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@@BanditGames good counter. also here's a question. any idea on what the hell Tobio's Hollow is just slight west of the spring of courage in BOTW. oddly enough I looked up the place upon realising it and found next to nothing about it. it's weird.
Honestly, I figured all the Zeldas after the first one from Skyward Sword were descendent of Hylia's reincarnated form. So the Zeldas after Skyward Sword Zelda would still have Hylia's blood and possess divine magic/power, but Hylia herself would have passed away/return to her spirit form as soon as the first Zelda passed away, thus why Hylia and Breath of the Wild Zelda (and to that extend, all other Zeldas except the first one) are separate entities.
That's what I believe, too. I remember Demise's curse, which states: "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated. It makes more sense that way.
I don't assume that's it. I know it's like that for a fact. It's literally on Demise's Curse and everything around it. Every Zelda in the franchise is just a princess on the royal family of Hyrule, not Goddess Hylia's reincarnation.
@@SanguineDoe the statues are still present to them though. Sheikah such as Rola and Gerudo such as Muava mention the statues. In spite of this, some still would pray. The Sheikah are the most religious people; Paya can be seen praying to the Sheikah Guardian Deity statues, meaning prayer does occur. CaC says that the Goddess statues have become rounded after being touched by so many people over the eons. Rola mentions that it appears to have been there forever.
@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Yes the statues themselves are physically present, unlike the Koroks, but no one can hear Hylia speak through them, just as no one can hear the Koroks speaking.
@@SanguineDoe as I said, that still wouldn't stop characters interacting with them. A bit like real world religion. Nobody can truly hear any sort of God, but they still pray.
I think the fact that Zelda is repeatedly referred to as the princess with the blood of the Goddess rather than the mortal incarnation of the Goddess like in SS there's a chance that maybe the power of the Goddess is simply passed genetically and Hylia is in a divine form again.
Yeah, it's weird to me that everyone keeps interpreting it as Zelda reincarnating every time when we have every indication that that isn't the case. Demise specifically cursed the SPIRIT of the hero and the BLOODLINE of the goddess, and that the Zeldas all have the same name because it's tradition in the Royal family to name the daughters Zelda, not because they're the same reincarnating entity like Link is. There have even been multiple Zelda's confirmed existing at a time in Zelda 2. This seems like the obvious answer to me
@@Keijo_ To be honest, the spirit of the Hero is also a little nebulous. Link may not be reincarnated into the next hero either for instance the Hero's Shade is the Hero of Time and yet a new person with the Spirit of the Hero exists too. The Hero of the Winds isn't in the same bloodline of as the Hero of Time (but LttP suggests that the Hero is born into the bloodline of the Knights of Hylia which suggests anyone who can trace their bloodlines back to the Hero of Skies can be a candidate for the Spirit of the Hero). Reincarnation might just the closest word we have for describing what is happening, but has implications that might not all apply to the Links and Zeldas we know.
I said something similar to this when the Breath of theWild 2 trailer was released. I theorized that the glowy arm holding ganondorf in place, was the spirit of the queen of Hyrule.
Fi says in Skyward Sword "The goddess watches over you from the edge of time" which I believe means there is a duo of Hylia. Like how in Christianity there is the father,son and the holy spirit. So Hylia the divine spirit and Hylia reborn as a mortal. We also find out in majoras mask about the Goddess of time and you should be able to figure out from SS and OOT that the Goddess of time is Hylia. See the problem with this video is you assume Zelda's mom is Hylia..she's not, she's a bloodline descendant of Hylia, only Skyward sword Zelda is Hylia. You guys seem to think Hylia is passing down her spirit, she's not. It's her bloodline that carries divine power. Hylia doesn't inhabit any of the Zelda's, there's no re incarnation involved or any type of possession either.
This is a good point, in which I feel like this is definitely more on the canon side, because from what can infer, this means that with each Zelda that dies, each one takes the identity of hylia.
@@zenith613 It's the curse of Demise that inflicts hardship on "those who carry the blood of the Goddess" so effectively every Zelda inherits this curse which forces them to depend on the sacred power in their blood line. So you could say they inherit Hylia's fight, her destiny but each Zelda is their own woman that has to deal with their problems in their own way. Just as each Link carries the spirit of the hero but is their own individual person. That's why some Links and Zelda's fall in love like Hylia and her hero did and some fall in love with others like the hero of time(presumably with Maron) and his bloodline descendant TP Link(loves Ilyia).
@@nworder4life Yeah. I’m a new Zelda theorist, so I forget a lot about demise’s curse and all that. But, I do know what you’re talking about and what you cover here is definitely a good point.
Geez, by the time of BoTW Hylia's blood in the royal family must be *so* diluted given 10,000+ years... That also begs the question, if someone injects themselves with a syringe of any Zelda's blood, would they soon after inherit some or even a fraction of divine power from her blood?
That makes sense as to why Zelda had a hard time achieving her power and had to go to the Spring of Wisdom, so that she could reconnect with her mother's spirit. She struggled because she had to be blessed again, as she's no longer Hylia.
Thing is, in the original timeline, Zelda didn't feel anything when she went to the Spring if Wisdom, and never went at all in the AoC timeline. Both times her power awakened, it was in the midst of the Calamity outside of Fort Hateno. Just a hole I noticed.
@@Chaos89P AOC isn’t canon to the Zelda timeline therefore it doesn’t matter too much either way when it comes to the sealing power trigger (even though I feel like I know what triggered it)
@@K_Dorado AoC is canon, you're right. But it's a separate TIMELINE from the botw we know. A bit hard to believe people don't catch up with this considering Zelda is no stranger to separate timelines.
I feel like it’s not correct that Hylia’s spirit persists in Zeldas after the Skyward Sword Zelda. Demise’s curse plagues those with the spirit of the hero and the blood of the goddess. Not the spirit of the goddess, and not the goddess herself. I’ve always found it strange that so many people jump to the conclusion that the Goddess’ spirit jumps from Zelda to Zelda. I would guess that she returned to her fully divine form after the death of the Skyward Sword Zelda.
I was just about to comment this as well, yeah. It's always been my interpretation that SS Zelda was the ONLY Zelda to have the Spirit of Hylia, and all the other Zeldas are just blood descendants.
Couldn't agree more! I interpreted SS Zelda as the temporary vessel of Hylia, and upon passing away would become the spirit once more, leaving her blood with her children
@@eleanorv3754 Not only that but there have been multiple Zeldas with sealing magic at the same time, as supposedly BotW Zelda's grandmother successfully taught her daughter (BotW Zelda's mother) the ropes while both of the were still alive.
My favorite moment is from OoT when link is leaving the woods and Saria stops him to give him the Fairy Ocarina and link just look like "lady let me go"
Link was expressionless during that moment. I think you projected your emotion on to him...which you're supposed to do. But if you notice, after she gives him the Fairy Ocarina, he hesitates to leave and then runs away as fast as he can before he can change his mind.
Interesting theory, though it begs the question: when does Hylia's spirit transfer from mother to daughter? This theory implies that it doesn't happen at birth, otherwise Princess Zelda would be Hylia not Queen Zelda.
Maybe when the power awakens in a new Zelda, it leaves her mother? Perhaps at the age of 16, when she is allowed into the Spring of Wisdom? Or maybe every Zelda is destined to die in childbirth - after all, we've never seen a queen Zelda in the whole series
Well, even then it doesn't imply that Zelda would instead be Hylia because it has already been established that each Zelda is an incarnation or vessel for Hylia.
