Kokiri Rituals
One of my otherkin lives is Mido from Legend of Zelda, or at least someone very similar to him. For that reason I’ve chosen to worship the Great Deku Tree as part of my spiritual practice.
I’ve always felt a sort of calming but awesome presence from the Tree ever since the first time I played Ocarina of Time. When I was little I think I thought he was supposed to be Jesus… probably because he speaks in an older form of English, but I digress.
I have to admit I’m not all that great at remembering to leave offerings for the Tree and I feel bad about that. I’m disappointed at how distant I feel from my Kokiri side and I’d like to have a deeper understanding of it.
I have a little “Kokiri forest” sitting in my windowsill. Really it’s a set of fairy garden pieces from Dollar Tree, which I began assembling after finding a wonderful little figurine of a tree with a face that represents the Tree marvelously even if it’s not a one to one match with the game model. To represent the Kokiri I used only figurines of child fairies/gnomes and a figurine of a Lost Boy from Peter Pan (NOT a Disney figurine) to represent myself. Also in the tiny village are several symbolic stones (moss agate, tree agate, petrified wood) as well as a quartz worry stone that I use as a tiny offering bowl.
Earlier in the year I attempted a ritual for the Tree—keeping a plant alive. This backfired spectacularly as I forgot to water it for an entire week just as it was beginning to sprout. I replaced the potting soil and attempted to grow beans, but this didn’t work either.
Two nights ago I restarted this ritual with a new planter (a mushroom-shaped terrarium) that came with chia seeds. These I expect to grow quite easily… it’s chia!
I feel it’s worth mentioning that both of my planters and all the seeds were part of children’s gardening kits. I’ve always felt an affinity for toys and I’m sure you can blame that on at least two of my kintypes (Ted Noise likes them too!) but I also feel that as the guardian of so many children, the Great Deku Tree thoroughly enjoys seeing the Kokiri with their toys, doing what children naturally do. My first planter even resembled a Kokiri house!
Another thing I sometimes do to connect with my Kokiri side is create knot dolls. These are very simple to make and can be created in under an hour with just rags and string. I suspect that, as forest fairies, the Kokiri had to make their own toys, and dolls like these seemed to be a natural answer. I also have an inkling that Mido had a favorite doll but can’t remember what it looked like… and so I created a little doll of myself using a knot doll pattern, a bit of simple sewing work foo no r the hat and hair, and a no-sew shirt pattern from a book of doll crafts. The doll turned out great and I think I might start carrying it with me again. It feels like the right time.
I don’t have much else to say about this kintype other than I wish I knew more about him. Mido has such a great character arc (made even better in the manga) and I’d like to really learn more about that lifetime.