Statue of the Goddess

The is a piece of architecture in . It depicts Hylia, patron goddess of Hyrule.
==Features and Overview==
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This particular Statue of the Goddess is the largest and most prominent mark of religion in Skyloft, made in honor of the goddess Hylia. It is located on the Isle of the Goddess, which is connected with the island housing the Knight Academy and the Sparring Hall through a wooden staircase. The statue depicts the goddess Hylia, who raised Skyloft from the Surface into the heavens in order to save the humans and protect the sacred Triforce from Demise. The ritual after the Wing Ceremony takes place at the top of the statue, wherein the winner playing the role of the chosen hero and the maiden playing the role of the goddess offer the Bird Statuette to the goddess.
The Goddess Sword was located inside the Chamber of the Sword for many years, watched over by a select few, including the Headmaster of the Knight Academy, while waiting for the hero chosen by the goddess Hylia to arrive. Subsequently it is also the home of Fi, the spirit who exists inside the sword. It also contains a small carving where Link can place the three stone tablets: The Amber Tablet, the Ruby Tablet, and the Emerald Tablet, which each reveal a rift in the clouds leading to the location of one of the three provinces on the Surface.
Around the Statue of the Goddess is a small path occupied by monsters and is where Fi guides Link through when first leading him to the Goddess Sword. Hidden under the Statue of the Goddess is the final dungeon of the game, the Sky Keep, from where Link can access the areas of the Silent Realm where the Triforce is located.
When Link obtains the Triforce and wishes for Demise to be destroyed, the Statue of the Goddess and the Isle of The Goddess in which it was located on break off of Skyloft and descend toward the surface, landing in the Sealed Grounds and destroying Demise in the present. It fits perfectly into place in the Sealed Grounds from where it was taken, completing the previously damaged entrance to the Temple of Hylia.
Various, smaller are seen at the Skyview and Earth Springs as well as the , yet they are but replicas of this original statue.
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Various are seen in each settlement in Hyrule, but two in particular stand out in this regard: the statue in the and in the .
Either of these could have been the statue from , as the Skyloft statue was near the Temple of Hylia, which became 's , and the statue at the is stated to be the oldest known statue in Hyrule.
==Other Appearances==
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The Statue of the Goddess appears as part of the Skyloft stage in . The interior of its pedestal serves as a base for the Skyloft Forces. In Land in the Sky, Fi calls Link to this base, and when he arrives, she joins Link's group.
===Super Smash Bros.===
The Statue of the Goddess appears as part of the Skyloft stage in , which also returns in . The stage features a moving platform which lands in different areas of Skyloft, including the top of the statue.
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:Skyloft 2 SS.png|The Statue of the Goddess in Skyloft from 
File:SS Sealed Temple Exterior 3.png|The Statue of the Goddess in the Sealed Temple from 
File:HW Statue of the Goddess.png|The Statue of the Goddess from 
File:SSB4 Skyloft.png|The Statue of the Goddess in the Skyloft Stage from 
==Trivia==
* The edited sprite for the Trophy in is posed similarly to this statue, and though their Japanese names use different characters, "Megami Zō" is how they are both read.