Kokiri

The Kokiri tribe are a group of Koroks in the guise of forest children. The Great Deku Tree takes care of the Kokiri in the hidden Kokiri Forest deep within the Lost Woods of Hyrule. The Kokiri children dress in Kokiri Tunics, and have guardian fairies which look over them. Link's mother brought Link to the Great Deku Tree when he was a baby, and asked it to care for him. After Link's mother passed away, the Great Deku Tree decided to raise the baby Hylian as a Kokiri. This was the first Link chronologically, which explains why it is traditional for the Link family line to dress in Kokiri Tunics. It was said that true Kokiri die if he/she leaves the forest; however, it was proven wrong during the ending of Ocarina of Time where the Kokiri were seen in Lon Lon Ranch along with other characters to celebrate Ganondorf's defeat. If a Kokiri gets trapped in the Lost Woods for too long, the magic of the forest turns him or her into a Skull Kid.

The leader of the Kokiri tribe is named Mido.

They appear predominantly in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but also The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.