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A 300 year old female Wolf God. She understands human language, and has high intelligence and strong power. She raised San, after her parents left her to die and treats her as her own daughter.
[Moro and her two wolf sons approach, and watch as a number of large boars come into view. San places herself between the boars and Ashitaka's prone body.]
[大猪] (Oo-inoshishi) Large Boar:
ナゼ、ココに人間がいる
Naze, koko ni ningen ga iru
Why are there humans here?
[モロ] Moro:
私の娘だ。
Watashi no musume da.
She is my daughter.
[Later, outside Moro's cave, while San sleeps.]
[アシタカ] Ashitaka:
Release the girl! She is human!
[モロ] Moro:
Quiet, young one!
How can you pretend to understand that girl's misfortune?
She was but a child who was thrown to us so that the humans could escape our teeth!
Unable to become completely human or Mountain Dog...
she is my dear, ugly, furless child!
And you say that you can save San?!
She hates humans who invade the forest of the Shishi God, and is fighting against them. She especially hates Eboshi Gozen, and wants to kill her. |
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Moro's sons. They are not as intelligent as Moro, but they fight against humans with San. They help San to get into the village and they carry her about. Also they fight against the humans with San and the boars ini the great battle. One of them took Ashitaka to find San and lady Eboshi after the battle. They both carried San and Ashitaka in pursuit of Jiko Bou when he tries to escape with Shishi-gami's head. |
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Inoshishi Gami (Boar God) from Chinzai (Kyuusyu), who can understand human language. He is 500 years old and the oldest of the Boar Gods. Leading other Boar Gods, he commands the big offensive against humans. He is in conflict with the Wolf God Moro's family, but it has not escalated to the point of fighting. After failing to beat the humans and being on the brink of death he travels with San and one of Moro no Ko to the pond of Shishi-gami. But after mistaking Jiko Bou's gang for his warriors, he races of to the pond, revealing its location to Lady Eboshi.
But before he gets their the humans cause him to be possessed and he is turned in to a demon (Tatara-gami). He leads them to the pond, and later San is forced to be eaten inwards into his body by the demon. Later Moro and Ashitaka save her. |
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A God animal who conducts the giving and taking of a life. It is born during the new moon, and repeats its birth and death according to the phase of the moon. It is believed that its head has the power of eternal youth, so humans are trying to get it. |
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A giant whose height exceeds 10 meters. It's the shape the Shishi God takes during the night. It has a half transparent body with peculiar patterns. It wanders around the forest with blue light radiating from its body. If it does not change back to its day form, before sunrise it will die. The Kodama wait in the trees around the pond, as it changes forms. |
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A "Monster" which attacked Ashitaka's village. Ashitaka shot and killed it, but received a curse on his right arm in return. It was actually a Boar God, Nago no Kami (Lord Nago), who used to live in the forest of the Shishi God. Nago had been shot by Eboshi's men, and the pain, anger and hatred toward humans changed it into Tatari God. Tatari-gami is a demon. Later on Okkotonushi is turned into a Tatari-gami and San is nearly too. |
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