Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
I don't think that is quite the same since in WoW's case they hadn't created the lore which explained it till they started organising their cosmology over the last couple of years. In Final Fantasy 14's case I suspect they have a pretty solid idea.

Silvertear lake is most definitely a very Aethericly active location. Its worth remembering that the Encyclopedia is educated studies not 100% unquestionable fact. In truth, there is probably a lot about the Metaphysics of the world we are yet to grasp.
I know it's not a perfect analogy, but it is the closest I could find.
Well whatever is written about the creation of the world is definitely blackloam. At least we know what they think in universe.