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'''Martha''' is the [[mermaid]] who inhabits [[Martha's Bay]], the body of water on [[Koholint Island]] that is named after her. | '''Martha''' is the [[mermaid]] who inhabits [[Martha's Bay]], the body of water on [[Koholint Island]] that is named after her. | ||
[[Schule Donavitch]] made a statue of her,<ref name=MagnifyingLens>{{cite|An artist once asked me to pose for him, and he wanted a scale, too... Can the legend of the Magnifying Lens be true...?|Martha|LA}}</ref> called "[[Mermaid Statue|The Mourning Mermaid]]"<ref>{{cite|THE MOURNING MERMAID By SCHULE|Plaque|LA}}</ref> | [[Schule Donavitch]] made a statue of her,<ref name=MagnifyingLens>{{cite|An artist once asked me to pose for him, and he wanted a scale, too... Can the legend of the Magnifying Lens be true...?|Martha|LA}}</ref> called "[[Mermaid Statue|The Mourning Mermaid]]",<ref>{{cite|THE MOURNING MERMAID By SCHULE|Plaque|LA}}</ref> which is placed near Martha's Bay, but it is not complete.<ref>{{Cite|Ya, I am Schule Donavitch! Zee mermaid statue by zee bay iz my masterpiece! ...To tell you zee truth, zis werk iz not complete! Zee art, it'z...difficult for you to grasp, iz it not?|Schule Donavitch|LA}}</ref> She asks Link to retrieve her lost necklace that was taken away by the waves.<ref>{{cite|When I was swimming in the bay, the waves took a very important necklace from around my neck! If you find it, I will let you take a scale from my tail!|Martha|LA}}</ref> When [[Link]] returns her the necklace, she rewards him with one of the [[Mermaid's Scale|scales]] from her tail.<ref>{{cite|Ahh! That's it! That's my necklace! Give it! Give it back! I will give you a scale as I said!|Martha|LA}}</ref> Link can place the scale on the Mermaid Statue to reveal a hidden passage where he finds the [[Magnifying Lens]].<ref name=MagnifyingLens/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the Japanese and some European versions of the game, Link instead had to find her lost swimsuit top, but [[Nintendo of America]] deemed this to be too inappropriate for American audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artemis251.fobby.net/zelda/index.php|title=Link's Awakening Cache|site=fobby.net}}</ref> | *In the Japanese and some European versions of the game, Link instead had to find her lost swimsuit top, but [[Nintendo of America]] deemed this to be too inappropriate for American audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artemis251.fobby.net/zelda/index.php|title=Link's Awakening Cache|site=fobby.net}}</ref> | ||
==References== | |||
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{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
[[Category:Koholint Islanders]] | [[Category:Koholint Islanders]] | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 25 May 2014
Template:Character Martha is the mermaid who inhabits Martha's Bay, the body of water on Koholint Island that is named after her.
Schule Donavitch made a statue of her,[1] called "The Mourning Mermaid",[2] which is placed near Martha's Bay, but it is not complete.[3] She asks Link to retrieve her lost necklace that was taken away by the waves.[4] When Link returns her the necklace, she rewards him with one of the scales from her tail.[5] Link can place the scale on the Mermaid Statue to reveal a hidden passage where he finds the Magnifying Lens.[1]
Trivia
- In the Japanese and some European versions of the game, Link instead had to find her lost swimsuit top, but Nintendo of America deemed this to be too inappropriate for American audiences.[6]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "An artist once asked me to pose for him, and he wanted a scale, too... Can the legend of the Magnifying Lens be true...?" — Martha (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ "THE MOURNING MERMAID By SCHULE" — Plaque (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ "Ya, I am Schule Donavitch! Zee mermaid statue by zee bay iz my masterpiece! ...To tell you zee truth, zis werk iz not complete! Zee art, it'z...difficult for you to grasp, iz it not?" — Schule Donavitch (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ "When I was swimming in the bay, the waves took a very important necklace from around my neck! If you find it, I will let you take a scale from my tail!" — Martha (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ "Ahh! That's it! That's my necklace! Give it! Give it back! I will give you a scale as I said!" — Martha (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ Template:Cite web