What exactly are the Bubbulfrogs?

deep in the western Highlands of Hyrule stands Satori Mountain covered in apple trees that Sprout gold apples and cherry blossoms this mountain as many of you know is home to the lord of the mountains Satori named after Legendary developer satoriawata this creature is a nature deity that has been alive since before the time of the Calamity depicted on chica rooms around Hyrule Castle sanctum it appears to exist somewhere between the higher Gods like din for raw and nehru and above lesser Spirits like the fairies and bloopies bloopy's then a small rabbit-like spirits who drop rupees when shot with an arrow and in tears of the Kingdom they serve an even bigger role for a full recap on the lord of the mountain I recommend zeltics video but the main thing I want to talk about is this in the Hyrule compendium it tells us Satori is The Reincarnation of an ancient sage no longer a citizen of Hyrule but now it is a creature that serves as a protector of nature with various Spirits working in conjunction with him yes the bloopies as I mentioned before but in tears of the Kingdom there's an new creature that's appeared and Dr Wiley and I want to expand on this topic and dig deep into these mysterious amphibians the bubble frogs the bubble frogs can be found in the caves that have opened up all over Hyrule as part of the upheaval outside each cave a bloopy will lead link deep inside to encounter this creature much like the bloopy dropping rupees a single arrow is all it takes to make the bubble frog drop a bubble Gem and as a descends a blue peas Freed From Within they share similar design traits to Satori and bloopies suggesting that they are part of the same family of spirits similar to how the fairies and great fairies depending on the game look similar speaking of great fairies they in tears of the Kingdom use Rupees to fuel their magic in upgrading armor this is a long-running trend in the Zelda series with rupees being a source of magical energy and fairies using them to enhance weapons or armor in both Twila Princess and The Wind Waker the magic armor seems to run off this rupee energy protecting link from attacks only when link has rupees and expending them as time passes if this is the case then perhaps bloopies are finding rupees in the world and bring them to Satori so that he might enhance his magic if so this could be why he needs the blue piece to be free of their new bubble frog form so that they can continue to bring the lord of the mountain rupees from across the land however blue piece can't do this alone they need the help from a bow wielder like link to this end should you make an offering to a frog statue in the Overworld of a golden apple found again on Satori Mountain then Satori will appear and shine a light on nearby caves where bubble frogs are guiding link to help the local bloopies find and free their friends it's interesting to note then that this toad form that the blue Peas Take and the fact that the altars that you should offer these apples to are also frogs can't be overlooked these frog shrines are plentiful across the world of Hyrule most commonly associated with the shika and yiga who drew press the frogs with their eyes chica culture goes back over ten thousand years to the beginning of Hyrule meaning amphibian-like beings have always held some place amongst the Zelda deities we've seen this before throughout hyrule's history with dragons and whales both appearing as deities across time and across the legend but it seems also so too to frogs the Phantom Hourglass silos is a guardian of wins in the dream worlds sea in the Majora's Mask dongaro is the leader of a frog croaking Orchestra and music in Zelda has always been tied to communication with the gods whether that's like using the wind fish items or the Ocarina of Time or of course the Baton of the Wind Waker which summons the Frog deities most similar to the bubble frogs zephos and cyclos zephos and cyclos live on Dragon Roost Island which is currently the home of Dorito but was once the home of the Goron people when it was still Death Mountain the island they live on has two altars one to cephos and and one to his brother cyclos who after his altar had gone uncared for began to cause destructive Cyclones across the Great Sea these beings are the only ones in the game Who appear as sub deities alongside Valu the great Deku Tree and jaboon but as neither is a guardian or spiritual stoneholder they seem to be somewhat lesser like the queen of great fairies they have a similar status as the lord of the mountain not quite a main God but certainly a powerful being another comparison can be made to the bubble frogs as the way to handle cyclos is by using a bow and arrow and the design of the bubble frogs and zephos can of course not be overlooked this and the fact that these frog statues in the world are tens of thousands of years old with some important depictions of toads going back to Skyward Sword suggests that creatures like this have always existed kilton is a strange Merchant who's obsessed with monsters and so too is his brother Colton who wants the bubble gems Because he believes that he will become Satori if he consumes enough of the gems once you're done trading him these gems he does in fact transform but not into Satori who was of course an ancient Sage but instead to a mere bloopy it's suggesting that powerful creatures like Satori must come from powerful people and creatures like the bubble frogs and bloopies and perhaps even cyclos and zephos were once other people who went through some kind of transformation backing up the compendium entry about Satori being a powerful sage and actually and here's where we get into the Absurd Zelda territory here I got really speculative and was thinking about who might have transformed themselves into cyclos and Zappos in the Wind Waker and there actually is a species that looks kinda similar to these frogs which are of course the gorons who will mostly exist in the time of Wind Waker the home and Ocarina of Time was Death Mountain which in Wind waker's age is Dragon Roost Isle where cyclists and zephos live but this is a complete side note and I can't really find too much to tie into this the dongaro mask was originally worn by agoron but I I have nowhere else to go with this maybe you can come up with an absurd Zelda theory of your own in the comments still the point stands that it seems that mortals can become Immortals in the forms of these spirits and creatures in the world of Zelda perhaps this is also how fairies and great fairies came about another set of kind of lesser spirit and a connection to them can be seen in tears of the kingdoms magic armor the magic armor in this game is given to you by kilton in exchange for these bubble gems and you can see it clearly takes design elements from Satori it looks like the lord of the mountain and much like the lord of the mountain himself uses Rupees to fuel its defenses in the same way that Satori uses Rupees to fuel magic it's as if whoever designed this armor studied the creature closely possibly this is CeCe the fashionista of attaino Village who has also designed a hat that both matches the magic armor but also takes inspiration from the great fairies around the world who once again use Rupees to bolster their magic I also don't think it's a total coincident that Cece's hat is covered in mushrooms and and what is another name for mushrooms if not a toadstool is it toads so you know big connection there Toby Toby Toby really get to the point already the main point of course is this that the power of Satori as well as its kind of structure having lesser spirits that work below it as well as its ability to use rupees as magic it's not too dissimilar to the great fairies who have fairies below them I also fully believe that the other frog deities across the Zelda lore May well be the result of other creatures or peoples transforming and it may go back a long long time it is also interesting to know that Satori mountain and breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom and the home of cyclos and zephos in Wind Waker are close to those games respective homes for the ritos now in Wind Waker the Rito is the earth Sage who's the descendant of the fish so it doesn't make a lot of sense there but in tears the kingdom the Rito represents the elements of wind and the sage of wind it's possible that in Wind Waker the sages are all kind of mixed up as a result of the great flood but once there was a sage of wind who lived within the Rito Village and much how like this ancient Sage for Satori was potentially once the sage of winds that would make sense too for cyclos and zephos who have complete control over the winds and the Wind Waker or maybe you see a different way that all of these elements connect the point is that much like the whales and dragons of the history of Hyrule I look forward to learning more about the froggy mythology of the other Legends of Zelda this video goes to some pretty absurd and out there places and that's okay that's what you're subscribed for absurd Zelda theories but if you want something a little bit more concrete I highly recommend checking out the video we did over on Dr Wiley's Channel about the Barbarian armor which in breath of the wild is introduced to us as potentially being an old zonai armor but now we have tears of the Kingdom we know that the Zone I don't wear that kind of armor so if you want to find out more about that click the link at the top of the description and be sure to subscribe for more absurd Zelda theories [Music]

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Length: 9min 2sec (542 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 17 2023