
09-07-2007, 06:43 PM
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Shadow Temple Theory
Necromantic Symbolism; A Theory Regarding the Shadow Temple
In Mythology, the Underworld if often depicted as a large labyrinth where the lost souls wander for eternity. The Shadow Temple features a labyrinth-like interior, and It's nearly inescapable without the proper equipment. The entrance is hidden to the naked eye, much like many myths describe the passage to the lands of the dead. Of course, the Graveyard being so close to such a place is symbolic in It's own right.
But back to the Shadow Temple interior; it has a very dark, gloomy atmosphere. As is expected of a place with such a name. Darkness and shadows are among the most common words used to describe the state of death in many poetic writings.
The invisible blocks in one of the Shadow Temple's largest rooms also implies the prior mentioned "Hidden Path", or perhaps blindly walking through oblivion. Meaning to step into the unknown, as death itself is a little-understood thing. The twirling blades in another room resemble the Grim Reaper. The messanger of death. Also, the Owl statue in the first room is a symbol as well. Since the Owl is said to call out the names of the deceased. Pointing the statue toward a skull could also have some relevance towards that as well, although I've yet to find any concrete evidence of that.
*Getting to the point of Necromancy, at the bottom of the Kakariko Well, dead bodies are strewn about. Corpses have no business down there. Especially when they're scattered about in such a manner. Using Navi to inspect one of the bodies, it hints at how to get to the other side. Almost as if guiding the Hero to the tool necessary to travel through the shadows and defeat that which controls them. That being Bongo-Bongo.
This got me thinking; did the dead people want Link to find the Eye of Truth? The Dead Hand certainly didn't. In my opinion, the Dead Hand could have been interpreted as "Death's Icey Grip" or "Hand of the Grave". Fighting the Dead Hand, you see many long arms come out of the ground and hold on to Link, and wait for the Dead Hand to get him. Which could also be thought of as like a hand of Death holding on to Link for final judgement.
(Final Judgement, of course, meaning the Dead Hand is going to kill Link and drag him into the Underworld.)
Back to the topic of the Well corpses, I was thinking that perhaps the spirits of the deceased wanted Link to defeat the demon Bongo-Bongo.
I theorize that Bongo-Bongo is the spirit of a Necromancer. Otherwise, why would he live in a temple of the dead? The Undead enemies within the Shadow Temple could have been reanimated puppets under Bongo's control.
Which brings me to the Spirit that came out of the Kakariko Well. Which was most likely Bongo-Bongo, sealed inside to keep him from bringing back the dead in the Shadow Temple. Of course it could have been the man who originally owned the Eye of Truth who sealed Bongo.
It could have been the Eye that originally created, or awakened Bongo. Then the man somehow sealed him into an underground tomb (later being the Well.) along with the Eye. There seems to be no reason to get rid of such an item, unless there was a good reason. However, this part of my theory is a little "out there".
But that's all I've got for now. Please Discuss
*(Which also brings up the question; did the villagers actually drink that water? I would hope not, considering dead people were down there.)
(I apologize if this is too obvious, or if It's been done before, It's my first time writing a theory.)
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