Forest Temple

Ocarina of Time
Deep within the Sacred Forest Meadow in the Lost Woods lies a temple inhabited by many fierce foes. It's an eerie, complex temple filled with strange puzzles and bewilderment, such as an array of switches which invert hallways. Most of its rooms and corridors are covered with moss and vines and hold enemies like the Skulltula and Deku Baba. The dungeon's interior design is remniscent of a mansion or castle, with portraits hanging in certain rooms and quaint red carpents decorating the floor. The temple is home to the four Poe Sisters that lurk deep inside and guard the way to its master; Link must hunt down and destroy them to complete the temple. It is also one of the few dungeons in the Zelda series whose structure can be altered—in this case, by twisting and untwisting hallways, revealing new paths. The temple's music will also become a monster of its very own with its eerie but gorgeous tune and unnatural sounds. It's also the first temple where Link meets the dreaded Wallmaster in Ocarina of Time, and its boss is the fierce Phantom Ganon. Link journeyed here to save his childhood Kokiri friend Saria only to awaken her as the Sage of Forest. Her power helped Link continue on his journey to free the other imprisoned sages.

Minor Enemies and Traps
Skulltula, Skullwalltula, Deku Baba, Big Deku Baba, Gold Skulltula, Blue Bubble, Green Bubble, Wallmaster, Floormaster, Wolfos, ReDead (Master Quest only). dropping ceilings.

Main Puzzle Scenario: Block/Arrow

Trivia

 * The Forest Temple is known as the "topsy-turviest" level in Zelda history, followed by the Stone Tower in Majora's Mask. Nintendo Power also mentioned this once.
 * The dungeon's layout design shows that the temple exterior is shaped like a dome.
 * In the outside areas, players can see that the temple is actually a castle.
 * The Forest Temple was originally the Wind Temple but was changed later in development.
 * Some people believe that the Kokiri once lived here long ago.
 * Others believe that this is the Forbidden Woods in The Wind Waker, though none of this is proven.

Twilight Princess
"Ever since the boss went funny in the head, there have been scary monsters everywhere..."

- Monkey from Twilight Princess

The Forest Temple is the first dungeon in Twilight Princess. It is housed within a massive tree in Faron Woods that some theorize to be the dead remains of the Great Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time. It houses the Gale Boomerang used to defeat its boss, the Twilit Parasite Diababa.

The Gale Boomerang is used inside the temple to manipulate wind powered switches and bridges allowing Link to access rooms deeper within the dungeon. Monkeys have been imprisoned in various locations throughout the temple by their "chief", the mini-boss Ook. They must all be freed in order to gain access to the boss's lair, which, after being cleared, is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful places in the entire game.

This dungeon is different from the Forest Temple in Ocarina of Time in that it has only one level as opposed to multiple floors, and is far more organic in its design—though the first room of this temple is notably similar to its Ocarina of Time counterpart. Twilight Princess's Forest Temple is also similar to the Woodfall Temple in Majora's Mask in that a lot of the rooms seem to be very swamp-like.