the identity of majora

Okay we all know that majora's mask locked away terrible evil, correct?
here's the question... who made the mask evil? Who thought to create such a mask? Who exactly is majora?!?
this has pondered me for quite a while, and i was hoping you had ideas

If you want some ideas, I recommed you to read the "stone tower of babel" thread. I´ll sum up a bit for you.

Majora was created a long time ago, by an ancient tribe. It was used in hexing rituals, and the damage caused by the mask were so great they decided to seal it away. Then the Tribe got excint, and none remained that knew the true powers of Majoras mask.

I could try to explain the stone tower of babel theories for you, but I´m really bad at retelling such things. It would just sound like nonsensce then. But It´s worth reading them, I can almost promise that!

I think that Majora was a demon, if not the Hylian/Terminan version of Satan. He was either made into a mask so that he could hide in the world more easily, or the dark magics of the tribe who worshipped him was sealed in a mask made in their lord's honor.

read the last chapter of the MM manga. it might help,
http://www.zelda-infinite.com/files/manga/majora/
i know its not canon or whatever but its alright.

In the unoffical manga it said The Mask is revealed to be an ancient and dangerous artifact made from the body armor of Majora. According to a myth came up with "by the humans themselves," the beast's armor was supposed to grant wishes and hold of a terrible power. Nevertheless, all who approached Majora were devoured without a second thought by the beast. After several centuries of a woeful and solitary existence, a being disguised as a human musician (looking similar, very similar to the Fierce Deity) approached Majora, and offered it eternal rest, not by fighting, but by playing music. Majora happily danced to dying exhaustion after three days of agony. The musician removed the armour from Majora, and from that he carved Majora's Mask, attempting to bring an end to the solitude of the beast and the fear of the people.

Then, it ended up with early Terminan tribes, adn was considered the Mask of The Devil. It gained power from the greedy thoughts of the people, and devoured them. It accumualted power until it killed all in the tribe, and they died out. The Mask Salesman finds it, and in the end the wish-granting powers are destroyed. Im not sure about the his purpose for searching for it, and it doesn't seem to be revealed...

the mask salesman is looking for masks of happiness originally.
though my he had majora's mask i dont know.

Originally Posted by Elfen Lied

the mask salesman is looking for masks of happiness originally.
though my he had majora's mask i dont know.

Actually I think that "happy" masks are just a disguise. He wants powerful, legendary masks. Because he is twisted and evil Watch out for the Salesman!

I've always thought that he wants all masks, because he's obbessed with them and claims they will bring happiness to the world.
Who says a good mask brings happiness to everyone? Some people would be more pleased with having an evil mask.

Hm, that's a bit off topic, but oh well n__n

Originally Posted by PurachinaIto

Actually I think that "happy" masks are just a disguise. He wants powerful, legendary masks. Because he is twisted and evil Watch out for the Salesman!

OK thats just a little far fetched there. But going on that statement, i will admit that i got pretty scared the very first time i played the game when the salesman was shaking me asking if i got the mask. He had this creepy face on and his eyes were freaky.

:[ but i dont think hes evil...just errrr eccentric

No he's evil
he wanted the mask so that he could go back to hyrule and take the triforce pieces from zelda link and ganondorf then he would wish for everyone to love masks and then he'd make millions of dollars ....

I think the Mask salesman in MM is the same one in OoT. I know everyone else is just a mirror character, but for some reason I always got the feeling that the salesman was magical and could transcend dimensions - might be why he had MM.

I agree with the theory that he has no mirror image like all other characters. His shop is set up in hyrule and he travels everywhere to collect various masks to make people happy.

Originally Posted by icewizard292

I agree with the theory that he has no mirror image like all other characters. His shop is set up in hyrule and he travels everywhere to collect various masks to make people happy.

He doesn´t want people to be happy. He´s evil and twisted! Just imagine what he might have done in order to get Majoras Mask!

For all we know, the salesman could have just been a tool like

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Zant for Ganon

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Originally Posted by soupjhhs

For all we know, the salesman could have just been a tool like

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Zant for Ganon

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But you can't really proove this as well. Don't make assumptions that we can't know. Nintendo didn't even think about

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Zant and Ganondorf's ties until 2003 or so but not in the late 90's so that theory of yours is wrong.

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Originally Posted by DukeofEarls

I think the Mask salesman in MM is the same one in OoT. I know everyone else is just a mirror character, but for some reason I always got the feeling that the salesman was magical and could transcend dimensions - might be why he had MM.

Not every character in the game has a mirror image. For example, The Mask Salesman, the Skull kid or Link. And yes, the Mask salesman was able to jump dimensions. Remember at the beginning of the story he says "...I must leave this world in 3 days", by this I believe he was refering to his return to Hyrule (or wherever he came from).

??? this raises a good question, are the characters who are able to jump between dimensions the only ones without counterparts? It certainly seems this way. But why is this? Is their existance so significant that only one can exist between the two worlds, or is it the complete opposite? Maybe it was just something the programmers did to avoid confusion as far as the fluidness of the story goes. Who nows...

yeah, I always thought the Mask Saleseman.....

Originally Posted by Hero of Legends

Not every character in the game has a mirror image. For example, The Mask Salesman, the Skull kid or Link. And yes, the Mask salesman was able to jump dimensions. Remember at the beginning of the story he says "...I must leave this world in 3 days", by this I believe he was refering to his return to Hyrule (or wherever he came from).

??? this raises a good question, are the characters who are able to jump between dimensions the only ones without counterparts? It certainly seems this way. But why is this? Is their existance so significant that only one can exist between the two worlds, or is it the complete opposite? Maybe it was just something the programmers did to avoid confusion as far as the fluidness of the story goes. Who nows...

I know that it's been said that Termina and Hyrule are different dimension but I feel like they aren't and they are just to different locations. Kinda like U.S.A. and England.

They might consider it a different world since they live so far away.