@Katayude That what I was wondering, Zelda doesn't work the same way Link does in the cycle. For Link its the heroes spirit that is reincarnated rather then his descendants being worthy and like they said in the video the name Zelda is passed down to the females in the royal family regardless if they have any powers.
@@moonstargirl101 I was thinking that too. Also, wasn't it mentioned somewhere in BotW that Zelda wished her mother had been alive to train her? (I could be wrong. It's been awhile )
Wait, but in Skyward Sword, after Link kills Demise for the final time, Demise curses the BLOOD of the goddess and the spirit of the hero, not the spirit of the Goddess, the blood. This means that the curse follows the descendants of the mortal incarnation of the goddess Hylia. That means that Hylia isn't reincarnated every time a princess Zelda is born. It is not the same as the spirit of the hero being reincarnated.
Exactly ! It is said in SS that Hylia, to use the triforce, casted away her divinity to be reincarnated as a human. Hylia is basically dead as her essence lived on through Zelda. Even if SS Zelda dies, it won't bring back Hylia as a godess or anything. Since she casted away her divinity and all that implies and reincarnation means that one's essence live on in another existence not your entire being. SS Zelda says she is the godess reborn not that Hylia lives in her, so the godess is really dead, for a lack of a better term.
I always thought because demise specified "blood of the goddess" and "spirit of the hero" link is the reincarnation one after Skyward Sword but the original Zelda started the bloodline carrying hylia's power through the ages but future Zelda only carry her power through the bloodline and aren't actually hylia just her many great grand daughters
I think Zelda is only the mortal incarnation of Hylia in Skyward Sword. The powers of Hylia are what get passed down through the bloodline, not Hylia's spirit.
@@Chaos89P Link’s heroic spirit and Demise’s hatred are the only things that reincarnate repeatedly in Hyrule. In fact, one of Kass’s songs quotes the ancient hero from ten thousand years ago, “One day, I’ll return to fight evil.” I wonder if people got the Hylia reincarnation thing from the non-canon Skyward Sword prequel manga, which contradicts the story of the war against Demise told in game. Edit: As in, each Zelda is born with Hylia’s soul; which is never told in game, only the blood of the Goddess is passed down the royal family.
You do know that there's a "Goddess Statue" in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link right? It was called a "trophy" in the us version because of Nintendo's then strict "no religious depictions" policy, but it WAS called the "Goddess Statue" in the Japanese version. It's the item Link needs to retrieve in order to learn the Jump spell. Interestingly enough, it's US version sprit looks an awful lot like the Skyward Sword Goddess Statue design, so there's something to think about. Doesn't disprove your theory in any way, just something interesting to think about how they basically called back to Adventure of Link with the Statue in Skyward Sword.
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If Queen Zelda foresaw the return of the calamity, why would she kill herself to casually aid the hero instead of using her own sealing power to fight against it? In doing so, she passes that task to her daughter, who is clearly not ready, and it results in the disaster 100 years ago. If Queen Zelda had just stayed alive, she would not have even needed to inhabit the statues because she could have prevented the events of Breath of the Wild from ever happening. I think a more accurate explanation would be that Hylia had never reincarnated after Skyward Sword, and that the sealing power was simply an inherited power by the family bloodline.
Problem: the zeldas are not incarnations of hylia. They are descended from the only incarnation of hylia, the one from skyward sword. In demise's curse, he says the curse will be eternally bound to the BLOOD OF THE GODDESS, and the spirit of the hero. Not the spirit of the goddess. It is strange that so many people believe that every zelda is an incarnation of hylia when that is completely false. In order for that to be true, 2 zeldas cannot exist at the same time because hylia would need to reincarnate. Every zelda would have to die in child birth for this to happen. In breath of the wild, zelda's mother died when she was 6 years old. She did not die giving birth to zelda. Thus, zelda and hylia are not the same being, except in skyward sword.
Except for one thing... Remember the curse of Demise? "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated. Nothing really indicates that Hylia's spirit is reborn. More likely she regained her immortal form after the first Zelda died.
@@diyarts9378 it could be that hylia's being fractures whenever the human reincarnation of the goddess gives birth because there is more than one of HER in the world, so this time zeldas mother broke that cycle and chose to sacrifice herself to go back in the spirit realm and help link so now there she is still dormant inside zelda as well as her mother being the new incarnation of Hylia in the spirit realm
@@diyarts9378 im looking that deep into it only bcs in skyward sword zelda says "I am THE goddess reincarnated in human form", so it's sort of like all of them are being reincarnated.. link, zelda, and ganon
I don't think Zelda's mother had royal blood, because in Memory #9 "Slumbering Power" Zelda says that her grandmother heard the voices of the spirits, and her mother said that power would develop within Zelda. Implying that Zelda's mother did not hear them, and was not daughter of the grandmother, which is why it was up to Zelda.
Not a bad theory, but my biggest question would be how would Hylia's spirit pass from mother to daughter? (Unless you're saying that's why we never see a Queen of Hyrule) Also, I always assumed that Skyward Sword Zelda was the only Zelda who was truly and literally the goddess Hylia. All other Zeldas (as well as anyone born into the Royal Family) are descendants of her (hence why it's said Zelda has the "blood of the goddess"). After Skyward Sword Zelda passed away, the goddess Hylia was freed from her mortal form. After that I imagine she'd be able to either reincarnate again if she so chose, or watch over Hyrule as an incorporeal goddess, or even leave the realm entirely like the Golden Goddesses did (though I doubt she would because she wants to be with her chosen Champion, the Hero aka Link).
There are loads of awesome moments in the entirety of the series. I mean, at least half of the Age of Calamity cutscenes are amazing, my personal favorite being the one where Zelda unlocks her power after seeing Link getting cornered (only after performing feats of strength in battle that aren’t even humanly possible, of course). Basically any interaction between Zelda and Link in Skyward Sword is amazing, and the end to the Wind Waker is just so emotional and totally awesome.
Actually, there might’ve been another instance when Zelda and Hylia were separate entities. “The Adventure of Link” shows us a Zelda who was cursed into a comatose state, yet the game that takes place before the game, the original LoZ, also features a Princess Zelda. The latter of which cannot be the same since they clearly happened in different eras. The one in enchanted sleep is likely to be Hylia’s vessel while the other is just a bloodline descendant. Also, speaking of “The Adventure of Link”, the Goddess Statues might’ve made an earlier appearance in that game before “Skyward Sword”. The Trophy item Link obtains is called the ‘Goddess Statue’ in the Japanese version, and it resembles an angelic figure. Coincidence? Perhaps... but it certainly connects the lore.
+Geoffrey Richards The things done in Zelda II plotwise need to be applied in a modern Zelda game. Since when do we see Zelda's BROTHER, the PRINCE of Hyrule?? TWO Zeldas coexisting. What! I think you're exactly right about Zelda I's Zelda being without the powers (even though Ganon didn't know that). And yes, the "Trophy" is actually a MEGAMI AKA a GODDESS. Nintendo of America had to cut out too many risky religious references in that 1980s time with Nintendo being a foreign Japanese company & all. Can't corrupt the kids. I'm glad they're reaching back into Zelda II in these latest games. It's so overlooked by the fans. The whole attempted blood sacrifice of Link maybe connecting with the blood of Ganon's malice lines up too good! I want a game with TWO Princesses of Hyrule, one who is Hylia reborn & one who is not & the jealousy therein. Zelda & her powerless sister would hit just as strong as the brother who was the Prince of Hyrule. "I am Princess Zelda & this is my sister Princess Beth. Say hi, Beth." "grumble grumble...Hi."
