Tetraforce Theory

[Heroine of Time]

...There is a lot more evidence for this theory than just the shield. You should have done some research and added a bit more.

Anyway, despite all the evidence, it's not real, specifically becauses of what you said. Miyamoto denied it.

I do believe Hylia would be the fourth goddess, if there was one. She could easily be associated with air, because of her association with Skyloft. However, as others have said, the goddesses were never associated with any element, except for Din, who was described as having fiery arms or something similar.

 

[octorok74]

Well...maybe the fourth triangle represents her anyway. She was still a goddess at one time.

Either that, or the fourth triangle is just for decoration and has no connection to the triforce or the goddesses.

But in Skyward Sword, doesn't Zelda's father say that few people know about the legend of the Triforce. Which would make it weird for them to think about it that way.
Here's a new idea, maybe the bird on the shield just stole a kid's piece of cake and is flying it back to their young.

 

[XskywardX]

thats honestly, not an idea i wuld even consider

 

[donpedrox]

Well...maybe the fourth triangle represents her anyway. She was still a goddess at one time.

Either that, or the fourth triangle is just for decoration and has no connection to the triforce or the goddesses.

Precisely

True, that Zephos would be an odd choice for this supposed 4th god/goddess but I was only playing at your idea that the goddesses represent elements

 

[Dio]

Well whether he planned it or not, it's not canon now. There is no way it even could be introduced now because with the 3 pieces of the triforce you posses ultimate power, having a fourth would make no difference to anyone. I'm sure the idea of Hylia was not even conceived back when OOT came out, so it can't be her. I would guess it's just a design choice to have a triangle at the bottom of the shield with no significance.

 

[Wolf Sage]

Wouldn't a tetraforce be a square [quadrangle]? :?

Triangle = 3, as in Triforce.

 

[felipe970421]

Also, wind is already covered,in the Zelda series wind and forest are largely treated as one element, take the forest temples each one has a wind-based item, the forest barrier in Ganon castle is wind-based, the deku leaf makes you fly, city in the sky and TP forest temple share a unique enemy (that huge baba), there are many other examples, the more you look into it the more they are tied together.

However, there is always the light force, I could be wrong but I think it's an upside down triangle, and fits with the wind themes of TMC (aka Vaati and the wind element)

However as a whole the tetraforce/complete triforce is debunked as hell

 

[XskywardX]

Wouldn't a tetraforce be a square [quadrangle]? :?

Triangle = 3, as in Triforce.

the "tri" in triforce doesnt imply its shape, it shows that there are 3 peices to it, tetraforce would just mean there are 4 pieces.....the 4th peice would fill in the center of the (tetra/tri)-force

i dont know why im sorta contidicting what i posted, but here goes...

perhaps the fourth peice wouldnt represent a goddess, but a god, the father af the three goddesses, zelda/hylia being the mother....perhaps link is the fourth god, and gannon/gannondorf is the evil among the gods and is always trying to take zelda/hylia...and link is sent down from beyond the clouds to save her from this great evil....could this thought show evedince of an exiforce????(exi-6)

 

[Wolf Sage]

the "tri" in triforce soent imply ts shape, it shows that there are 3 peices to it, tetraforce would just mean there are 4 pieces

And thus a square [quadrangle]. Quad/Tetra = four

No matter which way you slice it, it's a square:

Spoiler

The Triforce is not only distinguishable by its three separate units, but by its three edges and vertices as well. I can't recall the exact source at the moment, but the symbol(s) on which it is believed to be based represent all the vagaries of the number 3 as it pertains to symbolism [or something to that effect].

Also: Filling in the middle of the Triforce would mean that it is nothing more than a regular triangle; there wouldn't be any separate shapes by which to distinguish it; however, as a whole, it would still have three edges and three points.

Spoiler

Honestly, there isn't a need for a fourth piece when three pieces suffice just fine. In all its depictions the Triforce has fulfilled its purpose of granting the wish of anyone who lays his hand upon it, and in each of those instances, there have been three pieces [united as one], not four.

Does this scene ring a bell for you?

Spoiler

A Link to the Past

 

[nareky]

I think its just a pretty and simple way to put 3 triangles together and that is what causes the space for the "fourth" piece

 

[alkane]

well to be honest i always considered farore to the be goddess of the forest and wind. when i think of one i also think of the other

 

[XskywardX]

And thus a square [quadrangle]. Quad/Tetra = four

No matter which way you slice it, it's a square:

Spoiler

The Triforce is not only distinguishable by its three separate units, but by its three edges and vertices as well. I can't recall the exact source at the moment, but the symbol(s) on which it is believed to be based represent all the vagaries of the number 3 as it pertains to symbolism [or something to that effect].

Also: Filling in the middle of the Triforce would mean that it is nothing more than a regular triangle; there wouldn't be any separate shapes by which to distinguish it; however, as a whole, it would still have three edges and three points.

Spoiler

Honestly, there isn't a need for a fourth piece when three pieces suffice just fine. In all its depictions the Triforce has fulfilled its purpose of granting the wish of anyone who lays his hand upon it, and in each of those instances, there have been three pieces [united as one], not four.

Does this scene ring a bell for you?

Spoiler

A Link to the Past

yes i think i get what your saying, but what if the center peice were just a little bit smaller, and you could still tell all the peices apart from eachother??? did you look at my exiforce picture though???

the exiforce would be another triforce overlapping the original

 

[bhavin]

Maybe instead of just one triforce , there are infinite triforces in infinite parallel universes and hence there are infinite triforce pieces

 

[octorok74]

I'm liking all the ideas that are being thrown around. The exiforce one is interesting since that was never brought up in the other tetraforce threads. Although, I still have a feeling that my cake idea if the reason for the supposed fourth piece on OoT Link's shield.

 

[bhavin]

i hope we never find out how many pieces there are. i think part of the fun of Zelda games is just seeing all the different theories and ideas