Horned Statue

:Not to be confused with .
The , also known as a Demon Statue"A demon... STATUE was in there, you say?" — Jerrin (Tears of the Kingdom) and formerly the Horned God, is a character in and Tears of the Kingdom."Then that must mean the horned statue is an entity who deals in life and power" — Jerrin (Tears of the Kingdom)
==Biography==
===Breath of the Wild===
The is found along the path to in . can speak to to be guided to the 's exact location, though has no knowledge of what the is meant for.
If prays to the , he will note that there are still people who pay him homage. When reacts with shock, the is surprised that he is able to be heard. If denies hearing his voice, the says he makes bargains with those who can hear him. He asks if he was praying for a long life or wealth, promising that he can grant these requests.
The explains that he once made life-for-money bargains. , disapproved of his heinous dealings and smote him by trapping him inside the . Since then, he has been neglected by the residents of . Despite this, the spirit of the remained headstrong and chose to bide his time waiting for another person to make a deal with him. He asks if he would like to strike a bargain. Without waiting for an answer, he steals either a or a from him. This initiates "" , tasking Link with the responsibility of recovering his stolen essence.
In speaking to the once again, he at first pretends not to understand why is upset. When demands his stolen essence back, the laughs at for believing he was deceived. He hopes that they will have a long and profitable relationship, and he explains that for a price, he will give Link either a or a . When chooses which one to receive, the tells him to stay still as he returns his essence to him.
Afterwards, the notices that is sceptical, and he explains that he sees money and life as the same thing. He explains that can sell either of his essences to him for 100 and buy it back for 120 . However, he allows to choose whether he receives a or a . can begin this process by praying to the again. After this, the will be completed.
When approaches the , he asks if he has come to tamper with his essences. If the is not currently holding any essences, he will ask if he is willing to sell them. The will only take the essence that asks him to. Through this process, is able to transfer the upgrades that he has received from from Heart Containers to Stamina Vessels, or vice versa.
If attempts to sell his or beyond their default limitations (3 Hearts and 1 full Stamina Wheel), the will reject his request. Additionally, if tries to speak to the before he has received any blessings from , he will be turned away and instructed to return with something to trade.
===Tears of the Kingdom===
After the Calamity, the statue mentions once again how he was turned into a statue long, long ago."She turned me into this statue long, long ago." — the horned statue (Tears of the Kingdom) He then recounts how he continued his bargains in a village (presumably Hateno village)."Even then, I continued my bargains as a statue in a village." — the horned statue (Tears of the Kingdom) He was then moved from the main street to the outskirts of town, scorned and neglected."I was banished from the main street to the outskirts of town, scorned and neglected." — the horned statue (Tears of the Kingdom) This is corroborated by an earlier quote in Breath of the Wild, in which he says the villagers don't bother to clean bird droppings from him. Due to the Goddess' displeasure he was relocated to a pond and then ultimately here."Again, I was sent away. I spent time trapped in a pond, with only fish for company. And finally... here." — the horned statue (Tears of the Kingdom) He currently sits in the Royal Hidden Passage.
Jerrin breaks open the entrace to the Royal Hidden Passage in the Emergency Shelter at Lookout Landing, and by speaking to her, this starts the Who Goes There? quest. She claims to hear a demon from behind the opening. By investigating the opening, the Horned Statue is found off to the side of the main passage, in a room blocked by cracked rock, which can be broken with a weapon or Yunobo's Vow. It does not recognize Link, but offers the same service as in Breath of the Wild. After telling Jerrin, she claims to know a bit about demon statues and quotes "A dealer in life and power touched by the wrath of the Goddess, fallen to ruin." from an unknown source. Jerrin argues that the dais was the place it was enshrined back when the horned statue was still a god."Which would make the dais the place where it was enshrined, back when it was still a god." — Jerrin (Tears of the Kingdom) She goes on to claim that the horned statue is the opposite of the goddess of light (Goddess Hylia), that both entities cannot exist without the other and that their power manifests through the other's existence"Like light and dark, one cannot exist without the other—their power manifests through the other's existence." — Jerrin (Tears of the Kingdom).
==Trivia==
*In the German and Latin American Spanish versions of , the says that he is a deity of life and strength. Similarly in Tears of the Kingdom the statue is said to be an entity who deals in life and power.
*At one point, he recalls his time at the bottom of a pond by humorously stating that fish make terrible deals."I have dealt with only fish for too long. And fish make terrible deals." — the horned statue (Tears of the Kingdom)
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:BotW Essence Theft.png|The taking one of 's 
File:BotW Horned Statue Concept Art.png|Concept art of the Horned Statue
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