The theory doesn't add up, though, since Hylia was reborn only once, in Skyward Sword. After the first Zelda died, I believe Hylia regained her divine form, to watch over Hyrule once more while her bloodline continued, her powers passed on through the generations. Demise's curse says, "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated.
This is one of the first sponsorships I’ve seen on any UA-cam video that I’m actually highly intrigued by. I can’t think off the top of my head of specific mobile games that I play that would benefit from that controller, but the idea of it is so cool. Idk if it’s a new thing but I’d never heard of that company or that product before this video.
Honestly I always assumed the many incarnations of Zelda other than the first were just descended from the original. Like I’m pretty sure she is called the princess with the blood of the goddess? Not the princess who is the incarnation of the goddess? Just the blood of the goddess which would imply all the Zelda’s after the first just carry the blood of the goddess and are not actually the goddess Hylia?
Yes, that is true. Demise's curse even states it as such, cursing those with the 'blood of the Goddess; and the 'Spirit of the Hero.' Link is the one to reincarnate while Hylia's bloodline continues within the royal family.
+Leah Dragon Easy mistake to make. It's not either/or. It's BOTH. All Zeldas are both Reincarnations of Hylia AND carry Hylia's Divine Bloodline. There's no point to Zelda if she was just some girl hanging around. She IS Hylia the Goddess. But when Goddesses become Mortals, there's a downgrade. Each Zelda has to relearn everything from birth up. They don't have memories of their former incarnation & have to reproduce like a lowly mortal. It's like Mortal Shell, Goddess Filling. The Goddess is inside but it has to be brought out. The Divine Power if offset by the frail fragile Mortal Container. So Zelda the Girl has to rediscover Hylia the Goddess. That's why she needs Link the Hero to help her out. If not, she can just handle everything by herself. Notice how no Zelda has ever died in the series. Frozen in stone? Yes. Soul separated from her body? Yes. But never DEAD. If Zelda dies, the series is over & Hyrule is doomed to its DEMISE for sure. Like the 1st Zelda said to Link in Skyward Sword at the Temple of Hylia: "..but you have to understand that this is a war, and the fate of the land hangs in the balance. I need your strength to tip the scales in our favor" Remember the battle between Hylia & Demise was a stalemate. Both cancelled each other out. Goddess vs. Devil AKA Demon King. Hylia deformed Demise, Demise gravely injured Hylia. 1 vs. 1 Stalemate. Hylia took the lowest creature, the Human, & made him a Paragon to rub Demise's defeat in his face. Link tips the scales. Now it's 2 vs. 1. This whole series is a proxy fight between 2 Supernatural Beings. The Legend of Zelda is The Legend of Hylia. She can't die or there's nothing left to fight for. But Demise did his damage. He forced Hylia to downgrade into a weaker Mortal. Later, Demise used Hylia's strategy to inhabit a Mortal shell to continue the eternal fight. Enter Ganondorf. People take that "blood" line a little too seriously. Blood implies Meat AKA Carne. Hence ReinCARNation. Zelda is Hylia & Hylia is Zelda. Reincarnation in every sense. Divinity in Common Human Meat. The question is when is the transition between Queen Zelda the mother & Princess Zelda the daughter? And does the bloodline travel through a Male King who must produce a Female Princess for the power to manifest? We'll probably never know the When since we never see the inbetween times of Hyrule after major conflicts.
Fun fact: if you go off the British definition of royalty as soon as Zelda’s mom dies she becomes queen and her dad is out because he doesn’t have royal blood. Soooo he has no authority other than being Zelda dad. Not King Rhoam just Rhoam
@@DerekKnop And where do you get that from? Is that specifically stated anywhere? If you’re going off his name alone, then he would’ve taken on the name in marriage. If you’re going off how he’s the one in charge, then take into account that Zelda wasn’t considered an adult until the very day the Calamity struck. In AoC, Rhoam kinda takes a step back and lets Zelda lead everyone, even though she’s still just the princess and he has more experience in leading. It’s likely he was just the placeholder until she was deemed ready.
Yeah, but Hyrule is not England, despite Zelda’s accent. I agree that Rhoam isn’t a part of the royal bloodline, but Zelda wasn’t considered an adult until the very same day Ganon came. Rhoam was most likely a placeholder until she was ready to take on the thrown. I’m sure the same would’ve been considered for Riju if not for the sole fact that the Gerudo are strictly a female society, and Riju’s father, whoever that may’ve been, is obviously male. In AoC, Rhoam does take a step back and lets Zelda lead, so it’s possible that this is very much the case.
Nintendo didn't even acknowledge Zelda's 35th anniversary in any way They didnt even post a pic or something on Insta or Twitter saying happy anniversary or what not
I really like this theory. Honestly, there have been a couple theories that I have been less than impressed with, but this one is really decent and actually makes sense. Great video!!
I like this theory a lot. It could even help explain Zelda’s struggles to unlock her powers, they could have been weakened by Hylia’s spirit inhabiting the statues instead of transferring to the princess
"Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Demise's curse says outright that a reincarnation of his hatred will follow the bloodline of the Goddess and the spirit of the Hero. Hylia herself isn't reborn but her divine powers are passed down the line in the royal family. The Goddess most likely regained her immortal form after the first Zelda passed away and is still watching over Hyrule, which also explains how Link is able to communicate with the Goddess Statues.
Zelda’s mother’s death lead to king Rome treating Zelda like a princess instead of his daughter, which lead to her not being able to awaken her sealing power in time, which lead to the downfall of Hyrule. So I don’t think her mother would kill herself just to aid Link. Especially since Link doesn’t even go to the goddess statues in Age of Calamity.
There are no hints in any of the other games besides Skyward sword that suggests that she is reincarnated more than once. In lore, they refer to the other Zeldas as "Decendants" indicating they are her children who inherited her power, not her reincarnated bodies. So it could just as easily be the Zelda from Skyward sword.
That would really make sense! In addition, that may also explain why we don't see the Queen's spirit. I mean, we get to see Rhoam & the Champion's spirits, but maybe we didn't 'see' hers as she was already in that statue like you guys said. Great work! PS. That Backbone thing actually looks really cool I think I have to get one now!
Interesting, but also gave me a mini theory. Like we seen in Age of Calamity, what if like Astor, the profit also had the power to take Souls. So he tryed to take Zelda's mother Soul. This way, he could please His master or even pull a Astor and try and use the power to control Calamity Ganon. Because it's only a theory that the Fortune teller worked for calamity gannon, maybe he actually did and tricked Zelda's mother into following him. Then in the middle of taking her soul, Zelda used the little strength she had left to stop and defeat the profit. The cost however, was her soul to never again return to her body. With all that being said though, just wanted to share my random thoughts about the subject. Thanks for reading😁
Only the first Zelda (from Skyward Sword) is Hylia, all the others are just descendants and they draw their powers from the blood of the goddess unlike all Links which are the reincarnations of the first Link
Okay, that thing in the ad at the Beginning actually looks pretty cool. I don't have money to buy ANYTHING I've ever been advertised pretty much ever, so it's usually really hard to care about ads at all, but that was actually interesting.
As always. Your videos are amazing. 👍🏻 I've never thought about this 😨😨 And it's amazing how, 4 years after, there can still be theories or things to discover in this game.
