Something I forgot to mention: the Statue is found near a pond. The Compendium entry for Fairies says that they're often mistaken for fireflies. The pond near the statue is called "Firly Pond" (Fir(ef)ly), and in Japanese "Firefly Pond", and is full of fireflies! (For those asking, the thumbnail art is concept artwork for the Statue from Master Works!)
Have you done a video on the Happy Mask Salesman? I wanna know just what his deal is and why he's sifting through dark, corpse filled crypts in search of evil masks
So the statue may have been a god, just like Malanya, but instead of bringing horses back to life, people came and gave it money to revive their dead relatives. And the statue tells us the rest. Wow, really interesting theory, also, very creepy thumbnail 🖒
The very first time I encountered the horned statue and that ominous music began to play, I immediately got the feeling I was meeting someone important. Like an antagonist from a previous game or something.
@Hooty HOOT HOOT Demise is still stuck in the sword, but I'm not sure what happened to Girahim after the final battle. He was probably also sealed, but it's never shown explicitly, so it definitely could be him. My theory is that it's The Mad Batter
@Ikey Ilex When it comes to pseudo dieties like the Deku tree, I dont think they really see "cursing a few particularly greedy individuals" as particularly evil, but just a bit rude and shifty. It fits well IMO
@@jamielishbrook2384 because you need to complete a curtain number of shrines and still have less than 13 hearts then the great deku tree will say the message
RADgamer interesting. I saw the statue before i went to the tree. He didnt say anything about the statue but said complete more trials and come back later
I had loads of hearts by the time I found it lol... seriously, one of my last quests, and I even forgot it was a thing until I used a guide to find out what quests I was missing 😂
The horned statue made me so uneasy that I refused to use it the entire game. I was sure that overusing his service would eventually backfire. I was shocked when the Great Deku Tree mentioned him. lol
In the quest where you have to hit the eyes of an evil statue, i inmediatly though you had to hit this one, and i spent like 15 arrows and two different swords trying to hit this poor statue that had nothing to do with the quest.
Keira Mecham it’s in a small grove filled with small statues not dissimilar to the ones you offer apples too, north of the Cliffs of Quince. You must go at night to see the statues eyes glow, it will be in the middle and the eyes will be purple.
I think I found the demon. He is both a malevolent deity dedicated for trading magical gifts for rupees, and he also is a little devil. That's right, the Horned Statue is Malo, owner of the Malo-Mart
@Emily Haught imagine going down this path and instead of seeing it next to the path, you just see a round shadow. Until you look up and see the statue floating beneath a huge red balloon.
He also teaches you the song of healing, a song that turns the souls of the dead into masks. And what does he sell? Masks. Maybe he ended up in hyrule, with his transformation masks enraging Hylia
I kind of like the canon where Hylia gifted her the ability to care for horses knowing that they’re sacred and how much they’ve helped Link in all of his lifetimes It seems playful enough to threaten them that they are capable of punishing those who mistreat horses just so Link keeps it in the back of his mind to honor the horse for the aid it gives him
The statue kind of reminded me of the "monster" who is accused of kidnapping a young girl in Skyward Sword. He wanted Link to collect happiness to free him of his curse or something. I don't quite remember what he needed them for. The more happiness Link brought to him, the greater the gifts that he would bestow upon Link.
I get the feeling that the reason the entity was sealed by Hylia rather than destroyed is specifically because he would be useful to Link. Perhaps Link is the only one who can hear the statue because he's the only one who can safely use his services.
I think of another person in the Zelda franchise: one that has an eternal smile and hands folded together. A dealer of life in other forms... The Happy Mask salesman of Majora's Mask. He collects the masks of those brought back with the Song of Healing and isnt necessarily evil but comes from a land where he carries an evil entity upon him Majoras mask. But thats just a theory...
Since link is the only one that’s able to communicate with the statue for such a long time the statue is probably unwilling to take away the base hearts because otherwise if link dies there’s not gonna be any more rupees
He probably is super happy to talk to someone after who knows how much time. Could have been 100 or maybe longer. Being alone for even a few months is enough to drive most people insane. Let alone decades. Poor statue god.
sluttyMapleSyrup Honestly I'd say it’s a good deal darker, especially since who knows how many people were killed in TP. In Majora's Mask... well not many people have actually died, surprisingly enough.
Very few fates in fiction bring more terror and dread than conscious but immobile immortality. For Zelda to have trapped the Calamity for a whole century while completely alone and coming out of it even a little bit sane must take insane mental fortitude and still makes her one of my fave Zeldas
"a merchant of souls and rupees?" sounds like OoT's Poe Salesman (in the Adult-Market, with the one red eye)...sure, Poe's arent necessarily 'alive', but you can sell their Spirits to him for rupees (or if you give 10 Big Poes to him, a Bottle)...he also speaks in the 'sane' manner you mention from the statue, calm yet with a sense of humor ("if i were as handsome as you, young man, id be running a Very Different business, heh heh" or something along those lines)...im actually surprised that i thought of something that Wasnt covered in a Zeltik video xD
@@mgilbert9004 He BUYS your Hearts from you. He has to be getting that money from somewhere. Once the deal is over, he has gained 20 rupees. Logically he must need them for something other than trading, otherwise there would be no point in earning extra.
@@hanasong8013 I see, im not sure if its school or what but im way too confused to put too and two together right now ,😅 that's for explaining though I'll come back when my brain is functioning properly.
Hana Song I understand, he’s basically a demonic businessman. He manages to scam you out of twenty Rupees for his own purposes, whether it’s a massive stockpile of Rupees he plans on using later on in order to buy the services of beings just as powerful as him if not more so in order to most likely break the curse that keeps him trapped in that stone statue. Which means that even gods and demons have shrewd businessman.
I found this statue early on and had a heart vessel taken and I was so worried I loaded the last game before I saw it and never went back,,, and I’ve logged 100+ hours by now
Same. I talked to it, and was short on rupees for buying back the heart, so I just reloaded a save from before I'd talked to it. Pretended it never happened. I never talked to it. Don't plan on ever talking to it. Nope.
I actually got the Master Sword via the statue. I temporarily converted all my stamina upgrades into heart upgrades, went to the Korok Forest and pulled it easily and went back to the statue and converted everything back to normal.
Interesting! I've never thought of Rupees having magical properties. I always thought it was more the act of giving an offering to the Great Fairies that gave them power, playing off of the idea that it's worship from mortal beings that gives gods their power. The greater the offering, the stronger one's intent to worship, and thus, the stronger the fairies become. As mysterious as Rupees are though, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're magical.
If they were not magickal in nature, Rupoors wouldn't make sense. How would owning a Rupoor cause you to lose money? I think that Rupoors, when in close proximity, destroy/drain away the energy inside of Rupees, thus rendering them less valuable/useless. Combine that with the magickal armor, fairy fountains, etc. and it seems like not only do Rupees have magickal properties, but it is that magickal property which is the currency of the world.
I always assumed it was the same creature that cursed Jovani and the Skulltula Family and that years of being a statue mellowed him out (or he refuses to trade when you're at the minimum Health/Stamina because it lets him do his business without ticking off Hylia)
I love the idea of the horned statue being a Great Fairy. Shame we couldn’t see it as a Great Fairy, using a mild amount a rupees (maybe 100-200) to open its bud. Normally, when the Great Fairies’ buds are opened, an ominous smog emanates from the pod within, before the Great Fairy emerges. How cool would it have been if we saw a corrupt fairy emerge from the bud?
What if they had something where the trades were overpriced, but you could complete some sidequest to free him, after which he is grateful and gives you a discount.
I'm torn between chaotic neutral and neutral evil. On the one hand, he doesn't really seem all that chaotic. His actions are regular, predictable, and almost exploitable. On the other, he's not really all that evil, either.
