The Golden Godesses predate Hylia and outrank her, as explained in Ocarina of Time that they are literally the creators of the planet. Hylia is the ancestor to the Hyrule Royal Family and was a light magic user who saved the planet from Demise, the magical ancestor to Ganondorf. She's not omnipotent and she's presumably dead, only survived by her spirit as the FOURTH goddess, not the first.

Hi folks; I’m a small content creator and this is my first theory; just a reminder to be kind. I am very much still new to this, but we all gotta start somewhere lol.  I didn’t expect this much attention on this video although I am grateful.

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this theory honestly might make a lot of sense, we see all of the memories and tears of the dragon in 3rd person, not in link's or zelda's pov, so that might be hylia's pov somehow or just her intented way of manipulating link's emotions further down the road

Very nice work honestly didn’t  I could tell you were a small creator till the end of the video but keep it up man I enjoyed the heck out of it I’m a small creator too so I understand the boost you get when someone recognizes your work great theory great quality video

Totk’s Masterworks confirms the Golden Goddesses created the Secret Stones and the website’s timeline doesn’t actually use “reborn” in reference to Rauru’s Kingdom, unlike prior to Spirit Tracks. Rauru’s founding uses the same phrase as the founding between Skyward Sword and Minish Cap so I doubt Nintendo wanted to 100% clarify any timeline placement.

I like the idea Hylia wanted to use them to trick Ganondorf into ending Demise’s curse, but I don’t believe his hatred can only reincarnate into Ganondorf. The Japanese version also says the Demon Tribe shall go on reincarnating so he may be making it so all monsters reincarnate but I choose to believe he is saying “even if you somehow stop my hatred from incarnating into different beings you would still have to deal with my buddies who already reincarnate”.

If we say Hylia orchestrated the stop to Ganondorf then can’t we expect the goddess to have orchestrated the death of all future incarnations of Demise’s hatred? I rather limit Hylia to manipulate Skyward Sword’s events alone as it feels like a get out of jail free card Nintendo can use whenever if we extend it beyond that game.

For being a new youtuber, this is a well made video, from the mic quality to the interesting theory. Great work, keep it up!

1:41 ...wait, are you suggesting the 3 Golden Goddesses are subordinate to Hylia???

Heresy!!  The Golden Goddesses are the progenitor gods! They are supreme!  Hylia only reigns as the queen of the God Tribe because the Golden Goddesses have long since departed this world.

Hylia is subordinate to the Golden Goddesses.  Not the other way around.  There is no debate on this matter.

Aside from what you said about the Golden Godesses (as they predate Hylia), I actually mostly agree with this theory. It would explain why the only real appearance of the triforce is in Zelda's sealing power, and why the only place in the entire wild series that has any reference to the golden goddesses (and not just hylia) are the buildings and staircase leading to the Temple of Time.

I can't get behind this theory because it views Hylia as some sort of omniscient and omnipotent god who is also just... Bad at what they do.

Hylia has never been shown to be an omniscient or omnipotent creator of all.

Also, I'm pretty sure that the Golden Goddesses not only predate and outrank Hylia, but think they're the ones who charged Hylia with her task.

You are not the only person to point out that Hylia is suspiciously good at manipulating people, as the goddess of time. I really think this has some fangs to it as a theory

Fallen timeline Ganon is alive still and has the triforce

Its so sad that the Zelda team admitted that they "Dont GAF about the timeline" but their fans do so much

At least he was honest about the goron

Very interesting theory... but I don't buy into Hylia being omnipotent. She's just doing her best, and even had to give up her godhood so she could reincarnate as Zelda to help her chosen hero.

I mean I don’t agree but minaru has a symbol of an owl and she is spirit sage, ruaru is a old white guy with a beard and looking like a sensei- ruaru a dragon like spieces( Japanese symbolism-sensei. Sonia white woman- Hylian. My point the offspring of ruaru and Sonia I mean this from the ancient time and TOTK is end time line think about it what are they trying to show us and OoT right after TOTK hmmmm

So supposedly ganondorf is destroyed at the for good right, like a end all be all. So he shouldn't come back after right? Thats at least the feeling i got, like this is the end of the curse of demise.

Just to clarify; when I say “Matrix” style Hyrule I just mean that the events that will unfold in this world are already set in stone; therefore simulated.

Meaning that no matter what free will the characters in this tale think they possess they don’t as all roads lead to Hylias assumed outcome; the destruction of Ganondorf.

Does this even take into account the lore of age of imprisonment or echo's of wisdom?

Starting out, the Zonai aren't like the golden goddesses, The Golden Goddesses created the world from nothing, which also served as the prison for Null.

2:07 Hylia actually isn't trying to stop Ganondorf's return in any of the timelines, she acts only to protect her people, the Hylians from harm, she doesn't actively attempt to stop the demon tribe's existence.

2:33 okay sorry, but no. This is just incorrect, the dragons are not the golden goddesses. Nor are the 3 dragons Draconified individuals, this latter part is a HUGE bit of misinformation that caught on in the fandom from people not paying attention. There have always been 7 secret stones. No more no less, this is because they were given to Hylia after the golden Goddesses departed and Hylia passed her role of guarding them onto the Zonai, NOBODY in history ever consumed a stone until Zelda did it specifically because to do so would violate the wishes of the gods, the three dragons are just spirits gifted power by Hylia, just like Lanayru, Faron, & Eldin in Skyward Sword.

2:56 the goddesses didn't return to the sacred realm, the sacred realm isn't where they come from, The Gods come from Heaven, their divine domain in which they reside when they are not on the mortal plane. You Also seem to be under the misconception The Triforce is literally the goddesses, which it's not, the Triforce has it's own spirit, it's merely a piece of the golden goddesses Divine power left behind when they returned to Heaven

3:10 I disagree that looks like it's literally just a texturing issue

3:52 I don't where you came up with this "matrix" idea you keep repeating, since nothing implies it, also Ganondorf isn't seeking power because of the curse, he seeks power because he's greedy

3:58 golden goddesses made them, not Hylia.

4:15 Sonia is not Hylia. She is stated to be a priestess of Hylia in the original Japanese on the stone tablet side quest that got scrubbed from English for some reason.

Sonia shares Hylia's blood, but she's not Hylia herself.

4:19 he is not the same Rauru. They're different characters.

Sorry… 2:12 … Where In the UNIVERSES did you make up that this hyrule is in a Matrix style world at all?…

Was a great concept for a theory but I have to immediatly check out if you making things up to push a theory