This theory also can explain why princess Zelda is having so much trouble awakening her power. If part of the goddess's spirit has been taken away from her with her mother's sacrifice then it makes sense that Zelda would struggle.
My favorite Zelda Moment(s) are the date between Link and Marin in Link's Awakening and then the cinematic scene when Link learns the goron's lullaby in Majora's Mask.
It’s a good theory but you forgot to fact check the premise. Zelda does not reincarnate as the goddess. The curse pertains to the “blood” of the goddess and the “spirit” of the hero. With a delineation like that you can tell who is being reincarnated by the never ending curse. It’s link. We play as the spirit of the link from skyward sword in each subsequent game but in a new body. The divine powers of Zelda series from the fact that she is a direct descendant of the goddess hylia. And I’m turn inherited some of her divine nature. There’s a case to be made for this during skyward sword, Zelda prays at all three fountains like skyward sword Zelda did, but she awakens no memories from any. This shouldn’t be a one Zelda thing either because if you assume they all are the goddess, that’s the only thing the share with her. Hylia is the spirit of Zelda in skyward sword. There is no difference between them, there never was actually a “Zelda” in the spiritual sense. As if we take those rules and apply them down the timeline then we should see every Zelda abide by the rules we saw in skyward sword, like the prayers awaking the memories because that is a byproduct of the fact there is no direct tie between her and the goddess aside from the reincarnation. So we would expect to see the same scenario play out if she kept reincarnating
Needs to be a collaborative effort between MaskedNintendoBandit, Hyrule Gamer, Monster Maze, and Zeltik. A long form video between you 4 would be pretty awesome.
I have been so confused over this little detail ever since I thought of it last year and it is so nice to have that nagging feeling of “wait what? That doesn’t make any sense? Who the heck are in these statues?!” Lifted
I really like this theory but I have one concern. Not sure if anyone asked yet but if Hylia is now a separate being from Zelda residing in the goddess statues then how was Zelda able to unlock her sealing power? I kinda thought hylia would have to be present within Zelda for it to work but if your theory is true she would already be in the goddess statues by the time Zelda unlocked her power.
Small theory. Astor from Age of Calamity is/was the fortune-teller we hear about in Botw, what with his whole "My Destiny" "This is Fate" speals. And in the main timeline of Botw, it's said that the fortune-teller helped find guardians and divine beasts. However in the AoC timeline, since Malice is brought back and corrupts that timeline's Terrako, it was able to corrupt Astor's mind too. It would explain the weird orb/Core he has, which in the main timeline he could have used to help find the other guardians/Beasts. Also, am I the only one that thinks the Harbinger Ganon complete form looks a *LOT* like Demise?
I was under the impression that Hylia became basically a demi god, had a kid, died and went back to being her goddess self in the sacred realm watching over the events after her "mortal death". And that each Zelda after just has the blood of the goddess and isn't necessarily Hylia herself. The reasoning for this is that if she did keep jumping to a new Zelda each generation, there would end up being a Zelda without Hylia and one with each generation, skipping one each time till the current vessel dies.
It could also be that Zelda's physical form is swallowed by Ganon in Botw, allowing Hylia to "escape" and aid Link. Hylia could be speaking in Zelda's voice when granting wishes, so it'd block up the "Still hearing Zelda's voice thing"
I love when the Zelda theorists do collabs, and this is no exception! Great theory guys, I caught on as soon as you said Zelda’s mom. I also love how y’all used a little snippet of Zeltik theory for it. Cheers lads! Also, all the main Zelda theorists should do a HUUUUUUGE collab together. That’d be awesome. You, HG, Zeltik, NBC, MM, Com. Realm, and any of the other Zelda Theorist crew I didn’t mention. It would be awesome! Cheers.
No. It’s the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero. I think that this means that only Link is the one who is reincarnated. The only Zelda who was the human vessel of Hylia is the first Zelda from SS. It says in that game that Hylia gave up her divinity to be born as mortal so that she could use the triforce against demise when he eventually escapes from her seal. When SS Zelda passed over, I believe she regained her divinity and her power was passed on through her bloodline but the following Zelda are not, themselves the embodiment of Hylia; they just inherited her power. With Link however, it’s his spirit that is reincarnated and it doesn’t need to flow down through a bloodline.
HAPPY 35TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE LEGEND OF ZELDA! What's your FAVORITE moment from any Zelda game??
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In-game moment would have to be when Midna returns to the Twilight Realm. Personal, when I finally got all 900 koroks in Breath of the WIld
My favorite moment from a Zelda game was when Zelda saved Hyrule..........
Hey thx for making that skyward sword giveaway. I put a question on there so I'll be waiting
Happy Zelda Day!
I love the part from skyward sword where zelda pushes link off the deck!
MNB: my theory.
HG: explains literally everything
MNB: scripted both parts
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@@BanditGames good counter. also here's a question. any idea on what the hell Tobio's Hollow is just slight west of the spring of courage in BOTW. oddly enough I looked up the place upon realising it and found next to nothing about it. it's weird.
My favorite moment is Zelda and Link flying their loftwings after Link wins the Wing Ceremony
I found a match
Threesome, perhaps?
wtf Lord Debbie the "fabulous"?!
That’s my favorite part! Man I wish LoftWings were in BOTW
@Jakub Mieczkowski yes, I am Lord Debbie the fabulous. As one should be.
"We are still finding secrets in botw 4 years later"
Why must you attack me like this?
@LEGENDLINK Zelda fan
I'm slightly confused about who you're directing this to and if you're directing this to me then I don't hate Zelda games
Ok no problem and I think that some people dislike botw because it's all too much for their tiny brains to bear
I've said enough
Honestly, I figured all the Zeldas after the first one from Skyward Sword were descendent of Hylia's reincarnated form. So the Zeldas after Skyward Sword Zelda would still have Hylia's blood and possess divine magic/power, but Hylia herself would have passed away/return to her spirit form as soon as the first Zelda passed away, thus why Hylia and Breath of the Wild Zelda (and to that extend, all other Zeldas except the first one) are separate entities.
That makes way more sense than MNB theory to me. (No offense MNB)
Yeah, this is just always what I’ve assumed. It’s so much simpler
That's what I believe, too. I remember Demise's curse, which states: "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated. It makes more sense that way.
I don't assume that's it.
I know it's like that for a fact. It's literally on Demise's Curse and everything around it. Every Zelda in the franchise is just a princess on the royal family of Hyrule, not Goddess Hylia's reincarnation.
@@JadeJuno yes
I always thought it was strange that no npcs interact with them
Same
Its similar to the Koroks I imagine. No one but Link can see or hear them.
People cant hear Hylia talking through the statues.
@@SanguineDoe the statues are still present to them though. Sheikah such as Rola and Gerudo such as Muava mention the statues. In spite of this, some still would pray. The Sheikah are the most religious people; Paya can be seen praying to the Sheikah Guardian Deity statues, meaning prayer does occur. CaC says that the Goddess statues have become rounded after being touched by so many people over the eons. Rola mentions that it appears to have been there forever.
@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Yes the statues themselves are physically present, unlike the Koroks, but no one can hear Hylia speak through them, just as no one can hear the Koroks speaking.
@@SanguineDoe as I said, that still wouldn't stop characters interacting with them. A bit like real world religion. Nobody can truly hear any sort of God, but they still pray.
I think the fact that Zelda is repeatedly referred to as the princess with the blood of the Goddess rather than the mortal incarnation of the Goddess like in SS there's a chance that maybe the power of the Goddess is simply passed genetically and Hylia is in a divine form again.
