Requiem of Spirit
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| Requiem of Spirit | |
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| First appearance | Ocarina of Time (1998) |
| Learned | Desert Colossus |
| Power(s) | Transports Link to the Desert Colossus near the Spirit Temple |
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The "Requiem of Spirit" is a song from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This teleportation song transports Link to the Desert Colossus, near the entrance to the Spirit Temple. Playing the "Requiem of Spirit" is the only way with which Link can reach the Desert Colossus when he is a child.
Link can play the "Requiem of Spirit" on the Ocarina of Time by playing A, Down-C, A, Right-C, Down-C, A. The actual pitches of the notes translate as follows: D, F, D, A, F, D.
[edit] Story
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
On his quest to awaken the Sage of Spirit, Link befriends the Gerudo and braves the perils of the Haunted Wasteland. Upon arriving in the Spirit Temple, he finds no way to get ahead, so he exits the temple. As he enters the Desert Colossus again, he is approached by Sheik, who tells him that he needs to go back in time to when he was a child in order to find his way through the dungeon. To allow Link to get to the Desert Colossus as a child, Sheik teaches him the "Requiem of Spirit".
Spoiler warning: Spoilers end here.
[edit] Other appearance
The "Requiem of Spirit" is one of the songs that Wolf Link must howl in order to meet the Hero's Shade in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Specifically, its Howling Stone can be found in the Sacred Grove area.
[edit] Etymology
Requiem is a Latin word that means "rest," which is also the name given to a composition that honors the dead, which is appropriate considering the temple's name.
