Is Kaepora Gaebora just an owl...? Or have I made a discovery?

"They say that the owl named Kaepora Gaebora is the reincarnation of an ancient Sage."

So no, he's not a reincarnation of the Great Deku Tree. What sage he was we just don't know. Some people think Raru, but Rauru was the only ANCIENT sage that didn't have to be awakened, so he has been around longer than the other sages you awaken in OoT. Some think it's possible that he took the form of Kaepora Gaebora to guide Link, but if I recall correctly, you see him once as Adult Link at the Spirit Temple... in that case, we've already met Rauru, so he'd have no reason to be in the form of an owl.

Therefore, I doubt he's Rauru. I figure he was a different sage of sorts... maybe of Wind. Who knows.

This has been theorized for a very long time, and the general concensus is that it's either the GDT or Rauru. More likely Rauru's incarnation that he uses when he leaves the Sacred realm, or Dark World.

Originally Posted by ゼルダ

"They say that the owl named Kaepora Gaebora is the reincarnation of an ancient Sage."

So no, he's not a reincarnation of the Great Deku Tree. What sage he was we just don't know. Some people think Raru, but Rauru was the only ANCIENT sage that didn't have to be awakened, so he has been around longer than the other sages you awaken in OoT. Some think it's possible that he took the form of Kaepora Gaebora to guide Link, but if I recall correctly, you see him once as Adult Link at the Spirit Temple... in that case, we've already met Rauru, so he'd have no reason to be in the form of an owl.

Therefore, I doubt he's Rauru. I figure he was a different sage of sorts... maybe of Wind. Who knows.

While I agree that Kaepora is most likely not the Great Deku, you are using faulty logic. One can be a sage and not be one of the sages. Here it could simply mean a wise consultant, and the Deku Tree certainly was that for Link and the Kokiri.

In any case, Link can certainly meet individuals who take on different "forms" and he does so often throughout the Zelda series. In Oracle of Seasons, Din reveals herself to be the eponymous oracle. Zelda disguises herself as Sheik, and the maiden in LttP is actually Blind the Thief.

There is no shortage of form changing in Zelda. It is quite possible Rauru is Kaepora, just in a different form.

I always assumed it was Rauru.

I mean, every single sage you meet turns out to be someone you met as a kid, (Remember you go to the spirit temple as a kid first) except for Rauru. And given that statue saying Keapora is an ancient sage I sorta figured he was Rauru to complete the pattern of meeting all the sages as a kid before you meet them as an adult. But maybe I am crazy.

Originally Posted by Robin Goodfellow

I always assumed it was Rauru.

I mean, every single sage you meet turns out to be someone you met as a kid, (Remember you go to the spirit temple as a kid first) except for Rauru. And given that statue saying Keapora is an ancient sage I sorta figured he was Rauru to complete the pattern of meeting all the sages as a kid before you meet them as an adult. But maybe I am crazy.

I'll stick with you. That's the only explanation I too could think of that sounds reasonable.

nice theory but i dont think its the deku tree.

We see Kaepora Gaebora as an owl at the spirit temple when Link is an adult (or so it appears)
If Kaepora Gaebora was Rauru:
I think we would have seen Rauru as an owl at the temple of sages
We see all the other sages as the form we see them as when Link is an adult

I think the Deku sprout is the Deku tree
He seems to know Link

I like Kaepora Gaebora and would rather him simply be an (awesome) owl
Is there an owl in Links Awakening?

There is an Owl in Link's Awakening. That's the first time an Owl character is seen in Zelda, and what KG is based off of.

In LA, he serves as the overseer of the Wind Fish's dreams. But of course he isn't strong enough to deal with the Nightmares.

Nintendo has said that the owl is not Rauru but the game says it's an ancient sage so there you have it. Kaepora Gaebora is an incarnation of an ancient sage. Why is this so difficult to understand? There is no great mystery behind it. The Deku tree is not a sage but a guardian god of the forest.

Hmm...we do see Kaepora Gaebora as an adult as well as a child, since when you learn the Requiem of Spirit, the owl watches Sheik and Link from above, before flying off towards the sunset. I don't think that Kaepora Gaebora is Rauru's form outside of the Temple of Light either, since in Ganon's Castle, Rauru appears as himself (the old man). Also, Rauru seems to have a completely different personality to the owl.

I personally think that Kaepora Gaebora is the reincarnation of a previous Sage of Light, rather than Rauru.

Originally Posted by Guilthas

Nintendo has said that the owl is not Rauru but the game says it's an ancient sage so there you have it. Kaepora Gaebora is an incarnation of an ancient sage. Why is this so difficult to understand? There is no great mystery behind it. The Deku tree is not a sage but a guardian god of the forest.

Mind showing me where Nintendo stated this? I have never heard such.


In any case it is interesting to connect the puzzle pieces in Zelda, and even if it isn't necessarily clearly spelled out doesn't mean there wasn't a connection inherent in the game. Nintendo leaves clues to character's identities all the time. It is certainly possible Kaepora could be Rauru, there is little reason to completely denounce such a theory on the basis that 'there is no great mystery behind it' because in fact there is and it is our job to discover the answers behind it.

I always imagined that he was the reincarnation of just some random sage. Not any sage that we know of (at this time.)

my theory is he was an advisor to the godesses and the first sage he died and the godesses reincarnated him to help link

Originally Posted by Magic-Tech

The Deku Tree already has a reincarnation. The Deku Sprout.

THIS.

There is another gossip stone that seems to hint that Kaepora is Rauru the sage. it says his "character is rather lighthearted", a reference to Rauru's position as the Sage of Light.

Originally Posted by Magic-Tech

The Deku Tree already has a reincarnation. The Deku Sprout.

No need to add anything else than that.

I just think that Kaepora's personality is just too different from Rauru and the Deku Tree's to be either of them. I just think he is a reincarnation of an ancient sage, and by reading what Majora108 posted, it leads me to believe he was a previous sage of light, rather than Rauru himself.

Originally Posted by PocketCucco

I just think that Kaepora's personality is just too different from Rauru and the Deku Tree's to be either of them. I just think he is a reincarnation of an ancient sage, and by reading what Majora108 posted, it leads me to believe he was a previous sage of light, rather than Rauru himself.

That makes perfect sense. And Link talks to Rauru, and he [Rauru] appears at the end of the game, if I'm not mistaken. Kaepora Gaebora couldn't be Rauru's reincarnation if Rauru's "old" form is still there.

Originally Posted by Phazon goron

Hurm.

Sort of looks like the Deku Tree....maybe when the Deku Tree died its spirit stayed to help/annoy Link? Than when the evil in the temple was destroyed the Deku Sprout could come out and well...Link would be left alone.

Originally Posted by Phazon goron

Hurm.

That doesn't look like the Deku Tree, at all.