The Goddess Collection

The Goddess Collection is a trilogy of books and Published by Dark Horse, the books contain artwork and story content pertaining to The Legend of Zelda (Series). The collection is compromised of The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts, and The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia.The first of these was Hyrule Historia which released on December 21, 2011 around the same time as The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword to commemerate the 25th anniversary of the series, The book contained the long awaited official chronilogical Timeline of the Zelda series, which up until that point hadn't been confirmed to exist and had long been dabated by fans, there were no new additions to the collection until Febuary of 2017 with the release of the Art & Artifacts book, which contained official artwork and item models from all the series main Installments. The book also contained interviews with the art directors for some of the games featured. The final installement in the collection, The Encyclopedia was released in June of 2018, and was a detailed compendium of knowledge dedicated to The Legend of Zelda

A fourth book was released under the title Masterworks(Japan) or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Creating a Champion in Western Countries, This book is focused solely on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and is not part of the Goddess Collection despite having the same publisher.

The Canonicity of the Dark Horse books is Debatable, though most fans consider them to be canon