Well, then, you've got some homework to do, don't you?
Zelda, Zelda II, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening (or DX), Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, and Oracle of Seasons all have enough content that they should be considered when theorizing. Four Swords Adventures has some content, too, but all you need to know is that it shows that Ganondorf was reborn a little while before A Link to the Past.