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        The Princess Mononoke

        There was a time, long, long ago,
        when people killed the Great God of the Forest.

        Huamn face. Body of a wild beast.
        Horns atop his head like the trunks of massive trees.
        For what reason did the humans take his life？

        The huamn population was large.
        Much of the primeval forest had been cut.
        Here and there, bits and pieces of the forest remained,
        defying the huamns' attempt to penetrate it.

        These wooded refuges were protected by giant and godlike beasts,
        animals of the forest, wild boars and wolves,
        who would give their very lives to preservr the ancient forest.

        They were the raging gods of the forest who attacked the humans
        who invaded their sanctuary.
        They revered the Great God of the Forest.
        They did as he commanded.
        
        The clan called Tatara wewe makers or iron, 
        and it was the Tatara who fought battle after savage battle with
        the raging gods of the forest.

        Their leader was a woman, Lady Eboshi.
        Her lieutenants Gonza, Otoki and Kohroku did the Lady Eboshi's
        bidding.

        And the mysterious priest, Jiko, who is sworn to defeat the Great
        God of the Forest......
        Whose ally was he really？

        Okotonushi, Mono, a giant white wolf, and Nago and the forest gods
        who follow the Great God of Forest (And the tiny forest spirits
        called kodama).

        The girl San was born a human.
        But she was raised by Moro to be Princess Mononoke,
        The Spirit Princess.
        She loathed the humans who invaded the forest and she saught to
        protect the sacred sanctuaries by killing the invaders.

        An orphaned youth, Ashidaka, a warrior of astonishing skill joins
        the final between the Tatara and the raging forest gods.
        His arm bears a twisted scar: the spell of a strange curse that
        is slowly killing him.
        His search for a way to break the spell has led him to the camp
        of the Tatara.

        Ashidaka and San meet in the midst of the carnage and chaos of
        the battlefield.
        Fighting on opposite side.
        What hope could there be for feelings of love born of a place
        steeped in hatred and killing？

        In the weaving of this epic tapestry, which current will prove
        stronger－ the battle for the forest between human and beast
        or the love between warrior and princess？

        <<Article from The Art of The Princess Mononoke>>

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