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00:00When your Zonai ancestors first descended upon these lands long, long ago, they must have seemed to be gods.
00:08Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're exploring the mysterious gods, spirits, and other figures within the Legend of Zelda's
00:16lore we'd like to know a bit more about.
00:18We have questions, but Nintendo probably won't give us answers.
00:31But hey, before we dive into it, we publish new content all week long, so be sure to subscribe and
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00:39The Interlopers, The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess.
00:55At a certain point in Twilight Princess, Link is told about the ancestors of the Twilight, Midna's people.
01:02Moving past this being one of the most disturbing scenes in the Zelda series, we learn they were a group
01:07of sorcerers who sought power over the Sacred Realm and Triforce.
01:11As punishment for this, the Golden Goddesses took away their power, placing it inside the Fused Shadow, and banished them
01:18to the Twilight Realm.
01:24Granted, we know more about this group than most other figures on our list, but I've always been curious to
01:30know more.
01:31It would be fascinating to see their leaders, motivations, and how they gained such power.
01:36We know their forms were eventually changed by the Twilight Realm, but what happened to them following their banishment would
01:43also be interesting to learn.
01:52The Spirits of Good, The Legend of Zelda, Spirit Tracks.
02:10Following Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, Link and Zelda find a new land they dub New Hyrule.
02:16But this new land has its own lore, concerning a group of deities known as the Spirits of Good.
02:22These spirits fought a demon king named Maladus long ago, sealing him with magical train tracks and the Tower of
02:29Spirits.
02:40Their connection to the Golden Goddesses, if they created new Hyrule or not, is something that is never explained.
02:47There are only a few people left of the tribe who served them, the Locomo, in the game.
03:01Spirit Tracks barely gives us any information on them, so of course we're curious to know more.
03:08The Wind Fish, The Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening.
03:20This deity of sorts created Koholint Island, everything and everyone on it, through the power of its dreams.
03:28And while you might argue that we got enough of the Wind Fish in Link's Awakening as a tool to
03:33deliver the most bittersweet ending in the series,
03:36the more I think about it, the more I want to know.
03:47Part of it comes from a disconnect within the overall pantheon, as most gods and goddesses appear only once,
03:54and their relationship to Din, Nehru, and Furor are never explained.
03:59But is Koholint Island the first society it created?
04:03Since it hatches in the game, you could infer that unless it reforms its shell whenever it goes to sleep.
04:09If this is the first, does it have the ability to create another when it leaves at the end of
04:15the game?
04:16And to what end, if everything will just get wiped away once it awakens?
04:29The Lord of the Mountain, The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom.
04:43In reality, the Lord of the Mountain, also known as Satoru, is an homage to Satoru Iwata,
04:49beloved president of Nintendo who passed away in 2015.
04:53Within the games, though, this spirit is shrouded in mystery.
04:57Satoru is said to have once been a sage and, in their current form, is a protector of animals on
05:04Satoru Mountain.
05:05When it appears, skeletal enemies, such as Stalkoblins, don't appear in the area.
05:17In Tears of the Kingdom, Satoru also shows Link the location of nearby caves if he makes an offering at
05:24a cherry blossom tree.
05:25Telling us this spirit was once a sage already makes us want to know more about them.
05:30It seems unlikely they're a sage of the past seen in Tears of the Kingdom,
05:34so who was this person, and why did they return in such a form?
05:44The Mountain Goddess, The Legend of Zelda, Spirit Tracks
05:55Since the land of New Hyrule seems to have its own pantheon,
05:58there's another deity to go along with the spirits of good that we never learn much about.
06:03In Goron Village, the residents worship a mountain goddess who's never given a name.
06:08They have an altar in dedication to her,
06:10and many of them believe the mountain's volatile state when Link arrives stems from her anger.
06:23They pray to her for peace, but beyond that, we're not given much information about her.
06:29What's interesting is that this is the only time Gorons are shown to have their own deity.
06:34In other games, one is either never mentioned,
06:37or the Gorons are closely linked to Hylia, like many other races.
06:49The Hero of Men, The Legend of Zelda, The Menish Cat
07:04There are a couple of versions of Link we only hear of and never play as,
07:09but the one I've always wanted to know more about
07:12is the so-called Hero of Men spoken of in the prologue to the Menish Cap.