Ooooooooooooo that’s a good point
Funny, that's what I said.
Yeah, it's weird to me that everyone keeps interpreting it as Zelda reincarnating every time when we have every indication that that isn't the case. Demise specifically cursed the SPIRIT of the hero and the BLOODLINE of the goddess, and that the Zeldas all have the same name because it's tradition in the Royal family to name the daughters Zelda, not because they're the same reincarnating entity like Link is.
There have even been multiple Zelda's confirmed existing at a time in Zelda 2. This seems like the obvious answer to me
@@Keijo_ To be honest, the spirit of the Hero is also a little nebulous. Link may not be reincarnated into the next hero either for instance the Hero's Shade is the Hero of Time and yet a new person with the Spirit of the Hero exists too. The Hero of the Winds isn't in the same bloodline of as the Hero of Time (but LttP suggests that the Hero is born into the bloodline of the Knights of Hylia which suggests anyone who can trace their bloodlines back to the Hero of Skies can be a candidate for the Spirit of the Hero).
Reincarnation might just the closest word we have for describing what is happening, but has implications that might not all apply to the Links and Zeldas we know.
@@verdantmistral442I always interpreted the hero’s shade not as a spirit but a lingering regret of a past life. A shadow if you will
Sensational job as always good sir! Thank you for having me on this video, love how it turned out!!
Um zelda is a descendant of the og zelda/hylia. They are all different zeldas.
Imagine Zelda's mother somehow knew about mummydorf and she tried to stop it herself, thus leading to her untimely death
I like dat theory
Maybe that’s why she separate her spirit? To better watch over her daughter?
Yep we have no idea. I wish we can get answers to all this in the sequel. Now I feel like botw deserves a sequel after so many theories about botw
that's the most plausible theory in my book, other than mummydorf's spirit ripping queen zelda's spirit from her body, thus a very sudden death.
I said something similar to this when the Breath of theWild 2 trailer was released. I theorized that the glowy arm holding ganondorf in place, was the spirit of the queen of Hyrule.
Fi says in Skyward Sword "The goddess watches over you from the edge of time" which I believe means there is a duo of Hylia. Like how in Christianity there is the father,son and the holy spirit. So Hylia the divine spirit and Hylia reborn as a mortal. We also find out in majoras mask about the Goddess of time and you should be able to figure out from SS and OOT that the Goddess of time is Hylia. See the problem with this video is you assume Zelda's mom is Hylia..she's not, she's a bloodline descendant of Hylia, only Skyward sword Zelda is Hylia. You guys seem to think Hylia is passing down her spirit, she's not. It's her bloodline that carries divine power. Hylia doesn't inhabit any of the Zelda's, there's no re incarnation involved or any type of possession either.
This is a good point, in which I feel like this is definitely more on the canon side, because from what can infer, this means that with each Zelda that dies, each one takes the identity of hylia.
@@zenith613 It's the curse of Demise that inflicts hardship on "those who carry the blood of the Goddess" so effectively every Zelda inherits this curse which forces them to depend on the sacred power in their blood line. So you could say they inherit Hylia's fight, her destiny but each Zelda is their own woman that has to deal with their problems in their own way. Just as each Link carries the spirit of the hero but is their own individual person. That's why some Links and Zelda's fall in love like Hylia and her hero did and some fall in love with others like the hero of time(presumably with Maron) and his bloodline descendant TP Link(loves Ilyia).
@@nworder4life Yeah. I’m a new Zelda theorist, so I forget a lot about demise’s curse and all that. But, I do know what you’re talking about and what you cover here is definitely a good point.
@@zenith613 Thanks man, I would have been a zelda tuber had I ever learned how to make videos lol.
Geez, by the time of BoTW Hylia's blood in the royal family must be *so* diluted given 10,000+ years... That also begs the question, if someone injects themselves with a syringe of any Zelda's blood, would they soon after inherit some or even a fraction of divine power from her blood?
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He’s the entire reason I got into Zelda lore
Pretty much same for me too
Same
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That makes sense as to why Zelda had a hard time achieving her power and had to go to the Spring of Wisdom, so that she could reconnect with her mother's spirit. She struggled because she had to be blessed again, as she's no longer Hylia.
Thing is, in the original timeline, Zelda didn't feel anything when she went to the Spring if Wisdom, and never went at all in the AoC timeline. Both times her power awakened, it was in the midst of the Calamity outside of Fort Hateno. Just a hole I noticed.
Yea I agree with you makes sense
@@Chaos89P AOC isn’t canon to the Zelda timeline therefore it doesn’t matter too much either way when it comes to the sealing power trigger (even though I feel like I know what triggered it)
@@mushroomgremlin7965 AOC is very much canon
@@K_Dorado AoC is canon, you're right. But it's a separate TIMELINE from the botw we know. A bit hard to believe people don't catch up with this considering Zelda is no stranger to separate timelines.
I feel like it’s not correct that Hylia’s spirit persists in Zeldas after the Skyward Sword Zelda. Demise’s curse plagues those with the spirit of the hero and the blood of the goddess. Not the spirit of the goddess, and not the goddess herself. I’ve always found it strange that so many people jump to the conclusion that the Goddess’ spirit jumps from Zelda to Zelda. I would guess that she returned to her fully divine form after the death of the Skyward Sword Zelda.
yeah, I haven't played Skyward Sword yet, but that makes more sense to me
I was just about to comment this as well, yeah. It's always been my interpretation that SS Zelda was the ONLY Zelda to have the Spirit of Hylia, and all the other Zeldas are just blood descendants.
Couldn't agree more! I interpreted SS Zelda as the temporary vessel of Hylia, and upon passing away would become the spirit once more, leaving her blood with her children
The theory is also debunked by the fact that multiple Zeldas must have to exist at one time, because how else would they be able to be born?
@@eleanorv3754 Not only that but there have been multiple Zeldas with sealing magic at the same time, as supposedly BotW Zelda's grandmother successfully taught her daughter (BotW Zelda's mother) the ropes while both of the were still alive.
My favorite moment is from OoT when link is leaving the woods and Saria stops him to give him the Fairy Ocarina and link just look like "lady let me go"
Link was expressionless during that moment. I think you projected your emotion on to him...which you're supposed to do. But if you notice, after she gives him the Fairy Ocarina, he hesitates to leave and then runs away as fast as he can before he can change his mind.
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Interesting theory, though it begs the question: when does Hylia's spirit transfer from mother to daughter? This theory implies that it doesn't happen at birth, otherwise Princess Zelda would be Hylia not Queen Zelda.
I think it is in all like the holy spirit
Maybe when the power awakens in a new Zelda, it leaves her mother? Perhaps at the age of 16, when she is allowed into the Spring of Wisdom? Or maybe every Zelda is destined to die in childbirth - after all, we've never seen a queen Zelda in the whole series
Well, even then it doesn't imply that Zelda would instead be Hylia because it has already been established that each Zelda is an incarnation or vessel for Hylia.
@Katayude That what I was wondering, Zelda doesn't work the same way Link does in the cycle. For Link its the heroes spirit that is reincarnated rather then his descendants being worthy and like they said in the video the name Zelda is passed down to the females in the royal family regardless if they have any powers.
