But Y'ffer heard the First Secret and snuck in behind Azurah. And Y'ffer could not appreciate secrets, and he told Nirni of Azurah's trick. So Nirni made the deserts hot and the sands biting. And Nirni made the forests wet and filled with poisons. And Nirni thanked Y'ffer and let him change the forest people also. And Y'ffer did not have Azurah's subtle wisdom, so Y'ffer made the forest people Elves always and never beasts. And Y'ffer named them Bosmer. And from that moment they were no longer in the same litter as the Khajiit. 根据猫人创世神话《Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi》倒数第二段,伊芙瑞切割后猫人和木精才彻底分家。伊芙瑞像树根固定地骨一样锚定了木精外貌;而根据《火中舞》,木精可以解除“Elves always and never beasts”作为最后手段。与之对立,猫人在隐月的指导下将自身形态的不稳定性同月相绑定而将之驯化。猫人和木精同为古以诺菲后裔。 猫人就是精灵。