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== Summary ==
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Before the creation of the heaven and earth, there was only the Still World. The Goddesses made several attempts at creation, but each time, it was consumed by the [[Appendix:Pantheon/Entities/Null|Null]]<ref>The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, 2024</ref>, the entity that dwelt there. Null hungered indiscriminantly for life and wanted the world for itself. The Goddesses, unable to abide its greed, planned to create the heaven and earth as a prison for [[Appendix:Pantheon/Entities/Null|Null]]. The three Golden Goddesses descended upon the chaos and began the creation of the world, each of them creating a different facet of the realm. [[Appendix:Pantheon/Deities/Din|Din]] created the material realm, [[Appendix:Pantheon/Deities/Nayru|Nayru]] gave the realm law and order, and [[Appendix:Pantheon/Deities/Farore|Farore]] created all life forms that would follow the said order. Null constantly attempted to consume the creation and so the Goddesses created the [[Appendix:Pantheon/Spirits/Tris|Tris]] to mend the rifts created by [[Appendix:Pantheon/Entities/Null|Null]] in order to help maintain the world's balance.

With their labors completed, the Goddesses departed for the heavens, but not before leaving behind the [[Creation/Artifacts/Triforce|Triforce]], three sacred golden triangles representing a small portion of the essence of the goddesses. Because the power of the [[Creation/Artifacts/Triforce|Triforce]] was so great, they trusted the sacred relic to the careful hands of the goddess [[Appendix:Pantheon/Deities/Hylia|Hylia]] so that she could protect it from those who would misuse its almighty power. Hylia was also entrusted with the care of the [[Creation/Artifacts/Secret Stones|Secret Stones]]. Since Hylia herself was a goddess, the [[Creation/Artifacts/Triforce|Triforce]] was in safe hands, as only mortals would be able to use its power. The Goddesses entrusted the protection of the land they created to [[Appendix:Pantheon/Deities/Hylia|Hylia]].<ref>''Handed down by gods of old, this power gave its holder the means to make any desire a reality. Such was the might of the ultimate power that the old ones placed it in the care of the goddess.'', (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, 2011)</ref>. In addition to the Triforce, each goddess left behind a crest<ref>Creation, ''The Three Goddesses'', (The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, p. 70)</ref>.. The crests have proliferated throughout time with different groups and species adopting individual crests as their own.

== The Creation Myth ==

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