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And there's also the fact that the Book of Magic was called
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And there\'s also the fact that the Book of Magic was called \"Bible\" in Japan. In addition, in the Japanese version of ALTTP, Agahnim claimed to be a priest sent by God (as opposed to a wizard), and the Sanctuary was a church.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
Edit: Done. I kept the blatant Christian imagery, added the Islamic symbolism, and excluded the arguable \"examples\", namely the comparisons of the game plots with the events in the Bible. Hopefully there are no issues now.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
Edit: Done. I kept the blatant Christian imagery, added the Islamic symbolism, and excluded the arguable \"examples\", namely the comparisons of the game plots with the events in the Bible. Hopefully there are no issues now.
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And there's also the fact that the Book of Magic was called
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And there\'s also the fact that the Book of Magic was called \"Bible\" in Japan. In addition, in the Japanese version of ALTTP, Agahnim claimed to be a priest sent by God (as opposed to a wizard), and the Sanctuary was a church.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
Edit: Done. I kept the blatant Christian imagery, added the Islamic symbolism, and excluded the ambiguous \"examples\", namely the comparisons of the game plots with the events in the Bible. Hopefully there are no issues now.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
Edit: Done. I kept the blatant Christian imagery, added the Islamic symbolism, and excluded the ambiguous \"examples\", namely the comparisons of the game plots with the events in the Bible. Hopefully there are no issues now.
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It's clear that the symbolism was intended by the developers. All you have to do is look at the following official artwork of Link praying in front of a crucifix:
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Some of the symbolism pointed out is unsourced, but the Christian imagery is definitely intentional. All you have to do is look at the following official artwork of Link praying in front of a crucifix to confirm it:
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And there's also the fact that the Book of Magic was called
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And there\'s also the fact that the Book of Magic was called \"Bible\" in Japan. In addition, in the Japanese version of ALTTP, Agahnim claimed to be a priest sent by God (as opposed to a wizard), and the Sanctuary was a church.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
So yeah. Despite what that last paragraph of the removed entry claimed, the Christian symbolism wasn\'t limited to crosses, and was definitely intentional. So I\'ll re-add the part about Christianity, after rewriting it. I think we should also add the Islamic symbolism in Ocarina of Time.