@@moonstargirl101 I was thinking that too. Also, wasn't it mentioned somewhere in BotW that Zelda wished her mother had been alive to train her? (I could be wrong. It's been awhile )
My favorite moment in zelda is when ravio was revealed in a link between worlds it was so cool to me when I first saw it
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Wait, but in Skyward Sword, after Link kills Demise for the final time, Demise curses the BLOOD of the goddess and the spirit of the hero, not the spirit of the Goddess, the blood. This means that the curse follows the descendants of the mortal incarnation of the goddess Hylia. That means that Hylia isn't reincarnated every time a princess Zelda is born. It is not the same as the spirit of the hero being reincarnated.
Exactly ! It is said in SS that Hylia, to use the triforce, casted away her divinity to be reincarnated as a human. Hylia is basically dead as her essence lived on through Zelda. Even if SS Zelda dies, it won't bring back Hylia as a godess or anything. Since she casted away her divinity and all that implies and reincarnation means that one's essence live on in another existence not your entire being.
SS Zelda says she is the godess reborn not that Hylia lives in her, so the godess is really dead, for a lack of a better term.
I always thought because demise specified "blood of the goddess" and "spirit of the hero" link is the reincarnation one after Skyward Sword but the original Zelda started the bloodline carrying hylia's power through the ages but future Zelda only carry her power through the bloodline and aren't actually hylia just her many great grand daughters
yeah this is what I figured too
Favorite moment of this game is when link gets yeeted off the statue by zelda
I think Zelda is only the mortal incarnation of Hylia in Skyward Sword. The powers of Hylia are what get passed down through the bloodline, not Hylia's spirit.
This is the perfect comment, short, to the point, and explains perfectly why this theory is wrong.
@@DynamicMagi Thanks! Normally I think Bandit does a good job, by the way.
Correction: only Skyward Sword Zelda is Hylia reborn; her descendants don’t inherit her soul, only her divine power.
Isn't Link, or should I say "The Hero," the only one who reincarnates when Demise's hatred once again begins to rear its ugly head?
Do they ever really establish it one way or the other?
@@Chaos89P
Link’s heroic spirit and Demise’s hatred are the only things that reincarnate repeatedly in Hyrule. In fact, one of Kass’s songs quotes the ancient hero from ten thousand years ago, “One day, I’ll return to fight evil.” I wonder if people got the Hylia reincarnation thing from the non-canon Skyward Sword prequel manga, which contradicts the story of the war against Demise told in game.
Edit: As in, each Zelda is born with Hylia’s soul; which is never told in game, only the blood of the Goddess is passed down the royal family.
I was literally thinking of the goddess statues all this morning wtf😱
Coincide, probably.
@@Wise-lobster what else should it be...
Hylia is speaking to you
PoV: You're here after refreshing UA-cam for no announcements on the 35th anniversary.
yeah zelda is kinda brain enemy #1 with the ammount of news we got
My favorite moment is probably Ganondorf’s laugh in windwaker
You do know that there's a "Goddess Statue" in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link right? It was called a "trophy" in the us version because of Nintendo's then strict "no religious depictions" policy, but it WAS called the "Goddess Statue" in the Japanese version. It's the item Link needs to retrieve in order to learn the Jump spell. Interestingly enough, it's US version sprit looks an awful lot like the Skyward Sword Goddess Statue design, so there's something to think about. Doesn't disprove your theory in any way, just something interesting to think about how they basically called back to Adventure of Link with the Statue in Skyward Sword.
Interesting
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Well the real canon contradict it so more fanon 😂
Hylia's spirit departing from a physical form could explain why Zelda had so much trouble accessing her powers too!
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@@BanditGames wow, I can’t believe I am actually talking to my hero right now
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If Queen Zelda foresaw the return of the calamity, why would she kill herself to casually aid the hero instead of using her own sealing power to fight against it? In doing so, she passes that task to her daughter, who is clearly not ready, and it results in the disaster 100 years ago. If Queen Zelda had just stayed alive, she would not have even needed to inhabit the statues because she could have prevented the events of Breath of the Wild from ever happening. I think a more accurate explanation would be that Hylia had never reincarnated after Skyward Sword, and that the sealing power was simply an inherited power by the family bloodline.
Then how did the Queen die? Not saying you're wrong, but now we don't have an explanation anymore.
Problem: the zeldas are not incarnations of hylia. They are descended from the only incarnation of hylia, the one from skyward sword. In demise's curse, he says the curse will be eternally bound to the BLOOD OF THE GODDESS, and the spirit of the hero. Not the spirit of the goddess. It is strange that so many people believe that every zelda is an incarnation of hylia when that is completely false. In order for that to be true, 2 zeldas cannot exist at the same time because hylia would need to reincarnate. Every zelda would have to die in child birth for this to happen. In breath of the wild, zelda's mother died when she was 6 years old. She did not die giving birth to zelda. Thus, zelda and hylia are not the same being, except in skyward sword.
My favorite thing about the Zelda Theory UA-camrs is that they are always doing collaborations together.
DUDE THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE
Except for one thing...
Remember the curse of Demise? "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated. Nothing really indicates that Hylia's spirit is reborn. More likely she regained her immortal form after the first Zelda died.
@@diyarts9378 it could be that hylia's being fractures whenever the human reincarnation of the goddess gives birth because there is more than one of HER in the world, so this time zeldas mother broke that cycle and chose to sacrifice herself to go back in the spirit realm and help link so now there she is still dormant inside zelda as well as her mother being the new incarnation of Hylia in the spirit realm
@@diyarts9378 im looking that deep into it only bcs in skyward sword zelda says "I am THE goddess reincarnated in human form", so it's sort of like all of them are being reincarnated.. link, zelda, and ganon
Nope it dont it contradict canon
I like it that he literally put the word "mom" in Zelda's face for some reason.
I don't think Zelda's mother had royal blood, because in Memory #9 "Slumbering Power" Zelda says that her grandmother heard the voices of the spirits, and her mother said that power would develop within Zelda. Implying that Zelda's mother did not hear them, and was not daughter of the grandmother, which is why it was up to Zelda.
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Not a bad theory, but my biggest question would be how would Hylia's spirit pass from mother to daughter? (Unless you're saying that's why we never see a Queen of Hyrule)
Also, I always assumed that Skyward Sword Zelda was the only Zelda who was truly and literally the goddess Hylia. All other Zeldas (as well as anyone born into the Royal Family) are descendants of her (hence why it's said Zelda has the "blood of the goddess").
After Skyward Sword Zelda passed away, the goddess Hylia was freed from her mortal form. After that I imagine she'd be able to either reincarnate again if she so chose, or watch over Hyrule as an incorporeal goddess, or even leave the realm entirely like the Golden Goddesses did (though I doubt she would because she wants to be with her chosen Champion, the Hero aka Link).
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There are loads of awesome moments in the entirety of the series. I mean, at least half of the Age of Calamity cutscenes are amazing, my personal favorite being the one where Zelda unlocks her power after seeing Link getting cornered (only after performing feats of strength in battle that aren’t even humanly possible, of course). Basically any interaction between Zelda and Link in Skyward Sword is amazing, and the end to the Wind Waker is just so emotional and totally awesome.
Actually, there might’ve been another instance when Zelda and Hylia were separate entities. “The Adventure of Link” shows us a Zelda who was cursed into a comatose state, yet the game that takes place before the game, the original LoZ, also features a Princess Zelda. The latter of which cannot be the same since they clearly happened in different eras. The one in enchanted sleep is likely to be Hylia’s vessel while the other is just a bloodline descendant.
