PART TWO
“Happily… Ever After…”
“This tale’s from long ago when all the people weren’t separated into four worlds like they are now. In those times all the people lived together, and the four giants lived among them.
On the day of the festival that celebrates the harvest, the giants spoke to the people…
“We have chosen to guard the people while we sleep…”
“100 steps north, 100 steps south, 100 steps east, 100 steps west.”
“If you have need, call us in a loud voice by declaring something such as, ‘The mountain blizzard has trapped us.’”
“Or ‘The ocean is about to swallow us.’ Your cries shall carry to us…” (5)
Now then…There was one who was shocked and saddened by all this.
A little imp.
The imp was a friend of the giants since before they had created the four worlds.
“Why must you leave?”
“Why do you not stay?”
The childhood friend felt neglected, so he spread his anger across the four worlds. Repeatedly, he wronged all people.
Overwhelmed with misfortune, the people sang the song of prayer to the giants who lived in each of the four compass directions. The giants heard their cry and responded with a roar.
“Oh, imp. Oh, imp. We are the protectors of the people.”
“You have caused the people pain. Oh, imp, leave these four worlds! Otherwise, we shall tear you apart!”
The imp was frightened and saddened.
He had lost his old friends.
The imp returned to the heavens, and harmony was restored to the four worlds.
And the people rejoiced and they worshiped the giants of the four worlds like gods. And they lived happily…ever after…”
—Anju’s Grandmother
This story reveals where things first went wrong for Termina. Without his friends there by his side, the imp began to listen to that nasty voice in his head, that voice that told him again and again that the Giants didn’t want to be with him, that they weren’t really his friends. The imp was hurt and distressed, so he lashed out at the people around him and thus was banished from Termina.
Many times in the game, the Giants are referred to as gods, but here we see that this is a misperception—the Giants are guardians, not gods. The people treated them as if they were gods and worshiped them. This is the folly that would ultimately lead to the rejection of the Goddesses, the construction of Stone Tower and the arrival of Majora. And yet, the next line of the story says, very naively, that the people would live happily… ever after. The irony of this line is quite apparent. One simply has to glance upwards and notice the Moon filling the sky to see that left alone, the people of Termina are not about to live ever after. Get to know several of the characters in the game and you’ll see that the people of Termina aren’t very happy, either…
(5) Take note of the important role promises play in the story.
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i’love dis game
Reply to ulyesazI think the salesman, prior to acquiring the mask, probably did not believe in any such curse, it was a rare and valuable item, and he is a salesman, therefore, he wanted it, purely for commercial use, only once he laid his hands upon the mask, did he realize the true evil that slept within the mask, I assume it was then, that he vowed to guard the mask, to keep Majora from ever waking.
Reply to Skull Kidaye, but I also thing you might have got one thing backwards, if Majora was sent to destroy the architects, or stop their blasphemy, why would they have monuments built to honor her? I believe the architects may have summoned majora as their own “goddess” of sorts to help them destroy the Goddesses. The Fierce Deity was the Goddesses guardian angel, or enforcer, sent to destroy Majora, while the goddesses would flip the tower to take care of the architects. If the fierce Deity was on the side of the architects against majora, why would there not me monuments to him?
Reply to Skull KidIf that’s true, then why do you get The Fierce Deity Mask from the Majora kid on the moon? Wouldn’t every part of Majora despise the Fierce Deity for attempting to stop it? It just dosn’t make much sense…
Reply to KaharaIf you notice at the begining of the game when he walks through a certain part of the cave the hallway turns upside down while gravity seems to flip with it as well thus proving the first part of this theory. But if this is true are there other paralel “flip” worlds in the LoZ? Such as in ocarina of time, forest temple if memory serves right. A certain hallway take you into an upside down version of a room. In this area could you possibly be in termina? a small enclosed cave of some sort? Probably not. But it does introduce a new idea to this theory, the possibility of a mirror hyrule or hyrule “two” as some people say in other theories. *see the gametrailers.com zelda theory video* in which termina Could still be doomed, in a great flood bringing us to the windwaker…and it goes on but no more rambling from me.
Reply to NogardodomokomododragonIf Majora is a demon straight out of hell sent by the godesses to destroy Termina, then the Fierce Deity might be their way of controlling it. Once Majora finished its job, who’s to say it wouldn’t move on to other countries? So, the FD would be sent in to obliterate it. This might also be why Majora gives you the mask, it knows its power weaker than it and that it is destined to die. Yet, it makes a joke out of the deal, as it’s nature is, and wants one last “game”.
Reply to KatukoWow, that was really interesting. When I was younger and I played it, I never really knew about the allusion to the tower of babel, and the hidden message behind MM.
Reply to JamesAmazing article.
Nice article man. I had a huge write up on MM about 9 months ago but i stoped writing it out of the blue (long distance work).
Your first article made me want to go play it again and I did. I had writen about my experiences and the feeling i had gotten as i played the game. Far different then when i played as a child. For this, MM has defenetly found a place in my heart.
I never did beat the game… I stoped writing after my experiences in Inkana.
The game is still saved, now that i finaly have time again… i think i shall go to clock tower and begin the final chapter in the MM story.
nice work man
Reply to LinktomyassI like how you found and carved up the themes by looking at the game carefully. I’m still curious about the Fierce Deity though. Its fierce, right? How does that associate with faith?
Reply to darkbeastganonHe is the ‘Fierce Deity’ because of his god-like abilities and almost literally, no limiters on his power. He is a symbol of strength in this world of weakness - the one light shining through the dark.
One will guard their faith with whatever they can. The Fierce Deity acts upon his faith to assist the people in need. The blank eyes of the Fierce Deity serve as him being a symbol, not a set person.
There’s also the Mask Itself. This is but a theory of my own, but I believe that the mask would not turn everyone who dons it into that specific being, but rather, into a powerful being built on their own strength of their faith. By believing in the power of the mask, by putting faith into its frightening design, one can unleash true might to eliminate those that oppose their own faith.
As a finisher however, I give you text copy-pasted from the Zelda Wiki:
“He’s a ferocious god!”
—Anju (Manga)
-The Fierce Deity’s past remains largely unexplained in the game, though it is likely that it is an ancient being like Majora. It is unknown if Fierce Deity is like the Goron and Zora masks, with a soul sealed inside them, or like Majora’s Mask, where it is the soul. However, since Anju’s quote doesn’t divulge much, it is currently impossible to tell. The Fierce Deity was shown in the manga to corrupt even Link, leading the reader to believe the mask houses a very powerful spirit, even though Link did possess enough control to remove the mask at the end of the fight against Majora’s Mask.
Some speculate that the mask is Link’s Terminan counterpart, because the mask itself resembles Adult Link.-
Reply to SerenadeI have a question if the goddesses flipped the tower so that when the first time you show up it’s the worng way (the right way being the way the architects built it) wouldn’t the hand be cursing the ground and or hell. Also, how would they build it upside down, where getting out of the tower to go to the ground would be to head to the top?
Reply to RabbottWow, that is deep. I mean, that is really, really deep.
Reply to TexasProudCowgirlThat was such an excellent read.
Reply to LegitzIt really opens up alot more thought paths related to this game.
Thankyou.
Fantastic! Great pleasure reading your theories which are all supported brilliantly
Reply to Callum MOMG….
You are so deep man!! Everything truly makes sense!! WOW!! I just wanna say that you are amazing!!!!
MAJORAS MASK FOR THE WIN!!!
Reply to Henrik Ljungdahl