Specifically referring to BotW, of course. I don't think the Lost Woods we see there are the same Lost Woods we see in other games, or the Lost Woods at all. In most games, the woods are laid out in a very linear format, in a way that is maze-like and loops back on itself. But in BotW it has a specific path you must follow, otherwise you... disappear into the fog. Very not maze-like. So that's where my idea comes in- that it isn't the Lost Woods at all. When you first meet Hestu, he tells you this-
First off, it seems overkill to hide under a rock on some corner of the continent for a little prank. But other than that, we never see them pulling pranks, as Hestu implies they do quite often. But when you go off course in the "Lost Woods", you hear the sound of Koroks laughing before being deposited back at the entrance. So perhaps the entire woods are a prank from the Koroks, designed to deter people from entering their home. They used the idea of the past Lost Woods as a prank for the present.The children of the forest must have taken the Korok seeds from my beloved maracas. I never thought I would be the target of one of their pranks. Shoko..