Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Coolest Dungeon Hides a Secret Tribute to a Beloved Classic

The Forest Temple in *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* includes a reference to Louisa May Alcott’s *Little Women*: its four ghostly Poe Sisters are named Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The detail connects the eerie dungeon to the novel’s March sisters and remains in Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake, giving players a small literary Easter egg to discover.

The reference was also present in the 1998 Nintendo 64 original, so it is not a new addition in the remake. In that version, Jo was called Joelle; the other names and the sisters’ birth order match the novel. The article notes that *Little Women* has been adapted many times, including Greta Gerwig’s 2019 film.