I Cant Stick To One Creative Medium

I'm coming back from the dead to post this odd BotW2 thought I just had while looking back over my previous posts about it that made me fall down my own mental rabbit hole again. My standard disclaimer applies: I haven't watched many theory videos or been on my dash in more than a year at this point so if somebody else already mused about this or it's stupid or obvious, ignore me.

My original question:

Did the Shiekah branch off from the Zonai or something? Or did the Shiekah and the Yiga both branch off at the same time, or...?

I ask this because I never made this visual connection before and I feel kinda dense for not doing so:

This is obviously Impa's tapestry. A presumably Shiekah tapestry. Does that not kinda look like all of the dragon head iconography we see all over the Zonai architecture, labyrinths, and the flamethrower shield thing from the second BotW2 trailer?

Which led me to another thing I hadn't thought to question:

Why on earth are Shiekah shrines and monks inside of Zonai labyrinths?

and

Why on earth are pieces of presumably Zonai armor inside Shiekah shrines?

I'm making myself have Zelda cultural Inception. Furthermore:

Is this mildly Shiekah-looking symbol on a presumably ancient/Zonai modeled version of Link proof that the Shiekah and Zonai were the same once upon a time?

Is the Zonai fascination with dragons in their architecture connected to Ganon's calamity form as captured in Impa's tapestry? Like, is that what they're depicting over and over, from when he was last seen 10,000 years ago?

Are the Shiekah what became of the Zonai who chose to stay on the surface while the rest of them disappeared into the sky?

I have questions, Nintendo.

Ahh, broken-down heroes. My favorite! 😎

Unfortunately, many guys still need to see this….. (but obviously it applies to everyone).