Nayru Goddess of Wisdom

This is Nayru goddess of Wisdom from the Legend of Zelda series. She is one of the three creator gods of Hyrule alongside her sisters Farore and Din. Nayru as the goddess of Wisdom and so values beings who show great wisdom and gives them her blessing. Nayru’s essence is what powers the Triforce of Wisdom.

At the dawn of time, Nayru along with her sisters, Farore and Din, descended upon the chaos that was to become the land of Hyrule, each of them creating a different facet of the realm. She, like her sisters can hear the prayers of people of Hyrule.

Nayru can appear as the silhouette of a young woman with wings who’s body gives off a blue glow or green aura. Her most powerful form that she can take is that of a blue serpentine dragon.

Nayru is a benevolent being who cares about wisdom when it come to the way of the world and to her wisdom is above good or evil, She believes the balance of the universe is kept up through wisdom and observation. She believes when everyone and everything comes to an understanding the world will be at peace.

Nayru does not grant wishes, her actions are to protect the laws of nature and life and for the greater good. Prayers of the people to her helps tell her how happy or unhappy the people of Hyrule are.

Nayru poured her wisdom onto the earth and gave the spirit of law to the world. Nayru's essence can also be invoked by a powerful sorcerer. Her essence provides a protective shield of light when the spell Nayru's Love is cast.

Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, is revered for establishing the physical and meta-physical laws of Hyrulean existence, as well as being the designer of space-time itself. She is commonly associated with the element of water, and thus she is worshiped as a Goddess of the Seas and other great bodies of water, such as Lake Hylia. Because of her part in creating the laws of the realm, Nayru is possibly also the one worshiped as the Goddess of Time, as referred to in Majora's Mask. Through her association with water, symbols and talismans meant to evoke Nayru are often colored blue.

Of all the races in the Hyrulean realm, the essence of Nayru is best personified by the Zoras. These fish-like, humanoid, water-dwellers are known for their hierarchical form of government, as well as their stoicism and their great wisdom. Though they are native to Zora's Domain, Zoras are found within waterways throughout the Lanayru Province, even as far south as Lake Hylia.

Nayru is commonly associated with string instruments, such as the harp, and singing.

Nayru is symbolized by the water because she is known to have the domain over the rivers, oceans and lakes of Hyrule. As a god of wisdom she has a strong sense of the truth of the world. She observes the world around her with a stoic expression. She believes that knowledge is power and that the journey one makes in pursuit of knowledge is the meaning of existence. She sometimes wishes she didn’t have the knowledge of the universe so she could have the joy of discovering how the universe works herself again. Because of this she would never deprive a mortal the opportunity to discover new knowledge for themselves.