@@BloodInTheStrawberries Cannot be, so why was he punished. I mean, look at his fate, he's stuck there. He must have really hurt somebody - now if justice is fair, it's like he immobilised somebody though mis-management of his ways,,,
@@netweed09 "it's like he immobilised somebody though mis-management of his ways" Like turning a certain someone into gold? However, my theory is that the warning he provides if you try to give away too many heart containers is something he learned the hard way. Which lead to his punishment. Maybe he was too greedy and had a complete disregard for his "customers". I bet even gods need a good lawyer. We are looking at a typical case of divine negligence here.
the god idea isnt just in the japanese version! when link speaks to the statue he says ‘there are those that still pray to me’, implying that people did used to pray to him as they would the goddess hylia or the horse god. i know this video’s over a year old but just wanted to share :)
Well, not exactly like Goddess Hylia because they would be praying to an evil entity, a demon, so they would have been evil people worshipping an evil god or demon, not for nothing he would have been trapped by Hylia, and nowadays it would be the same with the people that still pray to him
I think it's important to be familiar with some of the aspects of the Shinto faith when trying to discern this. You made a note that the translation from Japanese calls the being in statue a "god", which I am guessing the word "kami" was used in Japanese? The Shinto faith is VERY different from Western concepts of "gods" to the point that "kami" can be translated as either "god" OR "spirit". In Shinto, spirits and Gods are often local, and vary in power and capability depending on what they are "kami" of, and how many people give them offerings. In Shinto, a spirit and a "god" are essentially the SAME THING, with the main distinction usually being how much worship one is receiving. So for example, a "kami" with MANY worshipers is much more like "God" status, and a "kami" with very few worshippers or offerings would be "spirit" status, however if they are able to attain more worshippers, this kami would become more like a "god" kami. It's sort of like "ranks"... they are all the same, but the way the word "kami" is translated is a denotation of RANK, and to figure that out you have to know the context of the worship. In your video, you compare the Great Fairies, Hylia, the creature trapped in the stone, etc. and you seem really hung up on the difference between "God" and "spirit" or "fairy" but I just want to tell you that these probably mean very similar things in the Japanese translation. For example, the Great Fairys probably ARE also considered "kami", which can translate as god or spirit. My point is that Hylia, the being in the statue, the Great Fairies, and Malanya are ALLLLL "kami"... aka, gods or spirits. It's the same thing. To clarify, in the English translation, Malanya is translated calling himself a "god" because his status as a spiritual being is much higher rank than some of the other great fairies, and we know this because the people build their stables in his image and name a bridge after him, and pass tales on him along through word of mouth. This would elevate a "kami" to be more revered like a god. My POINT is that "Great fairies" and "Malanya" and maybe even "Hylia" are probably the SAME type of being (kami, in Japanese), but one of them is a higher "rank" and receives more worship (Hylia is the most powerful of all the kami > then lesser beings like Malanya would be lower in rank > and the Great Fairy is likely lower than Malanya). It's a very subtle translation tic that most people wouldn't really pick up on unless they are familiar with the Shinto beliefs. But the biggest point is that THERE IS NOT MUCH TRANSLATION DIFFERENCE between "god" or "spirit" so Malanya being translated as "god" is probably because Malanya is a much more idolized "kami".... or the statue calling itself "god" in Japanese is not really that strange, and can still mean it's a Great Fairy... at the end of the day they are ALL "kami"... Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, I just though you would find it interesting. I think you are right, that the being in the statue is some sort of old, probably corrupt or mischievous "kami" that was really similar to the fairies, or a type of fairy.
You could have shortened this comment substantially. You said the same thing in slightly different ways around 3 times. Regardless, I agree with you completely.
I was thinking a similar idea but was going to comment with how the statue is a "god" and placed in stone form. So it was making me wonder if it was a higher rank God since the Goddess Hylia is obviously also a stone statue with the mini statuettes woven throughout Hyrule in BotW. I'm curious as to how the Hateno Statue got to its present location (curse, spirit got stuck there, etc)
There are plenty of gods in the zelda series, starting in SS with the dragons. Pretty sure the horned statue sis one of those lesser gods, the same way the dragons served Hylia and Hylia served the 3 golden goddesses.
I don't disagree with you, but I also think it's worth considering how the Zelda universe draws a lot from European cultures (clothing, use of monuments, architecture -- aside from the homes seen in Kakariko village..); the distinction between spirit, fairies, and gods might be necessary in this case. Gods are seen as an omnipotent force, while spirits and fairies are subsidiaries of them. Spirits and fairies were perceived to be more playful, if not mischievous entities (Great Fairy anyone?), so it doesn't seem too much of a stretch to try and define what kind of being the statue is. Fairies can also be seen as fallen "angelic" creatures that go somewhere in between something divine and something demonic. Bargaining with one's life force is a veryyy tight rope to walk on, but the creature in the statue *does* abide by the rules set in the deal. It could be dangerous but it plays a fair trade. I would also argue that Malanya (although with good intentions towards horses) is a self-proclaimed god with a peculiar personalty and frequent outbursts, betraying the fact that he is actually a spirit/fairy acting under pretense (probably for his own amusement). I don't think he's a very reliable character in this sense. But the main thing that doesn't seem to sit right is that Shintoism focuses mainly on ancestral worship, and that there is no supreme entity to believe in. Instead BOTW is rooted in the idea that there's an afterlife; Zelda should be able to use the triforce because she is Hylia reincarnate. Hylia also does not seem to be an entity that presides in nature (i.e. god/goddess of the sun). While there are other entities that exist all throughout Hyrule itself, the goddess Hylia seems to be the single, powerful deity that has created and oversees the world she created. Not that the Japanese creators couldn't have drawn from Shinto beliefs, but the connection to a single religion is more complicated than it seems. It would be interesting to know if any Japanese speakers could say if there are any notable distinctions between spirits, fairies, and gods in the original BOTW script.
I really appreciate that this video makes logical conclusions, instead of just settling on the first easy possibility and going "DARK CREATURE? EVIL STATUE? SAME CHARACTER!!"
Maybe the horned statue doesn't want to harm Link, because Link's intentions and motivations are pure. Figures in myth are frequently like that: benevolent if you're the right sort of person, but absolutely has potential for malevolent deeds if you're "wicked" in some way. And what's wicked may vary from figure to figure. I could absolutely see there being a Great Fairy who will happily help you by way of rupees, if you need it for something good (like, beyond Link, maybe this Fairy would be totally chill if someone needed to feed their family or something,) but if you're literally just being greedy, you're gettin cursed.
@@joelxala6620 While I could totally see that, kinda matching with his appearance being a bit different than most humanoid Hylians, I doubt Nintendo would actually do or imply the conception of a character like that.
@@colehughes5651 they did in a way in Wind Waker on windfall island side quest for the rito postman, to deliver a letter to maggie from a moblin of the forsaken fortress. maggie even says she likes him. the moblin. and it is he that give her the skull necklaces that her father sells to be rich not poor as they started the game as. so yes they have implied relationships between Hylians and moblins. but known if it was more then being friend zoned.
I like this theory. I like to think he was a corrupt fairy, trading "life and power" for rupees. Using the "power of rupees" he would give a person power, at the cost of their soul, that is what angered the goddess.
I am leaning more towards him being a fallen god. Perhaps he sided with Demise or sold Demise the life essence and that is why he was cursed to be the statue.
I have a theory that the rupees came from a variant luminous stones. It would explain why the fairies and the horned statue needed it in the first place to perform what they do.
Perhaps but it seems more chaotic good plus in the case of the wealthy greedy people he gave them fortune at the cost of their humanity and soul so to speak but only to an extreme sense one in which they could remorse and learn and hope to be freed should a hero with a green hat and tunic come along and do so which he does and after be it wealthy or not they are simply happy and rejoice except for the one dude cause his GF left him guess a solid gold dick wasnt enough XD then again perhaps it was and he got rid of it to be a human again how selfish XD
Same lol, since I saw the statue I just felt like it was too sinister and weird to be realy beneficial for me, I just thought he would steal my hearts and stamina and I just never gave him any for the rest of the game
When talking about the connection between Rupees and magic you should have mentioned the blupees which are magical creatures that drop rupees when struck and have explicit ties to Lord of the Mountain another god-like figure
@@theradicalginger3060 no in BOTW the little blue rabbits you see can be hit and they drop ruppees. When you explore there's a mountain that sometimes had a blue glue above it and if you sneak up you'll see the Lord of the mountain surrounded by blupees
5:46 The story of Jovani reminds me of the story of Midas. I’m actually surprised how many people don’t know about Midas. My grandmother would always tell me the legend. Midas was a king and he lived a beautiful life with his daughter. But he wasn’t happy with it. He wanted more. More money. So he prayed for gold. When he woke up he went to hug his daughter. And she turned to gold. He realized his mistake and that he shouldn’t have been greedy. But it was too late. He’d already lost everything he’d loved. In his sorrow he turned himself to gold too.
