Grand Conde
Superstar
I've always looked at Zelda as a series of games with central elements that aren't related by timeline for the most part. I mean some of the games like Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time have some loose ties but overall the idea that there is a real Zelda timeline is laughable. They were just making it up as they went along. Later down the line fans started to ask questions so they built in references to other titles and retconned a timeline.
There isn't a grand metastory. it's better to just look at the games as standalone that use several key elements to craft a new story with them.
I really don't get this obsession with fitting these games into a timeline. Like...why?