Triforce



The Triforce is a sacred relic left behind by the three goddesses Din, Farore and Nayru after they finished creating the land of Hyrule. It was formed at the point where they left the world and consists of three seperate triangles: the Triforce of Power on top, the Triforce of Courage on the right and the Triforce of Wisdom on the left.

The Triforce in Ocarina of Time
The Triforce is kept in the Temple of Light in a place called the Sacred Realm, or 'Golden Land', where it is kept safe. It is said that the Triforce has the power to grant any wish its beholder desires, and because of this many men have tried to find a way to gain access to the Sacred Realm to claim it for themselves. Unfortunately one man once succeed in doing so, an evil man by the name of Ganondorf, a male Gerudo from the desert in the west of Hyrule. However there was another tale told about the Triforce, one that stated that if a person with a wicked heart should lay their hand upon it, the Triforce would shatter into its three seperate pieces, each of which would seek out a hiding place in the body of the person who most represented that section's element. When Ganondorf layed his hand upon the Triforce this prophecy came true, and the Triforce shattered, sending the three piece into the bodies of Ganondorf (Power), Princess Zelda (Wisdom) and Link (Courage).

Links
Wikipedia's own Triforce entry