What you don't mention is that this entity was supposedly Elgar'nan's father (one of Elgar'nan's titles is He Who Overthrew His Father) and that the myth itself mentions also his mother - the land.
I'd say that more than a mysterious 8th god (which one was Fen'Harel then? 9th?), this story suggests that there might have been a possible earlier generation of gods - sort of like in many European or ancient middle-Eastern myths. In fact, there are many things about ancient elven lore that reminds me of Greek mythology.
And in Greek myths gods weren't eternal - each generation of new gods replaced the one that existed before: Zeus and his ilk defeated Cronus, who himself cast down his father, Uranus.
Might be that in Thedas we'll see similar conflict between generations of godly figures, each replacing another - possibly after some sort of massive conflict, perhaps similar to Titanomachy.
1. I would not say Solas was part of the forgotten ones/old god or what ever...Rememer the dread wolf does not take sides.
2. Also, note in the comics Silent grove it's stated world was once ruled by dragons before the fade. Once the fade came up....Elves and their so called gods. Now it's the age of man.
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