Crest of the Gerudo

Crest of the Gerudo
Main appearance(s)	Ocarina of Time Majora's Mask Oracle of Seasons Oracle of Ages The Wind Waker Breath of the Wild Template:AoC
Affiliation(s)	Gerudo

The Crest of the Gerudo is a recurring symbol in The Legend of Zelda series for the Gerudo race. It depicts the back of a King Cobra.

Overview

Ocarina of Time

The revised Crest of the Gerudo on the Mirror Shield from the Gamecube version 𝘖𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦.

In Ocarina of Time, the Crest of the Gerudo appears on various Switches, Blocks, the flags in Gerudo's Fortress, and even the Mirror Shield. In the original Nintendo 64 version of the game, it bores a mirrored resemblance of the real-world Star and Crescent Islamic symbol. It was later replaced in the GameCube v.1.2 of the game and all subsequent re-releases, including Ocarina of Time 3D, with a new symbol that would soon become standard for the franchise since Majora's Mask, due to controversy, as Nintendo accidentally violated their own policy of avoiding real-world religious material in their games. Coincidentally, this is also the reason why the original music of the Fire Temple was changed to remove the Islamic prayer chants to a simple MIDI synthesizer in these revisions.

Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, the Crest of the Gerudo appears within the Pirates' Fortress in Aveil's chamber, on top of the display above the colored bottles. This game is the actual first appearance of the revised symbol in the series.

Oracle of Seasons

Onox displays the Crest of the Gerudo on his chest plate.

Oracle of Ages

Veran displays the Crest of the Gerudo on her clothing on both of her shoulder pads.

The Wind Waker

In The Wind Waker, the Crest of the Gerudo appears in the Stained Glass representing Nabooru found within the Master Sword chamber in Hyrule Castle, beneath the Great Sea. It also appears on Ganondorf's Sword.

Twilight Princess

In Twilight Princess, a slightly altered version of the Crest of the Gerudo can be seen on Ganondorf's cloak and the front of Zant's garments.

Breath of the Wild

In Breath of the Wild, the Crest of the Gerudo appears in Gerudo Town and Gerudo Canyon, on jewelry worn by Riju, and on the jeweled buckle of the garter that Urbosa wears at her hip.

Gallery

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  The original Crest of the Gerudo
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  The original Crest of the Gerudo on the Mirror Shield from Ocarina of Time
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  The original Crest of the Gerudo on a Block from Ocarina of Time
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  The original Crest of the Gerudo on a Switch from Ocarina of Time
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  The original Crest of the Gerudo in Gerudo's Fortress from Ocarina of Time
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  The original and revised changes of the Crest of the Gerudo in Ocarina of Time
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  The Crest of the Gerudo in the Pirates' Fortress from Majora's Mask
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Onox's armor from Oracle of Seasons
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Veran's clothing from Oracle of Ages
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Nabooru's Stained Glass from The Wind Waker
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Ganondorf's clothing from The Wind Waker
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Ganondorf's Sword from The Wind Waker
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on Ganondorf's cloak from Twilight Princess
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on the entrance to Gerudo Town from Breath of the Wild
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on the Daybreaker from Breath of the Wild
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  The Crest of the Gerudo on a Golden Claymore from Breath of the Wild

Trivia

• In SoulCalibur II, the Mirror Shield in this game is based on its appearance from the later versions of Ocarina of Time and therefore features the revised Crest of the Gerudo.