Honestly, if you just want a bunch of folk tale stories with lessons, I recommend (oh lord I forgot the name and it’s gonna sound religious) Adventures from the Book of Virtues. I used to watch it as a kid and it’s not religious, it’s more just them reading stories and being like “Well how do you relate to this story and how can we learn from their mistakes?” It’s read by an ox and it’s actually kinda peaceful.
Same. When I first met it, after it took my heart container away, I got *so* mad at that idiot kid and didn’t go near that statue for the rest of the game until I figured out what it could do.
When I first talked to it and it took from me, I got so startled that I restarted from my last save😩😂. Avoided it entirely after, not even to see what it actually was.
Could it be the mask salesman? Majoras mask made it seem like the masks actually were from living creatures and he did sell them. Maybe hylia got pissed he was selling souls as masks and turned him into the statue?
I had pretty much the exact same thought, also I don't believe the mask salesman was fully humanoid in the first place, I feel like he was either an extension of Majora, or a separate otherworldly being, in a human form.
My dad and sister (who play botw as well) asked what the fourth cutscene was cause they hadn’t seen it yet and I summed it up and there was about 10 seconds of pure silence before they just changed the subject XD
This comment is funnier to me at this moment simply because of the 69 likes it has (at the time of this typing). My friend and roommate, when he first saw that cutscene, voiced his opinion pretty clearly: "This is in a game for kids?!"
What about the Poe Collector? He buys and sells souls for rupees in Ocarina. He also allows you to train against lost souls in Majora's Mask. He isn't a good or bad guy, is sort of a guardian of the spirit realm, and is seemingly undead / a spirit himself as evidenced by responding to the Song of Healing.
isn't the Poe Collector in OOT just that guard from the young link era but all spooky? The young guard is always talking about how cool ghosts and shit are, and then you see the Poe Collector wearing a tabard very similar to the Town Guard tabard and being all spooky. Always just assumed it was the same guy
@@that1_guy1307 he would probably take your stamina vessel instead, as it's impossible to reach him without talking to the goddess statue at least once. but if someone were to hack him into the great plateau before you beat it, that could be interesting
@@FahadAyaz Yes? I prefer stamina to hearts, so after I get the sword I turn all those hearts into stamina. Going from 1 wheel straight to the full 3 is so satisfying.
@@MurasakiNoKami i bump that, why need hearts when u dont get hit? heh heh heh lol need those stamina wheels though for when you wander too far from your horse ×D
WAIT WAIT WAIT THERES A 5TH FAIRY THE BRINGS MY HORSES BACK WTF Edit: holy crap this got a lot of likes Edit: I’ve seen the comments but never clicked my bad lol
Yeah, I found him a couple days ago. I was kind of mad after giving him my 1000 rupees only to discover he isn't of the great fairies and can't upgrade my clothing.
When I first talked to the statue it actually took my stamina and instead of asking me what I want back for the stamina, it automatically gave me a heart
Yeah that's what I thought right off the bat too. I was scrolling down expecting to see at least a few people sharing the same opinion but this is the only comment I've found.
I always thought that Malanya had the coolest looking fountain! My favorite color is purple, so I love their fountain the best! Malanya itself is creepy as hell though.
After using the horned statue twice (one for exchanging my stamina to a heart and the other to take it back), I swore I’d never use it again even in master mode. The story of the statue crept me out so much and I didn’t want to enable it to exploit me further. 😂
The horned statue (in fairy/god form) was probably found out on Skull Lake, I noticed in my current botw game that the same giant underwater flowers can only be found at Malanya’s location and at Skull Lake, I thought it was odd but this would make sense
Zeltik, I gotta pass on a combo theory about this that I think you might enjoy: part one: the horned statue is the poe keeper. He dealt with souls and money. Poes are the source of jovani's curse because they pulled his soul out and split it. (This might be why the statue doesn't want to reduce links hearts past the start-out 3: this would repeat the Jovani tragedy that probably was the reason the Poe keeper was cursed by hylaia.) It is also worth noting that souls seem to be what we are gaining from monks in botw, and pulling them from link, they almost look like poe-fire. Part 2: Melonia is the combined soul form of melon and eponia from OOT. Melon is half gerudo according to her father. Melonia has female gerudo hands, and when interacting is complete, goes lax like a puppet. This may indicate that being the daughter of neburu, melon may have became a sage-like mystic
There’s just something I love so much about this design, it’s eerie but still well designed - a round shape with interesting assets like horns and wings
It's the Hylia statue but with wings and horns with light emerging from the earth because There's nowere else for the light to appear because There's a wall covering It up.
I was thinking of the highwaymen in the second quest of Zelda 1. They say, "Your money or your life," but instead of just doing damage to Link, they permanently steal life containers.
I never actually encountered the Horned Statue in my own playthrough of BotW. It wasn't until the side quest at Lookout Landing in TotK that I discovered the Horned Statue was a thing, so that happened
Most people I talk to think it's the Happy Mask Salesman being punished for his reckless pursuit of power through masks. The gods were angry with him, so they morphed him into something that would never be able to travel or die, but kept him hidden in the shadows like he always preferred.
Matt Gales the only “demonic” mask we know he owned was Majora’s Mask, and his personality type seems much more likely to be the kind that was keeping it out of the wrong hands than to use it for his own nefarious purposes. Again, people always like to assume that mysterious intentions = evil intentions.
I've played through the game 3 times now, even collected all 900 korok seeds and did all the shrines...... I never knew this statue existed. o_o . . . Wow, this game is Massive. xD
"A god who governs life and power. That is who I used to be" He was the Triforce of Power holder who was turned into stone by a previous incarnation of Link just like Ganon was transformed into stone at the end of Wind Waker. His redemption is to help this incarnation of Link on his mission to rid Hyrule from the Malice he used to be himself.
Except there are 2 other Ganondorf's aside from the one in the Adult timeline. In the Child timeline, he died in Twilight Princess and reincarnated in Four Swords Adventure, getting trapped in the Four Sword. In the Downfall timeline, he died in Link to the Past, died again in Link Between Worlds, and died again in Zelda 1.
The Great Deku said "a bit wicked" not exactly ganondorf material, unless it;s so old and powerful, like the goddess Hylia that it can deceive one of the wisest beings in existence. My theory that if it was this, it would be a god of the Yiga. Think about it, the Yiga defected from the Sheikah and are trained in disguise and deception. It would make sense if they worshipped a god that represented their beliefs. Thats being said, it is a stretch and there is no evidence to support this. I just enjoy making these strange connections
When I first found the statue it reminded me of the Poe collector, where it reminisces about buying souls for rupees just made me think of his strange interactions
I know this is probably wrong but, the design of the statue reminded me of Batreaux (the monster hiding in Skyloft that wants you to go do good deeds to open peoples hearts and gain crystals from them) from Skyward Sword. Anyone else?
Me and my girlfriend is literally watching all your videos together every time you release one, never dissapointed, best zelda content creator out there man.
The problem with considering the statue evil is that while sinister, it's probably the most useful vendor in the game, not even counting glitches. It can give you massive wealth if you need it, and gets a minor profit for helping you
Something I forgot to mention: the Statue is found near a pond.
The Compendium entry for Fairies says that they're often mistaken for fireflies. The pond near the statue is called "Firly Pond" (Fir(ef)ly), and in Japanese "Firefly Pond", and is full of fireflies!
(For those asking, the thumbnail art is concept artwork for the Statue from Master Works!)
Right behind links house in a canyon
Really liked this theory! Thanks for this info too
Have you done a video on the Happy Mask Salesman? I wanna know just what his deal is and why he's sifting through dark, corpse filled crypts in search of evil masks
Awesome Video
So the statue may have been a god, just like Malanya, but instead of bringing horses back to life, people came and gave it money to revive their dead relatives.
And the statue tells us the rest.
Wow, really interesting theory, also, very creepy thumbnail 🖒
Likes ruppees
Green
Possibly connected with fairies
Seems kind of insane
The statue is Tingle
How is he green? He's gray stone.
@@nicholasthesilly they both start with gr
I have another theory.