Also, speaking of “The Adventure of Link”, the Goddess Statues might’ve made an earlier appearance in that game before “Skyward Sword”. The Trophy item Link obtains is called the ‘Goddess Statue’ in the Japanese version, and it resembles an angelic figure. Coincidence? Perhaps... but it certainly connects the lore.
+Geoffrey Richards The things done in Zelda II plotwise need to be applied in a modern Zelda game.
Since when do we see Zelda's BROTHER, the PRINCE of Hyrule?? TWO Zeldas coexisting. What!
I think you're exactly right about Zelda I's Zelda being without the powers (even though Ganon didn't know that).
And yes, the "Trophy" is actually a MEGAMI AKA a GODDESS. Nintendo of America had to cut out too many risky religious references in that 1980s time with Nintendo being a foreign Japanese company & all. Can't corrupt the kids.
I'm glad they're reaching back into Zelda II in these latest games. It's so overlooked by the fans.
The whole attempted blood sacrifice of Link maybe connecting with the blood of Ganon's malice lines up too good!
I want a game with TWO Princesses of Hyrule, one who is Hylia reborn & one who is not & the jealousy therein.
Zelda & her powerless sister would hit just as strong as the brother who was the Prince of Hyrule.
"I am Princess Zelda & this is my sister Princess Beth. Say hi, Beth." "grumble grumble...Hi."
I always thought Hylia was Zelda's subconscious being motivated by her urge to help link.
I cried a little when Zelda sealed herself away in Skyward Sword.
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This theory actually makes a lot of sense, tho poor Zelda
The theory doesn't add up, though, since Hylia was reborn only once, in Skyward Sword. After the first Zelda died, I believe Hylia regained her divine form, to watch over Hyrule once more while her bloodline continued, her powers passed on through the generations. Demise's curse says, "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Hylia's bloodline and power would continue within the royal family while Link is the one reincarnated.
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also my favorite moment (for now) from a zelda game was the ending blow in Twilight princess (ganons death)
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Honestly I always assumed the many incarnations of Zelda other than the first were just descended from the original. Like I’m pretty sure she is called the princess with the blood of the goddess? Not the princess who is the incarnation of the goddess? Just the blood of the goddess which would imply all the Zelda’s after the first just carry the blood of the goddess and are not actually the goddess Hylia?
Yes, that is true. Demise's curse even states it as such, cursing those with the 'blood of the Goddess; and the 'Spirit of the Hero.' Link is the one to reincarnate while Hylia's bloodline continues within the royal family.
+Leah Dragon Easy mistake to make. It's not either/or. It's BOTH.
All Zeldas are both Reincarnations of Hylia AND carry Hylia's Divine Bloodline.
There's no point to Zelda if she was just some girl hanging around. She IS Hylia the Goddess.
But when Goddesses become Mortals, there's a downgrade. Each Zelda has to relearn everything from birth up.
They don't have memories of their former incarnation & have to reproduce like a lowly mortal.
It's like Mortal Shell, Goddess Filling. The Goddess is inside but it has to be brought out.
The Divine Power if offset by the frail fragile Mortal Container. So Zelda the Girl has to rediscover Hylia the Goddess.
That's why she needs Link the Hero to help her out. If not, she can just handle everything by herself.
Notice how no Zelda has ever died in the series. Frozen in stone? Yes. Soul separated from her body? Yes.
But never DEAD. If Zelda dies, the series is over & Hyrule is doomed to its DEMISE for sure.
Like the 1st Zelda said to Link in Skyward Sword at the Temple of Hylia: "..but you have to understand that this is a war, and the fate of the land hangs in the balance. I need your strength to tip the scales in our favor"
Remember the battle between Hylia & Demise was a stalemate. Both cancelled each other out.
Goddess vs. Devil AKA Demon King. Hylia deformed Demise, Demise gravely injured Hylia. 1 vs. 1 Stalemate.
Hylia took the lowest creature, the Human, & made him a Paragon to rub Demise's defeat in his face.
Link tips the scales. Now it's 2 vs. 1. This whole series is a proxy fight between 2 Supernatural Beings.
The Legend of Zelda is The Legend of Hylia. She can't die or there's nothing left to fight for.
But Demise did his damage. He forced Hylia to downgrade into a weaker Mortal.
Later, Demise used Hylia's strategy to inhabit a Mortal shell to continue the eternal fight. Enter Ganondorf.
People take that "blood" line a little too seriously. Blood implies Meat AKA Carne. Hence ReinCARNation.
Zelda is Hylia & Hylia is Zelda. Reincarnation in every sense. Divinity in Common Human Meat.
The question is when is the transition between Queen Zelda the mother & Princess Zelda the daughter?
And does the bloodline travel through a Male King who must produce a Female Princess for the power to manifest?
We'll probably never know the When since we never see the inbetween times of Hyrule after major conflicts.
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Fun fact: if you go off the British definition of royalty as soon as Zelda’s mom dies she becomes queen and her dad is out because he doesn’t have royal blood. Soooo he has no authority other than being Zelda dad. Not King Rhoam just Rhoam
Except we know that Rhoam is the King Regent, not a "King Consort" which would mean that his queen is not a daughter of the main royal line.
@@DerekKnop And where do you get that from? Is that specifically stated anywhere? If you’re going off his name alone, then he would’ve taken on the name in marriage. If you’re going off how he’s the one in charge, then take into account that Zelda wasn’t considered an adult until the very day the Calamity struck. In AoC, Rhoam kinda takes a step back and lets Zelda lead everyone, even though she’s still just the princess and he has more experience in leading. It’s likely he was just the placeholder until she was deemed ready.
Yeah, but Hyrule is not England, despite Zelda’s accent. I agree that Rhoam isn’t a part of the royal bloodline, but Zelda wasn’t considered an adult until the very same day Ganon came. Rhoam was most likely a placeholder until she was ready to take on the thrown. I’m sure the same would’ve been considered for Riju if not for the sole fact that the Gerudo are strictly a female society, and Riju’s father, whoever that may’ve been, is obviously male. In AoC, Rhoam does take a step back and lets Zelda lead, so it’s possible that this is very much the case.
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Gaming theorists: *(the thumbnail)*
Nintendo didn't even acknowledge Zelda's 35th anniversary in any way
They didnt even post a pic or something on Insta or Twitter saying happy anniversary or what not
They might do something but not right now
zelda direct is likely coming.
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I see this title and thumbnail and I’m like why are people just now talking about this instead of talking about it years before
I really like this theory. Honestly, there have been a couple theories that I have been less than impressed with, but this one is really decent and actually makes sense. Great video!!
If you made the Goddess eye blue instead of green, in the thumbnail she would be sans.
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1 view, 38 likes, 13 comments, boi UA-cam is doing that again, but I can't wait to watch this theory!
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I like this theory a lot. It could even help explain Zelda’s struggles to unlock her powers, they could have been weakened by Hylia’s spirit inhabiting the statues instead of transferring to the princess
"Those like you... Those who share the blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero... They are eternally bound to this curse." Demise's curse says outright that a reincarnation of his hatred will follow the bloodline of the Goddess and the spirit of the Hero.
Hylia herself isn't reborn but her divine powers are passed down the line in the royal family. The Goddess most likely regained her immortal form after the first Zelda passed away and is still watching over Hyrule, which also explains how Link is able to communicate with the Goddess Statues.
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My favorite moment is at the end of ocarina of time when Zelda sends link back. But I always picture it more emotional.😢
Zelda’s mother’s death lead to king Rome treating Zelda like a princess instead of his daughter, which lead to her not being able to awaken her sealing power in time, which lead to the downfall of Hyrule.
