The Identity of Chaos: A Guide Through the Symbolism of Majora’s Mask

Jack Ward
12 min readNov 11, 2019
Created by Mauricio Mora

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask still remains one of the greatest, yet strangest Zelda games of all time. Though the story contains a deep, powerful message, many have a difficult time understanding the meaning of this game’s story. However, this article will help to lay out the underlying themes and structures of the story so you can understand and apply the story into your own life.

Today we will focus primarily on the overarching story of Majora’s Mask. This means that we will not dive into the meaning of sub-plots or go in-depth about specific symbols. I will save those deep dives for another day. For now, we will start with the end of this game's predecessor, Ocarina of Time, as it sets up the structure for Majora’s Mask.

Sealing the Darkness, thus, Losing a Friend

Link watches as his close friend flies away, leaving him forever.

At the end of Ocarina of Time, Link seals Ganon by piercing him with the Master Sword. By accomplishing this task his friend, Navi, leaves him. For the purposes of keeping this article succinct, we will not delve into the symbolism of Ganon or the Master Sword (I will likely explore it in another article if you…

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Jack Ward

Certainly a dork ;) Psychology (INFP), bass guitar, video games, and self-development. Follow me on Twitter @AboutThatYak