The Unsolved Mysteries of The Legend of Zelda
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@DaisyPigeon · 9 months ago
My favorite mystery is the presence of the Sheikah between TotK and BotW. The frog motif appearing on the TotK temples is mind blowing.
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@ChaosBud · 9 months ago (edited)
I don't know what hype does for a video, but I did it for this one as hopefully it will help more people see it. Good job
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@milestinker2178 · 7 months ago (edited)
I'd say you're right on the money about the Majora's Mask being "an object that absorbed centuries of dark magic until it became something alive". A lot of people tend to think that the name "Majora" refers to a demonic being whose soul was sealed within the Majora's Mask in a similar vein to how the souls of the Deku Butler's son, Darmani III, and Mikau were sealed within the Deku's Mask, Goron's Mask, and Zora's Mask, respectively, which is also helped a by the non-canon Majora's Mask manga featuring an origin story for the mask being created from the armor of a draconic beast. But the manga isn't canon, and the author even admitted that that origin story in the manga isn't meant to match up with the game and was even stated as being "completely separate" from the manga's main story. <br> <br>There is also the instance in the game's English version where the item description for the Fierce Deity Mask poses the question "Could this mask's dark powers be as bad as Majora?" That, however, is inaccurate to the original Japanese version, in which the correlating text instead says, "Is it an Oni mask worn by an Oni?" This is meant to be a double pun on the fact that the mask's face paint makes it look like an Oni (a type of ogre-like demon from Japanese mythology), and the fact that the game the Moon Child wearing the Majora's Mask says he's going to play with Link in the Japanese version is Tag, which in Japan is known as "Onigokko", in which the one who is "It" plays the role of an Oni that everyone else runs away from. So when the Moon Child says that Link is the "Bad Guy" in their game of "Good Guys against Bad Guys" in the English version, the Japanese version has Link be "It" in the game of Tag, meaning Link is the Oni in Onigokko. And it all ties back in the Fierce Deity Mask by way of its Japanese name being the "Kishin Mask", with the Kanji form of "Kishin" being 鬼神, and the first Kanji of 鬼 being the same Kanji for... "Oni"! But I digress.<br><br>There's also the instance in the first Hyrule Warriors game where Skull Kid is given the title of "Majora's Puppet". This too is inaccurate to what his title is in the original Japanese version, which is instead 悪戲小鬼 (Itazura Ko Oni), which means "Mischievous Little Oni". Once again a case of Nintendo of America obscuring the original intention.<br> <br>Basically, there is no spirit or demon sealed away inside the Majora's Mask. The mask itself became a demon. The Majora's Mask seems to be akin to what is known in Japanese mythology as a "Tsukumogami" (付喪神), an inanimate object that became a sentient being in its own right after accumulating enough energy from the emotions of its wearers as they used its dark magic over time. In the mask's case, this would trace all the way back to when it was originally used in hexing rituals by the race who originally owned it, all the way up to the Skull Kid's use of it in the present. During the final battle, the Majora's Mask seems to take on the qualities of its wearer, as when it becomes its second form, it exudes the behaviors of an immature, ill-behaved child, running around in a mischievous manner and throwing temper tantrums when struck to the ground by Link. This parallels what we are told of the Skull Kid's behavior in the story of the Four Giants read to Link by Anju's grandmother, that the Skull Kid lashed out in sadness and anger like a rotten child over the Four Giants leaving him to go protect the four corners of the world.<br><br>The name of that second form of the final boss, Majora's Incarnation, is also relevant as the word "incarnation" refers to something coming about, taking form, or manifesting for the first time ever, as though it wasn't a being of its own beforehand. Otherwise, something coming about, taking form, or manifesting for a second time or more would instead be a "reincarnation". This is made even more apparent in the Japanese version, as the word used for "Incarnation" in that version is 化身 (Keshin). The word is originally from Buddhism, specifically Mahāyāna Buddhism, and is the Japanese translation of the Sanskrit term Nirmāṇakāya, which refers to the physical body of the Buddha manifesting for the first time into the material world as a living being, as the third part of the Trikaya, the "Three Bodies" of the Buddha, with the first two parts (Dharmakāya and Saṃbhogakāya) being bodies comprised of more abstract and intangible concepts instead of a physical being. Thus, the lifeform that the Majora's Mask turns into at the end of the game is most likely meant to have just been born for the first time right then and there at the end of the game, meaning when the Mask speaks right before it ascends up into the Moon, that is meant to be the moment that the Mask had first come to life as its own sentient being,<br><br>As for what, then, the name "Majora" itself refers to if not the lifeform that the mask transforms into at the end of the game, it is more likely the name of the race that originally owned it and used