Zelda Theories

The Gerudos

The Gerudo society is clearly matriarchal, being entirely run by females. They don't show a lot of respect for men, but the one male that's born every thousand (Or is it hundred?) years becomes their king. In Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf is their current king. The king, or Gerudos in general, must be expected to live a long time, since presumably one king would need to live the entire thousand years before the birth of the next one, in order to keep the society functioning. But if a king dies before those years are over, does the society fall apart? Obviously, during periods in which they don't have a king to rule them, the Gerudos just choose one of the many females amongst them to be their leader. Since the Gerudos obviously don't have a lot of respect for men, I wonder then if the king of the Gerudos is really the true ruler, or just a figurehead. In the case of Ganondorf, he obviously muscled his way to the top, but it may not always be that way. As far as I can tell, the only reason the Gerudos would ever need a king would be as a tool. If the rest of Hyrule is a patriarchal society, then a male ruler of the Gerudos would get a fair deal more respect than a female one. He would be able to form better relations with the king and with the Gorons and the Zoras.
The Gerudo are indeed extremely interesting, but I find it difficult to come up with any theories on them. I wanted to do some investigating in the game itself, but my television burnt out yesterday and I'm not going to be able to play the game until we either get it fixed or get a new one. I'll write what I've thought of thus far, and then do some looking around later to see if I find anything else.

The Gerudo society is clearly matriarchal, being entirely run by females. They don't show a lot of respect for men, but the one male that's born every thousand (Or is it hundred?) years becomes their king. In Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf is their current king. The king, or Gerudos in general, must be expected to live a long time, since presumably one king would need to live the entire thousand years before the birth of the next one, in order to keep the society functioning. But if a king dies before those years are over, does the society fall apart? Obviously, during periods in which they don't have a king to rule them, the Gerudos just choose one of the many females amongst them to be their leader. Since the Gerudos obviously don't have a lot of respect for men, I wonder then if the king of the Gerudos is really the true ruler, or just a figurehead. In the case of Ganondorf, he obviously muscled his way to the top, but it may not always be that way. As far as I can tell, the only reason the Gerudos would ever need a king would be as a tool. If the rest of Hyrule is a patriarchal society, then a male ruler of the Gerudos would get a fair deal more respect than a female one. He would be able to form better relations with the king and with the Gorons and the Zoras.

Look around the Gerudo Fortress. If these women are thieves, where's all their loot? They're guarding mostly empty rooms. Ganondorf must have taken all the loot for himself, then, and hid it. Where? In the temples, perhaps. Now although this was edited in later versions of the game, the first version had the Muslim symbol of the moon and star on some of the switches, right? I think, if I remember correctly, you also see that symbol in some places around the Gerudo Fortress. It's probably a Gerudo symbol. Since that symbol is on some of the switches in the early dungeons and the temple, Ganondorf probably installed them there. He put traps all over the place, and put in the switches to give himself a way to get around. Chances are, then, he probably hid a lot of the Gerudo's treasures in the dungeons. There is some pretty nice stuff in some