Likes treasure
Harrison ford
Wears hats
Uses a whip
Hes Indiana Jones
I believe you mean LORD TINGLE. jeez have some respect
@@nicholasthesilly Technically Tingle wears green but isn't himself green.
"A home, a cat, and a girlfriend"
Ah yes, only the most important necessities.
Facts tho
Quarantine essentials
The lesbian dream
@@kellyzelda2131 I find it funny that no one can disagree with you because then you'll be able to call them homophobic.
ha king Kronos classic wait..... DO U READ PERCY JACKSON or do u just like Greek myths........ U BETTER LIKE PERCY JACKSON
The very first time I encountered the horned statue and that ominous music began to play, I immediately got the feeling I was meeting someone important. Like an antagonist from a previous game or something.
Me to, I thought it was a reference to another Zelda game I just hadn't played.
I thought
Perr0 That would be cool maybe they can do that again in a future game
@Hooty HOOT HOOT Demise is still stuck in the sword, but I'm not sure what happened to Girahim after the final battle. He was probably also sealed, but it's never shown explicitly, so it definitely could be him. My theory is that it's The Mad Batter
Same
My theory is that the horned statue is actually Tom Nook playing as a statue getting them rupees
give this man a promotion
tenuki's can turn into any form of statue that they like, so...
Animal Crossing is just debt simulator
GoodersJ - yes he is the guy you pay the bells to to upgrade your house (bells are the currency
Ghiaccio_ Ragazza_Lilly More like Redd. 😂😂
I didn't even realize the deku tree mentions the demon statue
Man I never saw this either...
@Ikey Ilex When it comes to pseudo dieties like the Deku tree, I dont think they really see "cursing a few particularly greedy individuals" as particularly evil, but just a bit rude and shifty. It fits well IMO
I didnt either. I went and used it anyway to get the sword when i was only 3 hearts away from it and failed but dont remember getting that message
@@jamielishbrook2384 because you need to complete a curtain number of shrines and still have less than 13 hearts then the great deku tree will say the message
RADgamer interesting. I saw the statue before i went to the tree. He didnt say anything about the statue but said complete more trials and come back later
i remember being SO pissed off when it took it. it was because i only had 4 hearts and was like bitch tf give it back
Me too hahaha
Loooooool this killed me
Same here lol
I had loads of hearts by the time I found it lol... seriously, one of my last quests, and I even forgot it was a thing until I used a guide to find out what quests I was missing 😂
Coral Maynard what guide did you use to find all the other quests?
The horned statue made me so uneasy that I refused to use it the entire game. I was sure that overusing his service would eventually backfire. I was shocked when the Great Deku Tree mentioned him. lol
What he say?
Eesa rafiq 8:02
@@ehodovic thank you, may vid be with you Mr
I didn’t want to use it either but eventually had to. I hated it.
i used it to transfer my 1 stamina vessel into my 13th heart to get the master sword
In the quest where you have to hit the eyes of an evil statue, i inmediatly though you had to hit this one, and i spent like 15 arrows and two different swords trying to hit this poor statue that had nothing to do with the quest.
Same... Just... Ahhhhh
Lol
What statue do you need to hit?
Keira Mecham it’s in a small grove filled with small statues not dissimilar to the ones you offer apples too, north of the Cliffs of Quince. You must go at night to see the statues eyes glow, it will be in the middle and the eyes will be purple.
The NPC does tell you to wait indirectly
Nobody:
The Horned Statue: So anyway I started scamming
LOL I gotta thank the statue for making me op 🤐😎
Nah, he just hustling souls
@I think cheese should Be an illegal drug me too, also awesome username 😂😂
You can scam the statue with apparatus activation storage and get max hearts in about 10 minutes...
Lol
I think I found the demon. He is both a malevolent deity dedicated for trading magical gifts for rupees, and he also is a little devil. That's right, the Horned Statue is Malo, owner of the Malo-Mart
I like this a lot! XD, he does sell the magic armor at one of his branches soooo
Oh damn
Don't you mean Mako Mart
That's the direction I thought he'd go when he was talkong about Twilight Princess XD
Even the way he speaks fits.
I knew it!
Link: *tries to talk to the statue*
The statue: Hippity hoppity your hearts are now my property.
bing bong your hearts are gone
Thank u for this
0:36 "These statue vary from just a few feet tall to colossal stone titans that dwarfs Link"
But everybody is taller than Link
Even a horse is taller than him
Link be a short boi
My guy may be 117 years old but he still a short king 👑
I know. Like, damn, Link is so short in BotW in particular. Jeez...
@The ZeldaDragon maybe he buys children xl clothes?
Why hylia trapped him: to stop inflation
Caedmon Larson
You mean to stop deflation, she pulls money out of the circulation.
I could honestly not care less about the difference
Caedmon Larson
Difference? Its the exact opposite :D
Realshaun there is still a _difference,_ so Caedmon is not wrong there.
Realshaun You mean Hylia?
To me, this statue was THE DARKEST part of the entire game. Hiding right down a normal path, terrifying.
True
I agree. Just 2nd to that crazy flower lady 😅
At least he was placed in front of a nice looking pond
Amiir thanks i hate it!!!! i never knew that till now and i feel rly unnerved :(
Amiir Is there anywhere I can read more into that?
As soon as he said "god" and "rupees" I immediatey thought "Yeah that statue is Tingle. Has to be. Why else isn't he in the game?"
Emily Haught nah man it’s Yato
There is an island east of zora's Domaine called tingle island
@sluttyMapleSyrup yup, where Tingle uses his brethren for slave labor
@Emily Haught imagine going down this path and instead of seeing it next to the path, you just see a round shadow.
Until you look up and see the statue floating beneath a huge red balloon.
The song of storms guy
I am very disappointed that you didn't read out "Ho Ho Ho" at 8:16
Santa isn't real, sorry. :(
Ho Ho Ho so you're approaching me?
I can't get more presents without getting any closer...
I said it out loud when he didnt
Mukatte kuru no ka?
...
**Laughs in Masked Salesman**
sluttyMapleSyrup Ha
I was looking for a comment that said it was him-
I was thinking of that dude also, he seem to fit the character, because hes super creepy
He also teaches you the song of healing, a song that turns the souls of the dead into masks. And what does he sell? Masks. Maybe he ended up in hyrule, with his transformation masks enraging Hylia
Funfact:
'Malanya' is in German called 'Mahlon', similar to the girl Malon from OOT at the Lon Lon Ranch.
OH MY GOD
oh god, I don't want to picture malon like that...
In French it's really similar too
Malon in OOT and Marlon in BOTW
I kind of like the canon where Hylia gifted her the ability to care for horses knowing that they’re sacred and how much they’ve helped Link in all of his lifetimes
It seems playful enough to threaten them that they are capable of punishing those who mistreat horses just so Link keeps it in the back of his mind to honor the horse for the aid it gives him
Zari G the canon? That isn’t canon is it?
The statue kind of reminded me of the "monster" who is accused of kidnapping a young girl in Skyward Sword. He wanted Link to collect happiness to free him of his curse or something. I don't quite remember what he needed them for. The more happiness Link brought to him, the greater the gifts that he would bestow upon Link.
Gratitiude, not happiness, and he needed it to turn human. Which he eventually does, in a very underwhelming kind of way
Lindsay Gleason The statue does kindve look like him! But Batreaux was very timid. He wasn’t wicked.
Omg! Yes! The one who collected the gratitude Chrystals to make him human
In the end it wasn’t other’s gratitude that made him human but himself feeling so much gratitude that Link helped him gather so much that changed him
Needed gratitude cristals
I get the feeling that the reason the entity was sealed by Hylia rather than destroyed is specifically because he would be useful to Link. Perhaps Link is the only one who can hear the statue because he's the only one who can safely use his services.
I think of another person in the Zelda franchise: one that has an eternal smile and hands folded together. A dealer of life in other forms... The Happy Mask salesman of Majora's Mask. He collects the masks of those brought back with the Song of Healing and isnt necessarily evil but comes from a land where he carries an evil entity upon him Majoras mask. But thats just a theory...
I thought the same exact thing!
*a - g A M E - t H E O R Y*
That's where my rupees would be, too. Creepy, a little wicked, but helpful in his own way.