its dark magic in hexing rituals. In the English version, the names of the final boss's three forms are rendered in such a way that leads people to easily mistaken "Majora" as being the name of the boss entity itself: "Majora's Mask", "Majora's Incarnation", and "Majora's Wrath". In the original Japanese version, however, the name is instead "Mujura", and the names of the final boss's three forms are more formally referred to as "Mask of Mujura" (ムジュラの仮面, Mujura no Kamen), "Incarnation of Mujura" (ムジュラの化身, Mujura no Keshin), and "Majin of Mujura" (ムジュラの魔人, Mujura no Majin). The first two are similar to the English names, but that third one is different. A "majin" is a malevolent spirit or deity of an inherently magical or demonic nature in Japanese mythology, which is a fair description of the demon-like monster that the final boss transforms into during its third phase. <br> <br>But because of the semantics used in how the name is formatted in Japanese, the name "Mujura" isn't referring to the mask/incarnation/majin itself, but rather that the mask/incarnation/majin are all something "of or pertaining to Mujura" rather than being Mujura itself. In essence, the Japanese semantics of this case dictate that "Mujura" refers to something the mask/incarnation/majin have an affiliation with but which is still a separate thing from said mask/incarnation/majin. And the only thing separate from the mask itself that the game tells us that the mask has an innate relation to is the ancient race that originally owned and used it. <br> <br>Likewise, the name ムジュラの仮面 (Mujura no Kamen) is rendered in the same way as the three transformation masks that are also named after races: デクナッツの仮面 (Deku Nattsu no Kamen, "Deku Nuts' Mask" or "Mask of Deku Nuts"; "Deku Nuts" being the Japanese name for the Deku Scrubs), ゴロンの仮面 (Goron no Kamen, "Goron's Mask" or "Mask of Goron"), and ゾーラの仮面 (Zora no Kamen, "Zora's Mask" or "Mask of Zora"). Granted, unlike those other three masks, the Majora's Mask is not a transformation mask, but both it and the transformation masks do all still follow the same Japanese semantic format of "X no Kamen" where "Kamen" (the Japanese word for "mask") refers to something "of or pertaining to, but still separate from," whatever "X" is. <br> <br>So, it seems to me that the name "Majora"/"Mujura" likely refers to the ancient race that the mask was originally owned by in the past, rather than the evil monster that the mask itself later evolves into at the end of the game.
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@bchavez149 · 9 months ago
Sometimes I wish that there was an anime that did two or three episodes for each game, depicting the events in the games. Because I know so many people that would love Zelda if they had the patience to pirate and play one. Great video.
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@arc7375 · 9 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YXTUeBdeSA&t=475">7:55</a> One of the biggest mysteries in Zelda history is how the Ocarina of Time didn’t shatter into many pieces when it fell from a great height onto a solid surface.
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@MrAfrojoe89 · 1 month ago
Love your stuff man!❤😊
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@SamBunni · 6 months ago
Great videos! Just subbed
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@mrgreatbigmoose · 9 months ago (edited)
I don't know where Majora's Mask comes from, but here are some hints:<br>Hint 1 It's in Termina, inhabited by doppelgangers. The only other place we see doppelgangers is Lorule. Termina is in Lorule.<br>Hint 2 Eyes are important in Zelda. The Skeikah Eye and it's inverted counterpart the Yiga Eye. Well, Majora's Eye is identical to that of Midna's Fused Shadow.<br>I don't what happened to the Zonai, but please observe this hint: They descend from the sky, and one of their princesses is named Mineru...I believe that the Zonai are the Picori, also known as The Minish.
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@Braveheartbronie · 7 months ago
Despite being forgotten, The Hero's shade still wanted to protect the kingdom he loved, even in death
@brotherpanda · 8 months ago
The one mystery that has dogged me for 15 years now is the time paradox that occurs in Skyward Sword, involving Zelda's arm bracelets.<br><br>Everytime I bring it up, it feels like no one wants to talk about it because in the grand scheme of things, it's inconsequential, but it continues to bother me regardless.<br><br>At the end of Skyward Sword, Zelda removes one of her 2 bracelets and gives it to Impa in the past, and as Link & Zelda return to the present, the revelation that Impa was the Old Woman in the Temple of Time this whole time reveals itself as she shows you Zelda's bracelet.<br><br>But, since Old Impa has had the bracelet throughout the whole game up to this point, that means when Zelda is sealed in the crystal in the temple with her, Zelda is still wearing both the bracelets.<br><br>Therefore, before the ending, and before Old Impa fades away, there is a period where 3 bracelets exist at once.<br><br>Is there a reasonable explanation for this in Skyward Sword lore, or is it just something that doesn't matter enough that Nintendo hasn't addressed it?
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@OmegaFox09 · 9 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YXTUeBdeSA&t=2024">33:44</a> dude! You forgot the MOST IMPORTANT mystery!<br><br>Who’s the man in the toilet??
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