To protect Skyloft, Hylia placed a thick barrier of clouds between the land and the sky. She gathered humans onto a plot of land, sealed the Triforce within, and sent that land into the sky, creating the Isle of the Goddess, Skyloft. After one particularly ferocious battle, Hylia decided to place the Triforce out of Demise's reach. Hylia and the surface-dwellers fought bravely against the demons, and the battle was long and difficult. The other half of the Monomyth's conflict stems from the curse placed on the Hero of Sky and the First Princess by the Demon King Demise with his dying breath.įirst came the demons and their leader, the Demon King Demise. Of course, a source of that much power was coveted by many. This artifact will grant the wish of the person who finds and places his hand upon it. Their labors complete, the three goddesses returned to their realm, but they did leave one remnant of their power, the holy Triforce, in the hands of the lesser goddess Hylia. With her humid breath, she created life, the diverse inhabitants of all the lands. With her cool breath, she created order, the natural laws that would govern the newly formed land and prevent it from falling back to chaos.įarore, the goddess of courage. With her warm breath, she created the earth, the red land that would someday become the countries of Hyrule, Termina, Labrynna, Holodrum, and many others. Then the three golden goddesses descended on the world.ĭin, the goddess of power. In the beginning, all was chaos, a formless void. We are also introduced to the force that drives much of the conflict of the Monomyth: the Triforce. Legends, naturally, require worlds for them to be set in and people to act in them. It refers to the common threads that weave through the many Legends, such as the existence of an evil force and its opposition by a Princess and a Hero.
The word "monomyth" comes from the Ancient Labrynnan words "monos" (alone) and "mythos" (speech, account). G.'s Note: The Legends of Zelda - referred to here as the "Monomyth" - is the collective term for the stories of the various heroes and princesses who have saved our land. ~From the forward of Hyrule Historia vol.
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