We have the triforce right? Three triangles put together? Well in the middle of that, there is a FOURTH triangle. An upside-down one. And as it doesn’t really have a physical shape, it could be an "anti" or "neither" triangle, crated by Majora herself. Perhaps Majora is the evil to counterbalance the good of the other three goddesses. The giant’s don’t need this counterbalance, as they are not truly gods. This fits with they yin-yang symbol. For everything good, there is some bad. yadda yadda yadda. For three good goddesses, there must be something bad right? Hence, a fourth goddess who is "evil" and as such balances the spectrum out.

Whether or not the three goddesses treat Majora as an equal, or as a foe. Remains to be seen.

There are FOUR male giants that have been worshiped as gods, and THREE female goddesses. If there was a fourth female deity (a.k.a. Majora) then perhaps these eight beings, the four goddesses of the heavens, and the four giants of the earths, could be the "parents" of all life that exists in hyrule /termina. And to ensure that the children don’t get out of hand, the four giants of the earths watch from the ground, three goddesses from the havens, and one goddess from the underworld. (or perhaps all four goddesses from the havens)

Though as to why Majora would be evils is unknown to me. Perhaps she did something bad and was punished for it. Or… wait..

I FOUND SOMETHING AMAZING. In the entrance to stone tower (outside by the owl statue), if you kill the re-dead moaning in the distance, the fire in the eyes of the temple entrance and the fingertip extinguish. Not only that, when one of them dies, Link is paralyzed and the other re-dead walk towards the corpse to observe the body. This is a completely unique re-dead cream-paralysis; no others immobilize Link from that distance. Because this distinct reaction of the game is totally irrelevant to the basic plot or any side-quest, it must refer to some kind of cryptic significance like that mentioned in this article (if it's not left in from pre-release testing of the game). My thoughts: it is difficult to link re-dead to this theory, but if anything they must be the people of Ikana, given their place in the Castle of Ikana and the Gibdos role in the music box as well. There is obviously a connection therefore between the people of Ikana and the architecture of stone tower (hence validating much of the conjectures put forth by the author). I think that the fire perhaps represents the sprit of the people constructing the Tower of Babel, or perhaps the destruction they wish to inflict on the goddesses with the giants mask. Both of those are hardly founded ideas though; I'd like to hear what others think the relevance of this is.

Beautiful article by the way, I am absolutely fascinated. My eyes have been fully opened to the possibility of video games carrying as many subtle intricacies and enigmatic thematic material as literature. Not to mention the potential of an art medium in which control is given to the viewer.

Notice also that a person having two split forms is rather iconic in Japanese literature. So what happens to spirits who get lost in the lost woods? Majora's lost, hateful side becomes the Skull Kid, and his true, good self that he knows he is on the inside continues on to Hyrule, bringing happiness to everyone, like he wished his friends had done for him.

Awesome article. I think you nailed the central concept of the game, and found some hidden lore about it too. Brilliant!

I must replay this game now.

Rugnor had some good transliterations such as "Nintendo" found mostly on the signposts.