[TotK][OoT] Rauru's voice memory about the altar in the Temple of Time and its connection to the Pedestal of Time
I was running around in TotK checking out some voice memories, and I ran into the one on the Temple of Time altar. In the voice memory, Rauru mentions this:
>This altar is considered the most holy place in the temple, and it is where we give offerings as part of our prayers for a bountiful, peaceful world.** I have heard ancient legends that it could interact with a sacred power, allowing travel back and forth through time... Though how this was done is a mystery to me.**
Is this suggesting that the altar is related to the Pedestal of Time? At first, I thought it was just through Zelda's recall power that she was able to bring the Master Sword to the past, but it was both her power and the altar itself that this was possible.
We know that the Zonai ToT was originally constructed on the ground, eventually lifted into the air, and in its original place the BotW ToT was built. Notably, the BotW ToT was never built with a chamber housing the Master Sword or any sword for that matter, indicating this ToT never served the same function as OoT's ToT. However, we do see that the Zonai ToT does have an altar that holds the power of time travel. The only altar-like object in the Zelda series I can think of is the Pedestal of Time, which obviously is also in its own ToT. It'd also be very fitting considering this altar is where the Master Sword was transported, and if it is the Pedestal of Time, it would be as if the Master Sword returned to its original home. I just find it very interesting that the altar's time traveling ability is brought to attention in this memory about the ToT, as if the devs are trying to get the player to draw a connection between it and the Pedestal of Time.
I'm thinking that the Zonai ToT may have been constructed on top of the original OoT ToT, similar to how the OoT ToT was built on top of the Sealed Temple by Sage!Rauru, and that the altar in the Zonai's ToT is the Pedestal of Time with heavy alterations to both the chamber and the pedestal itself. It wouldn't be the first time the Master Sword's resting place was altered. In other words, the temple's life cycle would look like Sealed Temple -> OoT ToT -> Zonai ToT (surface) -> Zonai ToT (lifted to the sky), where the BotW ToT ruins is a totally separate thing entirely.
Also, if it is the case that the altar = Pedestal of Time, this would be more evidence towards the refounding theory. It wouldn't be possible for the altar to be referencing the Pedestal of Time in its relative future.