A GAME THEORY
OH DUDE! Thats what i guessed! HELL YEA!
'Invulnerability at the cost of your wallet'
That sounds like a definition for most Triple A games with microtransactions.
Yep
u mean most EA games
😭
This comment is gold.
@@thebanana9505 U mean most mobile games.
Since link is the only one that’s able to communicate with the statue for such a long time the statue is probably unwilling to take away the base hearts because otherwise if link dies there’s not gonna be any more rupees
Thiss
or anyone it can talk to anymore. loneliness is worse than penniless
He probably is super happy to talk to someone after who knows how much time. Could have been 100 or maybe longer. Being alone for even a few months is enough to drive most people insane. Let alone decades. Poor statue god.
What's he going to do with the rupees anyway? He's a statue.
@RoxasXIII_ probably something similar to whatever the fairies do with them. Statue or not, there's magic in them gems.
I like how when creepy music is needed, just go with TP's Twilight Realm ambient music! The perfect track for a creepy Legend of Zelda video.
sluttyMapleSyrup Honestly I'd say it’s a good deal darker, especially since who knows how many people were killed in TP. In Majora's Mask... well not many people have actually died, surprisingly enough.
caden Macdonald Bottom of the Well wins for creepiness every time in my book!
Does anyone remember the demon living under skyloft?
I miss that guy
Same ;-;
Deadbeat he was amazing
I also miss Ghirahim
Nikki Reeder no
@@carl_consumer.of.reality yes
Man, the thought of that statue possibly being a real person who was turned into that state due to their greed is just horrifying.
Giovanni, Giovanni. Id-i-ot-ic troll.
His heart filled with greed, the imps took his soul.
Very few fates in fiction bring more terror and dread than conscious but immobile immortality. For Zelda to have trapped the Calamity for a whole century while completely alone and coming out of it even a little bit sane must take insane mental fortitude and still makes her one of my fave Zeldas
Like the guy who got turned to Gold in Twilight Princess?
Imagine being so greedy the goddess of everything curses you.
"a merchant of souls and rupees?" sounds like OoT's Poe Salesman (in the Adult-Market, with the one red eye)...sure, Poe's arent necessarily 'alive', but you can sell their Spirits to him for rupees (or if you give 10 Big Poes to him, a Bottle)...he also speaks in the 'sane' manner you mention from the statue, calm yet with a sense of humor ("if i were as handsome as you, young man, id be running a Very Different business, heh heh" or something along those lines)...im actually surprised that i thought of something that Wasnt covered in a Zeltik video xD
Hahahah I never thought their would be dirty jokes in a Zelda game.
I always felt the same thing and really liked the Poe Dealer so I hope he makes a return since he is shrouded in mystery
First thing I thought of too.
I was going to post the same thing until I spotted yours. Good on You!
rtyuik7 awhhh mannnn...this is what I said without looking through the comments to see if someone else did lol.
This also explains why he keeps 20 Rupees for himself with each trade. Just like the fairy's he needs them to keep being empowered.
I thought that was a gimmick and were are just greedy, the way that they snatch your rupees from you... shiver...
But if he's getting the rupees anyway wouldn't that mean hes already using them to stay empowered? He cant go anywhere.
@@mgilbert9004
He BUYS your Hearts from you. He has to be getting that money from somewhere. Once the deal is over, he has gained 20 rupees. Logically he must need them for something other than trading, otherwise there would be no point in earning extra.
@@hanasong8013 I see, im not sure if its school or what but im way too confused to put too and two together right now ,😅 that's for explaining though I'll come back when my brain is functioning properly.
Hana Song I understand, he’s basically a demonic businessman. He manages to scam you out of twenty Rupees for his own purposes, whether it’s a massive stockpile of Rupees he plans on using later on in order to buy the services of beings just as powerful as him if not more so in order to most likely break the curse that keeps him trapped in that stone statue. Which means that even gods and demons have shrewd businessman.
I found this statue early on and had a heart vessel taken and I was so worried I loaded the last game before I saw it and never went back,,, and I’ve logged 100+ hours by now
Wtf why didn't you just Talk to it again 😂
Same, except I talked to it again eventually. It gives it back.
The Silence It gives it back (or a stamina container) if you talk to it again.
Same. I talked to it, and was short on rupees for buying back the heart, so I just reloaded a save from before I'd talked to it. Pretended it never happened. I never talked to it. Don't plan on ever talking to it. Nope.
Im curious to what happens if you talk to him for the first time with only three hearts
My guy i got so angry when it took one of my hearts away.
«Give it back”
Dude same here that son of a bitch left me screaming out in anger
Same
Andrew Knowles same! I was like hell no im load back a state to see wtf was that
but I. had 3 hearts
Ay man that's just my drug dealer, don't out them
rusted corvid.butterfly its cool man they can still supply they are just stuck in one place now its rather convenient imo XD
😂 😂 😂
Lmao
I actually got the Master Sword via the statue. I temporarily converted all my stamina upgrades into heart upgrades, went to the Korok Forest and pulled it easily and went back to the statue and converted everything back to normal.
I feel like a lot fo people do that so they don't have to complete a lot of shrines
lol i did that in totk
Same
the horned statue is just jealous that he ain’t thicc like the rest of the great fairies 😔😔😔
Yeah, he wants to be a woman but is a man. Poor soul.
#rubenesque
damn i really felt that
Hahaha
He may have been thicc in his previous form, you never know.
Interesting! I've never thought of Rupees having magical properties. I always thought it was more the act of giving an offering to the Great Fairies that gave them power, playing off of the idea that it's worship from mortal beings that gives gods their power. The greater the offering, the stronger one's intent to worship, and thus, the stronger the fairies become.
As mysterious as Rupees are though, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're magical.
CavvieKat Magic Armor uses Rupees as fuel in WW & TP, so it seems pretty likely they have some energy within them.
It would make a lot of sense how rupees remain consistent throughout the millennia the games take place over.
CavvieKat I agree with your thought. I personally don’t think they’re magical. They just make life more magical the more you have. 😂😂😂
If they were not magickal in nature, Rupoors wouldn't make sense. How would owning a Rupoor cause you to lose money? I think that Rupoors, when in close proximity, destroy/drain away the energy inside of Rupees, thus rendering them less valuable/useless.
Combine that with the magickal armor, fairy fountains, etc. and it seems like not only do Rupees have magickal properties, but it is that magickal property which is the currency of the world.
I always assumed it was the same creature that cursed Jovani and the Skulltula Family and that years of being a statue mellowed him out (or he refuses to trade when you're at the minimum Health/Stamina because it lets him do his business without ticking off Hylia)
Also hard to do business with the dead. :P
I love the idea of the horned statue being a Great Fairy. Shame we couldn’t see it as a Great Fairy, using a mild amount a rupees (maybe 100-200) to open its bud. Normally, when the Great Fairies’ buds are opened, an ominous smog emanates from the pod within, before the Great Fairy emerges. How cool would it have been if we saw a corrupt fairy emerge from the bud?
We already saw an evil great fairy before ...
Her name was Veran.
Like the horse god? I was fucking terrified when I saw a skeleton horse pop out instead of a Great Fairy
It kind of looks likea skeleton but its an animated stable building, very bizarre
What if they had something where the trades were overpriced, but you could complete some sidequest to free him, after which he is grateful and gives you a discount.
@Austin what kind of side quest would a being who deals with life essences and rupees give you?
Sounds like a chaotic neutral spirit.
I'm torn between chaotic neutral and neutral evil. On the one hand, he doesn't really seem all that chaotic. His actions are regular, predictable, and almost exploitable. On the other, he's not really all that evil, either.
@@kevinr.9733 I was too. But I chose neutral, because of it's self interest without being TRULY evil.
@@BloodInTheStrawberries Cannot be, so why was he punished. I mean, look at his fate, he's stuck there. He must have really hurt somebody - now if justice is fair, it's like he immobilised somebody though mis-management of his ways,,,
@@netweed09 "it's like he immobilised somebody though mis-management of his ways" Like turning a certain someone into gold? However, my theory is that the warning he provides if you try to give away too many heart containers is something he learned the hard way. Which lead to his punishment. Maybe he was too greedy and had a complete disregard for his "customers". I bet even gods need a good lawyer. We are looking at a typical case of divine negligence here.
