EDIT: I said “Izanami” but meant “Izanagi”!

I done goofed. Please forgive me

Also, think it was a very specific choice to make us interact with the bargainers by selecting 'pray', exactly as with the goddess statues. Definitely supports your theory that the bargainers have at least a little godliness going on

Midnas left eye in the original release (GameCube) cries a tear that breaks a mirror. Interlopers have been confirmed to be twilight, and here we have the same situation. Plus seeing he twilight princedss manga, they are prob gearing up for twilight reveal

Probably doesn't mean much, but adding to the theory, the person in Ocarina of Time who collects the Poes in Hyrule Castle Town in the adult time also has one eye, and is all cloaked and hooded.

50:25 the discussion here makes me think of Kilton, the monsters are simply misunderstood now! We need him to keep educating the people of Hyrule.

The bargainers set reminds me of the Poe merchant in Ocarina of Time.

i know its a very small detail, but demise has a scar on his forehead from where the sealing stake was driven in, which if you're trying to connect him to the depiction of the fierce diety Yama would be where the third eye is, tying into the idea of Hylia usurping his eyes.

“The moon reflects the light of the sun”. Just like how the bargainer/horned statues can bestow heart containers and stamina vessels, moonlight isn’t as bright or potent as the original source. Hylia bestows health and stamina while the others have limited strength in that field. 10:56

0:43 This comment just made me realise there is an overlap here with Dark Souls III's storytelling, where we are told the world is converging and collapsing in on itself. Mechanically, this presents itself as the player encountering many items, npcs, enemies and areas from previous entries in the series.

Similarly, we have the referential amiibo armour sets in TotK's depths (plus the surface world Misko quests), the return of classic foes such a gleeok, gohma and gibdos, as well as the thematic similarities to Ocarina of Time's storyline - not to mention the plethora of easter eggs that have carried over from BotW's world.

Obviously, this is a case of game designers wanting to reincorporate the best elements from their prior efforts into their newer projects, but it's interesting how these two series have attempted to reconcile this with the in-game lore in a similar fashion, where I feel most games would simply forgo any explanation.

I always assumed that since the Bargainers were found near Zonai ruins, they were just a god of spirits worshipped by the Zonai

Since the theme of opposites is so prevalent in the series, if the goddesses are meant to embody Order, then perhaps the demons embody Chaos. As time progresses, systems tend to move from ordered (low entropy) to disordered (high entropy) configurations, unless energy is input or constraints are imposed. Maybe demons were a natural occurrence (so to speak) that challenged the order the goddessessed tried to establish.

Since we're talking comparative mythology, I think the "Bargainers as husks of Hylia's divinity" reminds me of the concept of Qlipphoth in Kabbalah, which are often interpreted as broken or unfinished aspects of reality, bereft of vitality and the spark of divinity.

Maybe they were once just the discarded divine regalia of Hylia, but through the consumption of Poes, grew into an independent entity with its own agenda.

Slowly realizing the scale of these statues was a really cool moment, it initially freaked me out a little.

Currently at 17 minute mark. Don't know if this will be mentioned later in the video, but to this date I've have never seen someone make the observation that the patterns found on the depths set are the same patterns imprinted on the Dark Clumps dropped by Gloom Spawns.

Am I the only one who feels like Totk main quest ending sequence was cut short/ actually not finished? Like what happened to the Yiga and master Kooga who states that he’s going to be with the demon king after you defeat him for the last time?  Why were the monsters collecting Zonite?

What happened to the sage of shadow (which in my opinion was meant to be impa/Impa’s daughter). Like it would make sense that Rarru and Zelda couldn’t beat Gannondorf cause they were a sage short of being able to actually imprison him.

Also I would have loved a better final boss sequence, the fight against Gannondorf doesn’t feel like he’s anywhere near the powerhouse who brought Hyrule to its knees imo.

Also also rly wished Teba had been safe of wind. And rly disappointed that the Great Deku Tree wasn’t given more of a role/a temple esp considering how powerful and important  that entity is.

Still absolutely loved the game, just wished they had finished/added a couple more dungeons (a forest and shadow one to be specific) and that they had fleshed out Gannondorf and Hylia more).

Interesting properties of energy:
-in botw the blue energy that power sheika tech is refered to as devine energy
- furnaces  make this energy by burning something underground
-In TOTK we see Poes are spirits that share the same blue hue
-Pues are found in the depths or underground
-zonai tech had green energy unlike sheikah
-ghosts who are strong enough to show a physical form are green and have green poe like things around them.
-Sheikah tech was developed based around zonai tech
-when link uses ultra hand the hue goes from blue to green.
-both blue and green hue are spirit energy, just that green is stronger or more pure.
-in TOTK we see that shrines are said to contain light to banish evil
-shrines are connected to the depths thru Lightroot
-inside the shrine in the chamber, we see the statues have floating green hue symbols that is turned into a light ball and given to link
-So you can make light out of green spirit energy.
-Raoru is the sage of light
-Raoru then can manipulate spirit energy then, allowing him to seal Ganon by converting his energy into light, like the shrines.
-lightroot possibly process poes into shrines so they can become stronger and then turned into light.
-this is why shrines in the sky need to be fetched with stones, which are crystalized spirit energy.
-This light link recieves is used to gain "essence" aka hearts or stamina with statues
-statues are able to infuse link with light(spirit energy) to increase his own in the form of hearts and stamina. That's what's called "essence.
-Goddess and bargainer statues can manipulate "essence".
-when the bargainer grants you a heart his eyes glow blue, since he collects Poes that are blue, so he spent a lot more of his energy since blue is weaker.
-Bargainers come in large and small statue versions like the goddess ones
-Bargainers statues can have their essence or spirit split with the eyes.
-bargainers becomes stronger and award more stuff the more of them link finds.
-godess statues of springs become stronger by helping the mother statue.
-bargainers can speak thru godess statues.
-Statues seam to be mediums for sentient higher being essence to communicate.
-Essence can be split like with light and pieces of the statues.
-we see three types of statues, godess, bargainer and demon statue.
-godesses need light, bargainers poes, and demon statue essence and rupees.
-demon statue gets rupees out of it.
-blupees are a type of satori
-Blupees are a type of spirit
-when you hit blupees they generate rupees.
-they're seems to be a link between spirits, fairies and rupees.
-satori armor let's you exchange losing rupees instead of essence aka hearts
-malice takes hearts away
-gloom takes heart containers away
-gloom is stronger malice
- malice is physical negative emotion, like gratitude crystal where the opposite.
-malice takes low essence and gloom takes essence momentarily.
-aka malice weakens spirit energy.
-Light and essence are resistant against malice. since you don't lose essence permanently(heart containers)
-malice and gloom  is weak to sacred power.
-gloom is weak in lightroots
-lightroot shine stronger light
Stronger light still is then sacred power
-sundalions have sacred power
-sacred power is said to be from the sun.
-Sundelions nullefy malice
-sacred power is stronger essence which is stronger light.

17:10 The ferry ride is a reference Charon the Ferryman who carries souls across the river styx.

Does anyone else think the back of the bargainer statues and the shape of their bodies  very much resemble the four giants from Majora’s Mask?

I think in the opening of Skyward Sword it's said Demise attacked the surface in his lust for the Triforce.

amazing video, it was nice hearing you guys so in depth. you do so much work in making the world of hyrule truly feel like a world