So I don’t think her mother would kill herself just to aid Link. Especially since Link doesn’t even go to the goddess statues in Age of Calamity.
You two are my biggest ship in the Zelda series. Nicely done, boys.
Do you think Nintendo will reveal anything today?
There are no hints in any of the other games besides Skyward sword that suggests that she is reincarnated more than once. In lore, they refer to the other Zeldas as "Decendants" indicating they are her children who inherited her power, not her reincarnated bodies. So it could just as easily be the Zelda from Skyward sword.
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That would really make sense! In addition, that may also explain why we don't see the Queen's spirit. I mean, we get to see Rhoam & the Champion's spirits, but maybe we didn't 'see' hers as she was already in that statue like you guys said. Great work!
PS. That Backbone thing actually looks really cool I think I have to get one now!
Interesting, but also gave me a mini theory.
Like we seen in Age of Calamity, what if like Astor, the profit also had the power to take Souls. So he tryed to take Zelda's mother Soul.
This way, he could please His master or even pull a Astor and try and use the power to control Calamity Ganon.
Because it's only a theory that the Fortune teller worked for calamity gannon, maybe he actually did and tricked Zelda's mother into following him.
Then in the middle of taking her soul, Zelda used the little strength she had left to stop and defeat the profit. The cost however, was her soul to never again return to her body.
With all that being said though, just wanted to share my random thoughts about the subject. Thanks for reading😁
I actually have my own theory about why they're separate but this is an awesome video like always. Thanks for your consistent awesome zelda content!
Only the first Zelda (from Skyward Sword) is Hylia, all the others are just descendants and they draw their powers from the blood of the goddess unlike all Links which are the reincarnations of the first Link
Okay, that thing in the ad at the Beginning actually looks pretty cool. I don't have money to buy ANYTHING I've ever been advertised pretty much ever, so it's usually really hard to care about ads at all, but that was actually interesting.
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Also glad to see yet another collaboration! The Zeldatuber collabs are always hilarious and fun! Plus it means i always get two videos lol xD
As always. Your videos are amazing. 👍🏻 I've never thought about this 😨😨 And it's amazing how, 4 years after, there can still be theories or things to discover in this game.
This theory also can explain why princess Zelda is having so much trouble awakening her power. If part of the goddess's spirit has been taken away from her with her mother's sacrifice then it makes sense that Zelda would struggle.
Thank you for making this anniversary a wonderful one!
2:40 I don’t know why I died of laughter when I saw that 😂😂😂
I just got BOTW, so I love learning new stuff about this huge world!
My favorite Zelda Moment(s) are the date between Link and Marin in Link's Awakening and then the cinematic scene when Link learns the goron's lullaby in Majora's Mask.
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It’s a good theory but you forgot to fact check the premise. Zelda does not reincarnate as the goddess.
The curse pertains to the “blood” of the goddess and the “spirit” of the hero. With a delineation like that you can tell who is being reincarnated by the never ending curse. It’s link. We play as the spirit of the link from skyward sword in each subsequent game but in a new body.
The divine powers of Zelda series from the fact that she is a direct descendant of the goddess hylia. And I’m turn inherited some of her divine nature. There’s a case to be made for this during skyward sword, Zelda prays at all three fountains like skyward sword Zelda did, but she awakens no memories from any. This shouldn’t be a one Zelda thing either because if you assume they all are the goddess, that’s the only thing the share with her. Hylia is the spirit of Zelda in skyward sword. There is no difference between them, there never was actually a “Zelda” in the spiritual sense. As if we take those rules and apply them down the timeline then we should see every Zelda abide by the rules we saw in skyward sword, like the prayers awaking the memories because that is a byproduct of the fact there is no direct tie between her and the goddess aside from the reincarnation. So we would expect to see the same scenario play out if she kept reincarnating
Needs to be a collaborative effort between MaskedNintendoBandit, Hyrule Gamer, Monster Maze, and Zeltik. A long form video between you 4 would be pretty awesome.
This would be an interesting twist and I like it more than an assassin taking out Mommy Zelda.
I have been so confused over this little detail ever since I thought of it last year and it is so nice to have that nagging feeling of “wait what? That doesn’t make any sense? Who the heck are in these statues?!” Lifted
I really like this theory but I have one concern. Not sure if anyone asked yet but if Hylia is now a separate being from Zelda residing in the goddess statues then how was Zelda able to unlock her sealing power? I kinda thought hylia would have to be present within Zelda for it to work but if your theory is true she would already be in the goddess statues by the time Zelda unlocked her power.
0:26 Makes a Botw video, Starts with Genshin Impact, ends with confusion.
My favorite moment from any zelda game is the ending cutscene in Majora's Mask
I think only link hearing the voice is tied to the fact that only link see's the other spirits. The dragons, the koroks etc.
Small theory. Astor from Age of Calamity is/was the fortune-teller we hear about in Botw, what with his whole "My Destiny" "This is Fate" speals. And in the main timeline of Botw, it's said that the fortune-teller helped find guardians and divine beasts. However in the AoC timeline, since Malice is brought back and corrupts that timeline's Terrako, it was able to corrupt Astor's mind too. It would explain the weird orb/Core he has, which in the main timeline he could have used to help find the other guardians/Beasts.
Also, am I the only one that thinks the Harbinger Ganon complete form looks a *LOT* like Demise?
My favourite moment would have to be Twilight Princess the entire final fight sequence with Ganondorf. Truly spectacular.
I was under the impression that Hylia became basically a demi god, had a kid, died and went back to being her goddess self in the sacred realm watching over the events after her "mortal death". And that each Zelda after just has the blood of the goddess and isn't necessarily Hylia herself. The reasoning for this is that if she did keep jumping to a new Zelda each generation, there would end up being a Zelda without Hylia and one with each generation, skipping one each time till the current vessel dies.
Two collabs with my favorite theorists in one day!? Score!
What if each hylia statue is a different incarnation of zelda
It could also be that Zelda's physical form is swallowed by Ganon in Botw, allowing Hylia to "escape" and aid Link.
Hylia could be speaking in Zelda's voice when granting wishes, so it'd block up the "Still hearing Zelda's voice thing"
This also explains why Zelda (from BoTW) was having troubles to wake up her power during the first cinematics, she wasn't possessing Hylia's power.
I love when the Zelda theorists do collabs, and this is no exception! Great theory guys, I caught on as soon as you said Zelda’s mom. I also love how y’all used a little snippet of Zeltik theory for it. Cheers lads! Also, all the main Zelda theorists should do a HUUUUUUGE collab together. That’d be awesome. You, HG, Zeltik, NBC, MM, Com. Realm, and any of the other Zelda Theorist crew I didn’t mention. It would be awesome!
Cheers.
So does that mean Zelda is going to die when her child is six? You cant have two godesses of Hylia.
This has to be my favorite theory ever!
Perfect day for a video.
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No. It’s the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero. I think that this means that only Link is the one who is reincarnated. The only Zelda who was the human vessel of Hylia is the first Zelda from SS. It says in that game that Hylia gave up her divinity to be born as mortal so that she could use the triforce against demise when he eventually escapes from her seal. When SS Zelda passed over, I believe she regained her divinity and her power was passed on through her bloodline but the following Zelda are not, themselves the embodiment of Hylia; they just inherited her power.
With Link however, it’s his spirit that is reincarnated and it doesn’t need to flow down through a bloodline.