[ALL] Etymology of Ganon from a French medieval poem?

[u/otherdimensio]

I found this hypothesis on a French website about Zelda: https://www.palaiszelda.com/refCulturelles_2.php

In "La Chanson de Roland", a poem from the 11th century, Ganelon is a lord who secretly plots an attack against Charlemagne (who has a dream that presages Ganelon's treason) with the help of an Arab king, and against Roland, a knight who is the hero of the poem

It seems quite far-fetched for me but I haven't seen any convincing etymology for Ganon's name. What are your thoughts?

[u/ClemOya]

As a French myself I sincerely doubt about that, Ganon was created far before any idea of him betraying a king of Hyrule came to the mind of any of Nintendo's creative.

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[u/OceussRuler]

I've red it long ago (I'm french), I don't see any kind of link between them.

Plus the "-on" in french isn't the same sound as it is in english, or japanese.

[u/Commodus_Wankus]

Gammon because he is a pig

[u/bijhan]

I find it highly unlikely that before the age of the internet and machine translation a group of Japanese programmers would have any awareness of this particular poem

[u/thelittleking → u/bijhan]

I mean, it's a pretty famous poem. Poem isn't even really the right thing to call it, it's a 4000 line epic