Olive Oil I wouldn’t say lawful, since he did take one of Link’s hearts without consent.
the god idea isnt just in the japanese version! when link speaks to the statue he says ‘there are those that still pray to me’, implying that people did used to pray to him as they would the goddess hylia or the horse god. i know this video’s over a year old but just wanted to share :)
Comment over two years old now.
true.
Well, not exactly like Goddess Hylia because they would be praying to an evil entity, a demon, so they would have been evil people worshipping an evil god or demon, not for nothing he would have been trapped by Hylia, and nowadays it would be the same with the people that still pray to him
I think it's important to be familiar with some of the aspects of the Shinto faith when trying to discern this. You made a note that the translation from Japanese calls the being in statue a "god", which I am guessing the word "kami" was used in Japanese? The Shinto faith is VERY different from Western concepts of "gods" to the point that "kami" can be translated as either "god" OR "spirit". In Shinto, spirits and Gods are often local, and vary in power and capability depending on what they are "kami" of, and how many people give them offerings. In Shinto, a spirit and a "god" are essentially the SAME THING, with the main distinction usually being how much worship one is receiving. So for example, a "kami" with MANY worshipers is much more like "God" status, and a "kami" with very few worshippers or offerings would be "spirit" status, however if they are able to attain more worshippers, this kami would become more like a "god" kami. It's sort of like "ranks"... they are all the same, but the way the word "kami" is translated is a denotation of RANK, and to figure that out you have to know the context of the worship.
In your video, you compare the Great Fairies, Hylia, the creature trapped in the stone, etc. and you seem really hung up on the difference between "God" and "spirit" or "fairy" but I just want to tell you that these probably mean very similar things in the Japanese translation. For example, the Great Fairys probably ARE also considered "kami", which can translate as god or spirit. My point is that Hylia, the being in the statue, the Great Fairies, and Malanya are ALLLLL "kami"... aka, gods or spirits. It's the same thing. To clarify, in the English translation, Malanya is translated calling himself a "god" because his status as a spiritual being is much higher rank than some of the other great fairies, and we know this because the people build their stables in his image and name a bridge after him, and pass tales on him along through word of mouth. This would elevate a "kami" to be more revered like a god.
My POINT is that "Great fairies" and "Malanya" and maybe even "Hylia" are probably the SAME type of being (kami, in Japanese), but one of them is a higher "rank" and receives more worship (Hylia is the most powerful of all the kami > then lesser beings like Malanya would be lower in rank > and the Great Fairy is likely lower than Malanya). It's a very subtle translation tic that most people wouldn't really pick up on unless they are familiar with the Shinto beliefs. But the biggest point is that THERE IS NOT MUCH TRANSLATION DIFFERENCE between "god" or "spirit" so Malanya being translated as "god" is probably because Malanya is a much more idolized "kami".... or the statue calling itself "god" in Japanese is not really that strange, and can still mean it's a Great Fairy... at the end of the day they are ALL "kami"...
Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, I just though you would find it interesting. I think you are right, that the being in the statue is some sort of old, probably corrupt or mischievous "kami" that was really similar to the fairies, or a type of fairy.
You could have shortened this comment substantially. You said the same thing in slightly different ways around 3 times.
Regardless, I agree with you completely.
I was thinking a similar idea but was going to comment with how the statue is a "god" and placed in stone form. So it was making me wonder if it was a higher rank God since the Goddess Hylia is obviously also a stone statue with the mini statuettes woven throughout Hyrule in BotW. I'm curious as to how the Hateno Statue got to its present location (curse, spirit got stuck there, etc)
There are plenty of gods in the zelda series, starting in SS with the dragons. Pretty sure the horned statue sis one of those lesser gods, the same way the dragons served Hylia and Hylia served the 3 golden goddesses.
I don't disagree with you, but I also think it's worth considering how the Zelda universe draws a lot from European cultures (clothing, use of monuments, architecture -- aside from the homes seen in Kakariko village..); the distinction between spirit, fairies, and gods might be necessary in this case.
Gods are seen as an omnipotent force, while spirits and fairies are subsidiaries of them. Spirits and fairies were perceived to be more playful, if not mischievous entities (Great Fairy anyone?), so it doesn't seem too much of a stretch to try and define what kind of being the statue is. Fairies can also be seen as fallen "angelic" creatures that go somewhere in between something divine and something demonic. Bargaining with one's life force is a veryyy tight rope to walk on, but the creature in the statue *does* abide by the rules set in the deal. It could be dangerous but it plays a fair trade.
I would also argue that Malanya (although with good intentions towards horses) is a self-proclaimed god with a peculiar personalty and frequent outbursts, betraying the fact that he is actually a spirit/fairy acting under pretense (probably for his own amusement). I don't think he's a very reliable character in this sense.
But the main thing that doesn't seem to sit right is that Shintoism focuses mainly on ancestral worship, and that there is no supreme entity to believe in. Instead BOTW is rooted in the idea that there's an afterlife; Zelda should be able to use the triforce because she is Hylia reincarnate. Hylia also does not seem to be an entity that presides in nature (i.e. god/goddess of the sun). While there are other entities that exist all throughout Hyrule itself, the goddess Hylia seems to be the single, powerful deity that has created and oversees the world she created.
Not that the Japanese creators couldn't have drawn from Shinto beliefs, but the connection to a single religion is more complicated than it seems. It would be interesting to know if any Japanese speakers could say if there are any notable distinctions between spirits, fairies, and gods in the original BOTW script.
ey.this comment needs to be pinned. lol. it was bugging me quite a bit during the video too.
I really appreciate that this video makes logical conclusions, instead of just settling on the first easy possibility and going "DARK CREATURE? EVIL STATUE? SAME CHARACTER!!"
Maybe the horned statue doesn't want to harm Link, because Link's intentions and motivations are pure. Figures in myth are frequently like that: benevolent if you're the right sort of person, but absolutely has potential for malevolent deeds if you're "wicked" in some way. And what's wicked may vary from figure to figure. I could absolutely see there being a Great Fairy who will happily help you by way of rupees, if you need it for something good (like, beyond Link, maybe this Fairy would be totally chill if someone needed to feed their family or something,) but if you're literally just being greedy, you're gettin cursed.
I am SO happy that you mentioned Vaati. He's such an underrated character.
@Seteth Dude Vaati Should’ve been in hyrule warriors. I’m part of the Vaati for smash gang
To be fair I've never trusted that statue and I've never used it, I've thought using it might have an impact on the story.
@The No.1 Guy I hope in breath of the wild 2 will have more hints about the status backstory.
cool story bro
Hylia would be proud, don't do black magic kids, it's a sin.
Nothing you do in botw really has an impact on the story... :( That's the one thing I really dislike about it.
@@Artofjoe Freedom has a cost.
No, it’s Morshu!
“Life, stamina?
You want it? It’s yours, my friend, as long as your have enough *rupees* “
Sorry,___ I can't give credit. Come.back when you're...mmm...richer.
Could you do a video on Kilton as well? He's such an true oddity in Botw, even more so than that statue!
No? Seems like a normal dude who's just interested in monsters. The statue is way more fascinating.
He reminds me of The Adams Family
I actually think he is the offspring of a bokoblin and a hylian. I could get into the theory I have...but no one is gonna read an essay worth of clues
@@joelxala6620 While I could totally see that, kinda matching with his appearance being a bit different than most humanoid Hylians, I doubt Nintendo would actually do or imply the conception of a character like that.
@@colehughes5651 they did in a way in Wind Waker on windfall island side quest for the rito postman, to deliver a letter to maggie from a moblin of the forsaken fortress. maggie even says she likes him. the moblin. and it is he that give her the skull necklaces that her father sells to be rich not poor as they started the game as. so yes they have implied relationships between Hylians and moblins. but known if it was more then being friend zoned.
I like this theory. I like to think he was a corrupt fairy, trading "life and power" for rupees. Using the "power of rupees" he would give a person power, at the cost of their soul, that is what angered the goddess.
I am leaning more towards him being a fallen god. Perhaps he sided with Demise or sold Demise the life essence and that is why he was cursed to be the statue.
@@LainK1978 ya i dunno why i said fairy, i meant god. But i like your demise idea.
I have a theory that the rupees came from a variant luminous stones. It would explain why the fairies and the horned statue needed it in the first place to perform what they do.
