Link almost killed Zelda - Nintendo documents revealed

[Mr Khan]

S.Peelman said:

Cool little bit of info !

Mr Khan said:
Enormous spider that sat down beside her just seems to be an allusion to the classic nursery rhyme.

Could be, wouldn't be the only time. Like in Skyward Sword where in the Ancient Cistern you have that part where you climb out of the underground via a rope, while enemies slowly climb after you to pull you back down. That was a reference to some kind of Japanese fairy tale as well.

EDIT: A reference to this story.

The Ancient Cistern was a giant buddhism allegory. That's what i picked up from "The Spider's Thread" segment.

(thank god for "Aoi Bungaku" or i would never have made the reference)