Creation
The Goddesses Create the Land and Sky
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 Null, the entity that dwelt there. Null hungered indiscriminately 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 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. Din created the material realm, Nayru gave the realm law and order, and Farore created all life forms that would follow the said order. Null constantly attempted to consume the creation and so the Goddesses created the Tris to mend the rifts created by 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 Triforce, three sacred golden triangles representing a small portion of the essence of the goddesses. Because the power of the Triforce was so great, they trusted the sacred relic to the careful hands of the goddess Hylia so that she could protect it from those who would misuse its almighty power. Hylia was also entrusted with the care of the Secret Stones. Since Hylia herself was a goddess, the Triforce was in safe hands, as members of the God's Tribe were forbidden from wielding it. The Goddesses entrusted the protection of the land they created to Hylia. In addition to the Triforce, each goddess left behind a crest. The crests have proliferated throughout time with different groups and species adopting individual crests as their own.[1]
- ↑ The Goddesses Create the Land and Sky, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia (January 29, 2013). Nintendo. Dark Horse Books. p. 70