Perhaps but it seems more chaotic good plus in the case of the wealthy greedy people he gave them fortune at the cost of their humanity and soul so to speak but only to an extreme sense one in which they could remorse and learn and hope to be freed should a hero with a green hat and tunic come along and do so which he does and after be it wealthy or not they are simply happy and rejoice except for the one dude cause his GF left him guess a solid gold dick wasnt enough XD then again perhaps it was and he got rid of it to be a human again how selfish XD
damn, that slowed down fairy fountain music is actually pretty damn bone chilling
The Zelda games have made me wary about “too good to be true” deals. Makes me mentally draw my sword slowly and raise my shield.
Same lol, since I saw the statue I just felt like it was too sinister and weird to be realy beneficial for me, I just thought he would steal my hearts and stamina and I just never gave him any for the rest of the game
When talking about the connection between Rupees and magic you should have mentioned the blupees which are magical creatures that drop rupees when struck and have explicit ties to Lord of the Mountain another god-like figure
Alex Harvey is that a skyward sword thing? Actually asking and wondering
@@theradicalginger3060 no in BOTW the little blue rabbits you see can be hit and they drop ruppees. When you explore there's a mountain that sometimes had a blue glue above it and if you sneak up you'll see the Lord of the mountain surrounded by blupees
Alex Harvey a horse?
@@borys7462 kind of a horse. He's a big blue thing and they won't let you register him because he's basically a folk god
@@SeeinHyrule not to mention they have near infinitely replenishing spurs. they have like five but no matter what they can hardly get below using one
5:46 The story of Jovani reminds me of the story of Midas. I’m actually surprised how many people don’t know about Midas. My grandmother would always tell me the legend. Midas was a king and he lived a beautiful life with his daughter. But he wasn’t happy with it. He wanted more. More money. So he prayed for gold. When he woke up he went to hug his daughter. And she turned to gold. He realized his mistake and that he shouldn’t have been greedy. But it was too late. He’d already lost everything he’d loved. In his sorrow he turned himself to gold too.
That’s an interesting version i prefer the original see overly sarcastic productions video on midas it’s very entertaining
@@sarahgubler6726 yep love the channel
a lot of people simply know it as the story of the gold touch,
Which is the same story essentially, just without names
@turt Honestly. It’s a cool story. I didn’t even know there was a Midas in Fortnite
Honestly, if you just want a bunch of folk tale stories with lessons, I recommend (oh lord I forgot the name and it’s gonna sound religious) Adventures from the Book of Virtues. I used to watch it as a kid and it’s not religious, it’s more just them reading stories and being like “Well how do you relate to this story and how can we learn from their mistakes?” It’s read by an ox and it’s actually kinda peaceful.
This statue legitimately scared me
How did you do with the blood moon then? Lol it spooked me really bad
Same. When I first met it, after it took my heart container away, I got *so* mad at that idiot kid and didn’t go near that statue for the rest of the game until I figured out what it could do.
@@mikuenjoyerXD I was confused the first time the blood moon rose but this guy was way scarier
When I first talked to it and it took from me, I got so startled that I restarted from my last save😩😂.
Avoided it entirely after, not even to see what it actually was.
69 likes. Nice
Could it be the mask salesman? Majoras mask made it seem like the masks actually were from living creatures and he did sell them. Maybe hylia got pissed he was selling souls as masks and turned him into the statue?
I had pretty much the exact same thought, also I don't believe the mask salesman was fully humanoid in the first place, I feel like he was either an extension of Majora, or a separate otherworldly being, in a human form.
That Would make sense as to why the statue can't take all of links hearts. ❤❤❤
I think he deals in "happiness" (gratitude crystals)
In BotW the great fairies are scary
That fourth upgrade cutscene-
My dad and sister (who play botw as well) asked what the fourth cutscene was cause they hadn’t seen it yet and I summed it up and there was about 10 seconds of pure silence before they just changed the subject XD
This comment is funnier to me at this moment simply because of the 69 likes it has (at the time of this typing). My friend and roommate, when he first saw that cutscene, voiced his opinion pretty clearly: "This is in a game for kids?!"
It is canon that Link was raped by an eccentric immortal being who makes pants stronger.
Red Pandamonium ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I remember sitting there, staring at the screen when I saw the cutscene for the first time
What about the Poe Collector? He buys and sells souls for rupees in Ocarina. He also allows you to train against lost souls in Majora's Mask. He isn't a good or bad guy, is sort of a guardian of the spirit realm, and is seemingly undead / a spirit himself as evidenced by responding to the Song of Healing.
isn't the Poe Collector in OOT just that guard from the young link era but all spooky? The young guard is always talking about how cool ghosts and shit are, and then you see the Poe Collector wearing a tabard very similar to the Town Guard tabard and being all spooky. Always just assumed it was the same guy
That's who came to my mind as well
"A cruel mocking entity using the power of rupees to trade life and power,"
Uncle Rupee?
The horned statue is honestly one of my favorite Zelda characters.
Y u sussy?
It kinda reminded me of Charon from Greek mythology, the one who would take people's souls to the underworld on a boat in exchange for money.
And Jovani is like King Midas
Yeah I was thinking the same thing, there a few little details in Zelda that have always reminded me of Greek mythology.
When I first met that statue I was so pissed off had no idea what I just got myself into was jus mad I lost a heart I just got
If you talked to it again it gave it back.
SAME! It was my first heart too. I truly had no idea what would happen
Wait what happens if you talk to him with no extra heart containers?
@@that1_guy1307 he would probably take your stamina vessel instead, as it's impossible to reach him without talking to the goddess statue at least once. but if someone were to hack him into the great plateau before you beat it, that could be interesting
Same I was very angry
This statue taking the first Heart is annoying but every heart after is actually super useful for getting more stamina if needed in a specific time
Fun fact in Japanese Malanya's name is Maron, like Malon lol
Or Moron, lol,
Even more obvious:
In German, he's called "Mahlon"
Whoa!
@TheBlazingDiamond japanese doesnt have an L sound so they use the R because their R is a cross between an L and a D, like Ruiji, meaning Luigi
So that creepy kid who owned a shop in TP became a god of horses and the translators hid it from us?
Like Aonuma said: "Come up with something good and we might make it canon."
Seems like we Zeltik made yet again another good Zelda backstory.
He never said that.
@@Ridley369 No, but the greediness for likes has no limits.
My friend: how did you get 30 hearts without finding all the shrines.
Me: I made a deal with the devil.
anyone else purely use this guy for only getting the right amount of hearts for the master sword then right back to stamina?
Totally.
Every single game
@@MurasakiNoKami Every?
@@FahadAyaz
Yes? I prefer stamina to hearts, so after I get the sword I turn all those hearts into stamina. Going from 1 wheel straight to the full 3 is so satisfying.
@@MurasakiNoKami i bump that, why need hearts when u dont get hit? heh heh heh lol need those stamina wheels though for when you wander too far from your horse ×D
WAIT WAIT WAIT THERES A 5TH FAIRY THE BRINGS MY HORSES BACK WTF
Edit: holy crap this got a lot of likes
Edit: I’ve seen the comments but never clicked my bad lol
PotionWolf Yup. Just weird horse god.
Yay if my little babies die I can bring them back
PotionWolf i thought he was a DLC
It costs rupees
Yeah, I found him a couple days ago. I was kind of mad after giving him my 1000 rupees only to discover he isn't of the great fairies and can't upgrade my clothing.
When I first talked to the statue it actually took my stamina and instead of asking me what I want back for the stamina, it automatically gave me a heart
Hmmm, weird.
Did you have 3 hearts and 1 extra bit of stamina? Maybe it has to do that if you only have one extra piece
I immediately jumped to "This is the Poe trader" personally, and I still believe that
same
Agreed
Yeah that's what I thought right off the bat too. I was scrolling down expecting to see at least a few people sharing the same opinion but this is the only comment I've found.
Same!!
Same I’m surprised he didn’t mention that
I always thought that Malanya had the coolest looking fountain! My favorite color is purple, so I love their fountain the best! Malanya itself is creepy as hell though.
