Triforce Invocation

[bnewman]

The lore of the Legend of Zelda series was invented to make a cool background for a video game and not to make sense as a mystical system. Certainly, its problematically simplistic idea of how evil reapppears works better in a game that needs a clear villain than it will in your actual worldview.

However, the association of three (!) elements (water, fire, and wind) with three divine attributes (wisdom, power, and courage) does echo some real-world magical systems, and I'm the kind of pagan who will take that and run with it, especially if there's a catchy tune to set it to.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "The Legendary Hero" from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker by Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi and Koji Kondo

listen to this song
 

/ Am -G Am -G / / FG C / /[1.,2. / E - :/[3. FG EmG / A - /

 

In the name of the gods of old

I invoke the power they hold

Hail, great ladies, hail

Your truth shall never fail

In every age the tale is told

 

In the name of the powers that be

I invoke the power of three

Becoming what I name

In every age the same

Water, wind and flame are we

 

And so by Nayru, Farore and Din

Wisdom, courage and power within

So may we all be blessed

Prepared for every test

Now let the hero's quest begin