Was Ganon born a Gerudo?

A Tragic Origin (Skyward Sword/Ocarina of Time)
Ganondorf was born into the Gerudo tribe of female thieves and raised by a surrogate mother/witch, Twinrova, to be their king. The Gerudos themselves are cruel and dangerous warriors and no doubt raised Ganondorf to share these very characteristics.
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Did Ganon take the form of a Gerudo?

In Ocarina of Time, it is explained that Ganondorf was born a powerful Gerudo sorcerer, the sworn enemy of the human races of Hyrule. The Gerudo twin witches Koume and Kotake, were his surrogate mothers. The Gerudo are a race of virtually all-female warriors and thieves, to whom only one male is born every century.
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Is Ganon the only male Gerudo?

Ganondorf is the only Gerudo male to have appeared in the series. The Gerudo as a race have appeared in Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Four Swords Adventures and Breath of the Wild.
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Are Ganon and Ganondorf the same person?

Summing this up, Ganon and Ganondorf is actually the same character. Ganondorf is a humanoid and a member and leader of Gerudo. Ganon, on the other hand, is the same character but refers to the bestial form Ganondorf's body takes when he is possessed by evil thoughts.
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Who was the first Gerudo?

One race the game doesn't explicitly reference, though, is the Gerudo. But Zelda Theorist, GameOver Jesse recently published a video showing evidence that Groose is actually the first Gerudo, and that Ganondorf is his direct descendant.
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Why are there no Male Gerudo? - Zelda Theory



Did Groose create Gerudo?

Groose may be the fore-father of the Gerudo race, and Demise's curse bound more than just Link and Zelda.
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Is Yuga a Gerudo?

Yuga is Actually a Man, and No, He's Not a Gerudo.
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Why is Ganon a pig?

Since Ganon appeared as a boar-like creature, Takizawa decided that Ganondorf should transform into such at the end of the game, despite the opinions of other staff members. He decided on making Ganon a beast "with the feeling of a pig" to reference A Link to the Past.
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How do Gerudo reproduce?

In order for the Gerudo race to continue to exist, Gerudo genes must remain dominant during the 100 year time period between the birth of Gerudo males. Since Gerudo reproduce by pairing with Hylian males, their offspring are heterozygous, with dominant Gerudo genes.
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Who is Ganondorf's father?

While the simplest explanation is that Ganondorf's father was a random Hylian, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume his father was the previous Gerudo King. Some thoughts: Niko shows us that, while it may not be the norm, it's more than possible for human beings to live beyond 100 years.
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Are there female Gorons?

No. There are no female Gorons. As stated in the game itself, the Goron tribe is a male-only tribe that ever existed in the series.
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Why can male Gorons get into Gerudo Town?

He also comments that Gerudo Town truly is full of women and that it smells nice there. Lyndae wonders why he was allowed into the Town when men are not allowed inside. This implies that the Gorons are all male race as no notable female members have appeared and they all refer to each other as brother.
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Are Gorons all male?

All Gorons that are seen are male and are referred to as such. They call each other "brother" (calling Link "Brudda" in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) and never once has a Goron referred to another as "she" or "her".
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Are Ganondorf and Urbosa related?

Jurassic World: Dominion Dominates Fandom Wikis - The Loop. Makeela Riju is the only true-born daughter of Emperor Ganondorf and his wife Nabooru, his legal heir, and half-sister of Urbosa, she has a bodyguard named Buliara.
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Who came first Ganon or Ganondorf?

The first chronological appearance of either Ganon or Ganondorf is in Ocarina of Time. At the game's outset, he is Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo. One male is born to the otherwise all-female Gerudo every century, and that male becomes King by birthright, because patriarchy occurs even among warriors.
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Is Nabooru Ganondorf wife?

Nabooru Riju is the third Sage of Spirits of Hyrule, the wife of Ganondorf, and the empress of the reformed Gerudo Empire.
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How do Gorons reproduce?

The first (one I personally thought of) is that they are born directly from magma and are subsequently adopted by another Goron. The second (one I've heard on this sub) is that they reproduce asexually, with the rocks on their back bulging and splitting off into a new, baby Goron.
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Why are there no Gerudo in Twilight Princess?

They did not stay in the dungeon for one hundred years, they only stayed in there after Ganondorf was sent to the Twilight Realm. The reason they went was because they knew what Ganondorf was capable of doing, since he had killed his comrades in order to get Din's Triforce of Power.
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Is Gerudo a human?

Human can describe all of Hylian, Gerudo, and Sheikah. Also, anything that looks human and has rounded ears is considered human, but there are different names.
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What is Ganondorf's sword called?

The Sword of the Six Sages is a recurrent sword in The Legend of Zelda series. Originally belonging to the Ancient Sages, it is wielded by Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and cannot be used by Link.
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What is Ganondorf's full name?

Nintendo's Legend of Zelda website has stated the surname of the series' big baddie: Ganondorf Dragmire. It's the first official usage of the surname in 25 years - since 1992, when it originally appeared in A Link to the Past's English game manual.
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Is Link an elf?

Link is a Hylian. Hylians are not related to elves in any way, because elves are not in any Zelda game. Seriously you could've just googled the question.
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Who is the wizard in Link to the Past?

Agahnim (pronounced /ˈɑː. ɡəˌniːm/, AH-gə-neem)[citation needed] is the powerful evil wizard who serves as the secondary antagonist of A Link to the Past.
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Who is Yuga in link between worlds?

Yuga is the main antagonist in A Link Between Worlds. His main objective is to rule over Hyrule and Lorule by hunting down the Seven Sages and resurrecting Ganon. Yuga is a sorceror who uses his magic paintbrush wand to transform himself and others into two-dimensional art, a process called wall merging.
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Who is Yuga from Botw?

Yuga is the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. A sorcerer who wields a staff that resembles a paintbrush, he is able to turn people into two-dimensional Portraits. It is Yuga who sets the conflict between Hyrule and Lorule into motion, hoping to steal Ganon's body and the full Triforce.
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