve Worlds is not a continuation but a change.The Annotated Anuad As such, this may not be a definite example of kalpas being present in Tamrielic religion.
==Trivia==
*"Kalpa" is a Sanskrit term for eon, and has specific meanings (and different lengths) in Hinduism and Buddhism.
==External Links==
*Wikipedia:Kalpa (aeon)
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