Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic-Tech
I had a long response but because the data base logged me out it wasn't posted, so I'll make this as quick as possible.
|
I usually copy all the text before posting, cause that's happened to me many times.
Quote:
|
Good theory. The idea that people of Termina slandered the Goddesses rather than worship them like thier Hyrulian counterparts makes alot of sense considering they are parallels, but idea of Majora coming from hell sounds like fanfiction, it gave me some ideas though.
|
Let me defend that part then.
For one thing, it makes sense in terms of storytelling to reveal how Majora escaped into the world towards the end of the game. If that information is withheld, there's a big plot hole regarding how Majora escaped its ancient seal. And throughout the game, the Stone Tower looms ominously over Termina, foreshadowing its role as the heart of the game's mystery. You can see it from the field, from the ranch, from the mountains, but you have no idea what it is. (Mr. Miyamoto said in Nintendo Power vol. 134 that players would have to unravel the mystery at the heart of the game.)
In my last post, I wasn't referring to the Christian hell, but to some sort of Terminian equivalent. While in Termina, Link travels to three different realms: the field in the sky, the abodes of the Giants, and the lair of Twinmold. I think it's possible that the field represents heaven, the abyss is purgatory and the desert is hell. I don't think that idea's too much of a stretch, because MM does seem to have thematic ties with Christianity. The major moral of the story, "Forgive your friend," which is spelled out letter by letter, reflects the teachings of Christ, while the three days it takes Link to save the world reflects the three days during which Christ saved our world. The rainbow that appears when the moon is gone reflects the rainbow Noah saw as the floodwaters receded. Majora represents Lucifer, as the being once dwelt in the field in the sky, but according to legend it was sealed away because of the mischief it caused.
The Stone Tower reflects the wicked Tower of Babel. The dramatic twist in the Babel story was that God foiled the men by causing them to speak different languages. The dramatic twist in the Stone Tower story is that the goddesses foiled the men by turning everything upside down. The portal in the sky was only accessible from the Stone Tower when it was upside down, and that portal led to a desert instead of a field. Majora's Mask is featured on the ruins in that desert. Consider what that means: the Stone Tower led its architects to the desert. There they found a wicked artifact and began worshipping it.
There are several hints in the game that the goddesses released Majora into Termina. The owl told Link that the world was destined to fade. Why should that world have such a dark fate? It's because of the horrible blasphemy of the Stone Tower. How is the world going to fade? Majora is going to destroy it. When the moon is gone, an enormous rainbow appears over Termina, and it seemed to be a hint that the goddesses had played some role in the story.