After using the horned statue twice (one for exchanging my stamina to a heart and the other to take it back), I swore I’d never use it again even in master mode. The story of the statue crept me out so much and I didn’t want to enable it to exploit me further. 😂
Because of the horned statue I Jove full hearts and stamina, I’ve spent more time around him than with Hilyia or how ever you spell it 😂
Just when I was literally about to sleep... damn you Zeltik
Same
Damn what part of the world do you guys live? Lol
Yeah for me it's 4:55 pm. I live In the the us
Games Galore same
Yeah same here I live in the US. But different time zone
Only zeltik could make a 15 minute video on a single random statue... keep it up man!
It's not really a random statue, it's a unique statue with a specific purpose.
Horned statue: *exists*
Speed runners: I see this as a absolute win
I think he sounds a bit like the Poe Merchant from Ocarina of Time
Maybe..
Was thinking the same thing.
Just what I was thinking
"...a connection between life and money..."
Malo? The Poe collector? Tingle?!?!
The horned statue (in fairy/god form) was probably found out on Skull Lake, I noticed in my current botw game that the same giant underwater flowers can only be found at Malanya’s location and at Skull Lake, I thought it was odd but this would make sense
wait theres 2 horned statues?
@@LanoixsetteNo. Just two places with those weird purple flowers underwater.
Perhaps the Horned Statue, when in its great fairy form, lived in Skull lake, it seems just like the place he would be found.
Ooh ooh! That reminds me!
The huge purple flowers under the water of skull lake are only found in one other place...
The water of Malanya's spring.
@@nicholasthesilly
Wow I never would've noticed that
Nice! I was just thinking of that while watching this
I just realise the ears of the horse God’s mask are his eyes
Alfgeo Films and now I have to rewind and go back 😂🤯
What the actual fuck, I played the section again and you’re right, every time he threatens Link you can see his eyes/ears scowl... that’s creepy
Wait- WHAT?! 😵
I wasn't sure at first but I think you're right. O_O
@@silverviz5600 Those seem to be shadows. One eye has a different shaped shadow move over it.
A thoroughly researched and carefully thought-out video, well done Zeltik! Subscribed.
How come I've NEVER noticed the cat on Jovani's head?
It does look turbany, and the cat revives fairly quickly
bc sparkles
Elsa Andersen You must not have freed him then! I’m talking about the cat and not Jovani. 😂
My dad left to see the statue and has been gone for 15 years
He's probably dead
Mine's just out for cigarettes.
DAD BRING THE MILK I WANT TO EAT MY CEREAL
@@jrmontoya9752 is that what really happened to gaster?
@@maybe_maybenot2855 no he actully just fell into the void but dont tell anyone
Zeltik, I gotta pass on a combo theory about this that I think you might enjoy:
part one:
the horned statue is the poe keeper. He dealt with souls and money. Poes are the source of jovani's curse because they pulled his soul out and split it. (This might be why the statue doesn't want to reduce links hearts past the start-out 3: this would repeat the Jovani tragedy that probably was the reason the Poe keeper was cursed by hylaia.) It is also worth noting that souls seem to be what we are gaining from monks in botw, and pulling them from link, they almost look like poe-fire.
Part 2:
Melonia is the combined soul form of melon and eponia from OOT. Melon is half gerudo according to her father. Melonia has female gerudo hands, and when interacting is complete, goes lax like a puppet. This may indicate that being the daughter of neburu, melon may have became a sage-like mystic
There’s just something I love so much about this design, it’s eerie but still well designed - a round shape with interesting assets like horns and wings
It's the Hylia statue but with wings and horns with light emerging from the earth because There's nowere else for the light to appear because There's a wall covering It up.
I was thinking of the highwaymen in the second quest of Zelda 1. They say, "Your money or your life," but instead of just doing damage to Link, they permanently steal life containers.
Tho the second quest, like the Master Quest, hardly fit.
Might be a reference.
I never actually encountered the Horned Statue in my own playthrough of BotW. It wasn't until the side quest at Lookout Landing in TotK that I discovered the Horned Statue was a thing, so that happened
Most people I talk to think it's the Happy Mask Salesman being punished for his reckless pursuit of power through masks. The gods were angry with him, so they morphed him into something that would never be able to travel or die, but kept him hidden in the shadows like he always preferred.
Nah ... it has horns, not a grin face.
I don’t think so. The Happy Mask Salesman was a good guy, in the end. “Mysterious” doesn’t always mean “inherently evil”.
@@nonoctoro4933 But in the concept art the statue not only has a big grin but also holds hands the same way the happy masks salesman does
@@grackleking6413 he bought majora and demonic masks
Matt Gales the only “demonic” mask we know he owned was Majora’s Mask, and his personality type seems much more likely to be the kind that was keeping it out of the wrong hands than to use it for his own nefarious purposes. Again, people always like to assume that mysterious intentions = evil intentions.
Goddamn I missed a LOT of things in Breath of the Wild
Kenton Zhang same here
I didn’t even know this statue existed until my second playthrough.
I've played through the game 3 times now, even collected all 900 korok seeds and did all the shrines...... I never knew this statue existed. o_o . . . Wow, this game is Massive. xD
I still have to buy a switch and play this. It looks so good.
I absolutely will never stop loving your Zelda videos and theories.
"A god who governs life and power. That is who I used to be"
He was the Triforce of Power holder who was turned into stone by a previous incarnation of Link just like Ganon was transformed into stone at the end of Wind Waker. His redemption is to help this incarnation of Link on his mission to rid Hyrule from the Malice he used to be himself.
Except there are 2 other Ganondorf's aside from the one in the Adult timeline. In the Child timeline, he died in Twilight Princess and reincarnated in Four Swords Adventure, getting trapped in the Four Sword. In the Downfall timeline, he died in Link to the Past, died again in Link Between Worlds, and died again in Zelda 1.
Nash Dash Yeah...No way Ganon’s helping us out. 😂😂
The Great Deku said "a bit wicked" not exactly ganondorf material, unless it;s so old and powerful, like the goddess Hylia that it can deceive one of the wisest beings in existence. My theory that if it was this, it would be a god of the Yiga. Think about it, the Yiga defected from the Sheikah and are trained in disguise and deception. It would make sense if they worshipped a god that represented their beliefs. Thats being said, it is a stretch and there is no evidence to support this. I just enjoy making these strange connections
@@koansinor3867 I don't think that the Yiga Clan Doesn't worship hylia. I mean, There's no problem in them worshipping her.
I once heard a whack theory that it was Majora.
Don't really buy that, but figured I'd throw that out there.
@The No.1 Guy Remember how that Mask talked after stopping the moon. I don't believe it's him either, though
Yeah besides the mask was to powerful and more insane
Not at all, Majora is stuck in a mask not a statue.
Majora does not trade, he curses.
And wants to eradicate all afterward.
@@nonoctoro4933 and didn't Link destroy the evil in the mask at the end of MM
@@SaxyCalzone True, in the Child Timeline, Majora is done for.
When I first found the statue it reminded me of the Poe collector, where it reminisces about buying souls for rupees just made me think of his strange interactions
Bro I used that demon more than I used the hylia statues
I used it to make my health at around 13 hearts just to get the Master Sword. And get back most of my stamina after that.
Well you can only use the goddess statues a total of 30 times, but can use the statue infinite
Ya all a bunch of heretics
*GODDESS HYLIA STOPPED SMILING UPON YOU*
@@nonoctoro4933 i banged Hylia in 3 seprate lifetimes
@@demi-fiendoftime3825 in Canada too!
Omg the twilight princess music so nostalgic❤️
I seen this thing in a well in tears of the kingdom randomly, never used it though
I really hope BotW 2 expands upon some of the mysteries within the BotW. There is so much interesting lore that could really use a fleshing out.
In my language, the statue is also calling herself a godess.
I know this is probably wrong but, the design of the statue reminded me of Batreaux (the monster hiding in Skyloft that wants you to go do good deeds to open peoples hearts and gain crystals from them) from Skyward Sword. Anyone else?
Me and my girlfriend is literally watching all your videos together every time you release one, never dissapointed, best zelda content creator out there man.
When he said jovani, I legitimately thought he was gonna say joe mama.
bro i love the way you use music to create an “atmosphere” for your videos
The problem with considering the statue evil is that while sinister, it's probably the most useful vendor in the game, not even counting glitches. It can give you massive wealth if you need it, and gets a minor profit for helping you