Lost Woods

The Lost Woods is a place from The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.

This sweet, but haunting forest featured predominantly in The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time; and was given many lesser roles in other games. It is a mysterious forest, and few dare to enter. It has a strange spell that turns any non-Kokiri child into a grotesque Skull Kid, which hates humans.

In A Link To The Past, it holds the notorious Master Sword and is the environment in which bunny rabbits and squirrels and all sorts of nature roams around.

In Ocarina of Time, by following the sweet music of "Saria's Song", Link could navigate through the hollow trees and get to the Sacred Forest Meadow Alternative methods could also be used to determine if a path led to another part of the lost woods, or back to the Kokiri Forest. The main method was to simply walk close to the darkness in the center of the tree trunk. The other side of the path would light up if it lead further into the woods, but would remain dark if it lead back to Kokiri Forest. The Lost Woods is home to the only Moblins in Ocarina of Time, as well as many a Deku Scrub.

In Majora's Mask, it was revealed that a path deep within the forest connects Hyrule with the parallel world of Termina. The path leads directly from the Lost Woods to the portal, which carries to the Clock Tower in Clock Town.

Also, in Oracle of Seasons, the Lost Woods was revealed to have a branch in Holodrum, connecting to the Tarm Ruins.

Generic Inhabitants
Obviously, the enemies and other creatures within the Lost Woods varies depending on the game. But the Woods contains generic organisms known for a fact as being prime inhabitants. They include:
 * Deku Scrubs and their relatives
 * Gohmas
 * Skull Kids
 * Kokiri
 * Deku Babas and their relatives
 * Moblins and Great Moblins
 * Skulltulas
 * Deku Trees
 * Fairies
 * Wolfos
 * Floormasters

Similar Forests
In Twilight Princess, the Lost Woods are generally presumed to be part of the Sacred Grove, where a Skull Kid guides Wolf Link through the woods. Also, the Forbidden Woods are generally presumed to be the future of the more evil parts of the Lost Woods. Many other games had similar forests--however, they are known to be separate. These include:
 * Mysterious Forest (Link's Awakening)
 * Woods of Mystery (Majora's Mask)
 * Fairy Woods (Oracle of Ages)

Areas
Being an ancient and eerie, the Lost Woods has many hidden havens and sanctuaries, known to only a few. A few such areas are home to undead monsters, such as Bubbles and Poes. Others are safe homes devoid of evil. The regions of the Lost Woods (though they may variate between games) include:
 * Kokiri Forest
 * Great Deku Tree's Meadow
 * Sacred Forest Meadow
 * Forest Temple
 * Temple of Darkness

Connections
Ever since Majora's Mask, the Lost Woods have been shown as having connections to other countries. The depths of the Lost Woods holds passage to the parallel world of Termina. Additionally, the woods are also connected to Holodrum. The forest's dark world version is known as the Skull Woods. There are portals near Kokiri Forest that may take a person to Goron City or near Zora's Domain.

Miscellaneous
The Lost Woods is one of the established regions of Hyrule; though Hyrule greatly defers from game to game, the Lost Woods is almost always included. Also, most games, starting with Ocarina of Time, that feature the Lost Woods have the forest's background music as being Saria's Song.