#sheik (goddess) is a guest muse on this blog but not an official one

[serandipity]

On the Goddess of Shadows;;

While Hylia exists as the bright and blinding phoenix of light, there exists Sheik as the teneberous raven of shadow. She is the patron goddess of the Sheikah, and revered as the Goddess of Death, Shadows and Illusions.

Sheik was not originally divinity. She was one of Demise's underlings. A demon born of Demise's own draconic scales in the time before corruption took the Lord of Shadows and felled him. It was said that Sheik was the one who told Sheik and assisted with Demise's initial sealing after she became aware of Demise's traitorous intentions. Together the two sealed the corrupt god and his minions deep within the earth before the written records of men.

For her aid, Sheik was granted divinity to restore the balance between light and shadow. She and the people that remained were said to have an unusually close relationship with the Goddess of Light. Sheik was never more loyal to anyone than Hylia.

Despite her intense loyalty and affection to Hylia, the Goddess of Death is not known as a particularly kind Goddess, nor is she particularly cruel. The Sheikah are not known to pray to Sheik. She is simply a force that is. However, their reverence for the Goddess of Shadows informs some of the Sheikah's unique views on death and dying.

After Hylia shed her divinity, Sheik retreated to the depths of her realm where she quietly rules from the land of the dead. Grief having caused her mind to slip, but still bound by an oath she swore to the Goddess more than ten millenia ago she dutifully performs her duties and guards the gates of hell. It is customary when Sheikah come of age to journey down through the shadow temple to receive their oath from the Matron of Shadows. This oath allows them greater ability to manipulate shadows and illusions, and for some reanimate the dead. Her powers came at a price which was an oath to the Royal Family of Hyrule. One that was almost impossible to break without the use of dark magics.