Other than the physique of Majora's wrath/incarnation and the feminine noises it/she/he makes, the only other evidence that comes to mind is the name. It's very rare to find a male with an "A" at the end of the name. If you think about it, almost all names ending with "A" are names for women. Carla, Anna, Tara, etc. Even names in the Zelda series follow the same pattern: Tetra, Zelda, Gohma, Twinrova, Telma, etc. The name alone is enough to assume that Majora is a female. That is, if Majora is a life form and not an inanimate object.
"Abba" "Sora" "Elijah"...
Once you get into other cultures, male name that end in A become more common. Remember that Zelda has always pooled themes from many cultures. Anyway, Zelda has had loads of bizarre names. "Tingle", for example. I don't think the name is something that should be taken so seriously, as it is only a name.
What if he was denied in the temple? Like what I mean is, what if they 'punish' the statue of him/her/it? That is what I alwayes though...
The imagery in Stone Tower Temple implies worship, not punishment. They are not statues like you description, but
decoration. You don't use something you consider bad for decoration.
I class Majora as an 'it' for the simple fact that it's the living incarnation of a mask which in itself has no gender.
When it comes to the sounds? Just because one sounds like a particular gender doesn't necessarily mean that they're of that gender at all. This wouldn't be the first time that a character with a 'female' voice is genderless.
It's incredibly like although not 100% proven that the mask is only a vessel for another entity. Either way, that entity could still be genderless.
Exactly. Especially in Japanese stuff females often do voices for male characters so it's not too significant of a point either.
Well, I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, and I don't really want to take this conversation beyond a PG-13 environment, but speaking in a professional manner, the word "Majora" itself is partly in the name given to an area of the vagina, "Labia Majora."
I'm not quite sure if this was intentional or not, but if it was indeed intentional then I think it would be safe to assume that Majora is in fact female.
I'm sure the eye-breasts conversation has been brought up before, but if you look in the pelvis area then you can see two ovals that could very well represent ovaries.
Though, I think the vagina part of this picture could just be the cause of limited graphics back then, rather than something intentional.
Personally, I always believed that Majora was a female, but that's just my opinion.
Majora is a real name I believe, so I think your assumption is mostly coincidental. Besides, there's no way they used that when naming Majora, as that's very mature. Either way, Majora's body is decorative, that's clear. I don't think you should take all the patterns on its body too seriously as a lot of them are ornate. I don't see why one should assume some of them aren't.
As I posted before, the "breasts" are nonexistent. Those are the mask's eyes, and the form Majora takes is clearly (they show it happening) a morph from the mask. The mask is basically still there in the form of its torso.
I am sure that Majora is stated to be a demon. In my opinion, demon's don't actually have a gender, despite their looks. I see demon's as something is just pure darkness, nothing else, who's goal is just to cause chaos, pain and destruction. Thus, I believe Majora to be a being that is genderless, although most people across the internet most likely refer to Majora as being a he or she.
I bet that some people would argue that Majora is a male because of it's name sounding more masculine than it is femenine, or that Majora's face looks like that of a man. There are valid arguments for either side of the gender argument, but nothing that is strong enough to prove that Majora is a male or female. Infact, the fact both sides have an argument points towards Majora either being genderless or a hermaphrodite in my eyes, but I think the former is much more likely.
Finally, nothing states Majora has a gender in the game either, not that I can remember anyway. If there is, someone please correct me on that, but if there was I don't think that you would have made this thread. I'm not saying that you are wrong, since I have just used all your points to put forward my argument. It's just that in threads like this I like just like to use others opinions to mold my own post and opinions around, after all, you could be very well correct.
Well, you're basically right be default. Majora is obviously an entity beyond just a monster/animal or a person, so I do not believe he can reproduce. Without reproduction, essentially he/she is genderless. So he's automatically without a gender. The thing is most genderless characters still have either male or female appearances, sounds, and behavior. That's what we're really discussing here, I think.
Majora is never STATED to be a demon. That is, however, an incredibly strong and plausible theory. We know Majora was worshiped in Stone Tower Temple, and that implies to me either its a god or a demon. I don't think its a god (who does?).
Another thing about Majora is that his goals, behavior, and actions are largely masculine. Most female villains are typically about manipulation of power rather than exertion of it, and Majora does a lot of exerting power. His traits are male-dominated.
Additionally, regarding his high-pitched voice and prancing/feminine moves... He was basically themed like a jester. If you take into account his colors and everything, I think that's obvious. He even laughed constantly. In the second battle he was very obviously clown-like, and this even carried over somewhat to his more sinister third form. Dancing, high-pitched voices, etc., are all common traits for clown-like characters, so that's more reason why they're both moot points. Also, for the record, I've never heard of a female jester character.