07:17During his time, vague evil beings plagued his land.
07:21Standing against them, he had aid from the Picori,
07:24the Menish race who descended from above and gave him a mystical sword and the Light Force,
07:29a power that wards against evil.
07:38There's so much about this prologue that is intentionally kept unclear.
07:43Beyond just wanting to see another important version of Link,
07:47his story is begging to be explored, or at least fleshed out a bit.
07:57The Zonai
07:59The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom
08:01We didn't mean to startle you.
08:04I'm sorry.
08:06It's okay.
08:08My name is Sonya.
08:09A hint of the Zonai in Breath of the Wild brought countless questions and theories,
08:14but when we finally got to see them in Tears of the Kingdom,
08:17we were still left with a lot of mystery.
08:21They're said to have been close to gods themselves, even descended from them.
08:25By the time of the game, or the flashbacks of the time Zelda was sent back to,
08:30only Rauru and Minoru remain.
08:33Then, what exactly are you suggesting we do with the sword?
08:38Unless you subscribe to the theory that the three dragons who roamed the skies were once Zonai,
08:43which, personally, I do, but that's neither here nor there.
08:46The point is that their nature and history is never properly given.
08:51Why are there only two left at Hyrule's founding?
08:55What happened to the rest of them whose ruins can be found in certain parts of the kingdom?
09:00That act is forbidden for a very good reason.
09:04It would mean throwing yourself away.
09:06Oh, Minoru!
09:08The Goddess of the Sand
09:10The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time
09:20Another deity we only see remnants of is the Goddess of the Sand in Ocarina of Time.
09:25Since the game's lore is most concerned with the Golden Goddesses, which Hyrule's people worship,
09:31we're given virtually no information on the deity worshipped by the Gerudo.
09:35There are two massive statues of her, one inside the Spirit Temple and the other marking its entrance.
09:43We know this temple was built by ancient Gerudo to honor her, but her teachings, her abilities,
09:48her nature, her connection to the Golden Goddesses, if any, all of that is unknown.
10:01There are also statues in Twilight Princess that many assume to be her,
10:06given they're inside the Arbiter's Grounds prison, which can be found in the Gerudo Mesa.
10:11But since no Gerudo actually appear in this game other than Ganondorf, it's even less to go on.
10:24The Horned God
10:25The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
10:40In Breath of the Wild, on the outskirts of Hatena Village,
10:44Link meets a deity trapped inside a Horned Statue.
10:47Here, you can sell either a heart container or stamina vessel for 100 rupees,
10:52and buy a replacement for 120 rupees.
10:55It's a mechanic to adjust for more health over stamina, or vice versa.
11:00But the Horned God himself is rather interesting.
11:09His shady deals drew the ire of Hylia, who trapped him inside the statue.
11:14Her dislike of him is so great that he's been moved to less populated areas several times.
11:20In Tears of the Kingdom, he sits hidden within the royal passage underground.
11:25Jaren, who points you in the statue's direction,
11:28also claims the Horned God is the darkness that opposes Hylia's light,
11:33and that one can't exist without the other.
11:35This surface-level information begs for his history to be explored.
11:40What was this deity like before being trapped?
11:43How powerful was he, and why did Hylia view him as such a threat?
11:53Majora
12:05Admittedly, part of what makes the overall antagonist of Majora's Mask so interesting
12:10is how little we know.
12:11But we can't help but want to know more, regardless.
12:15The mask that holds this evil entity was said to have been used in the hexing rituals of an ancient
12:20tribe.
12:20But, out of fear for what it was capable of, they hid it away.
12:25While the tribe eventually vanished,
12:26knowledge of the mask's existence remained until the happy mask salesman discovered it.
12:39Naturally, the story behind Majora before it was trapped inside the mask has never been told.
12:44The closest we've gotten is a non-canonical side story in the manga adaptation,
12:49showing it to be a mighty dragon who resided in a timeless land,
12:53devouring all who came looking to claim the powerful armor it wore.
12:57But, as far as the actual canon is concerned,
13:01Majora's origins remain one of the franchise's biggest mysteries.
13:10What's a figure within the Zelda mythos you've always wanted to know more about?
13:15Let us know in the comments.
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