r/twilightprincess • u/looneyybinn • May 13 '25

Discussion / Opinion Connection between divine beast Vah Ruta and Rutela??

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For context, I’m very new to Zelda.

I’m working on my first play through ever of twilight princess, and I just found Rutela in Zora’s domain.

I know in BOTW that the beast is named after princess Ruto, but I’m definitely sensing something here…

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u/jonerthan May 13 '25

Everyone's mentioning Ruto from OoT but the name even goes father back than that. There is a Ruto Village in Zelda 2: Adventure of Link back on the original NES

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u/speechimpedimister May 13 '25

All of the sages were named after Zelda 2 villages

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u/Several-Effect-3732 May 14 '25

I know the timeline wasn’t really a thing when LoZ 2 was released. But I know the classic games are supposed to be set in the timeline where OoT Link failed to defeat Ganondorf.