<P> Heading west , Ashitaka meets Jigo ( `` Jiko - bō '' in the original Japanese version ) , a wandering monk , who tells Ashitaka he may find help from the Great Forest Spirit , a deer - like animal god by day and a giant `` nightwalker '' by night . Nearby , men herd oxen to Irontown ( `` Tataraba '' in Japanese ) , led by Lady Eboshi , and repel an attack by a wolf pack led by the wolf goddess Moro . Riding one of the wolves is San , a human girl . Ashitaka discovers two injured Irontown men and carries them through the forest , where he encounters many kodama and glimpses the Forest Spirit . In Irontown , Ashitaka learns that Eboshi built the town by clearcutting forests to claim ironsand and produce iron , leading to conflicts with the forest gods and Asano , a local daimyō . Irontown is a refuge for social outcasts , including lepers employed to manufacture firearms ; it was one of these guns that had wounded Nago . Eboshi also explains that San was raised by the wolves as one of their own and resents humankind . </P>
<P> Heading west , Ashitaka meets Jigo ( `` Jiko - bō '' in the original Japanese version ) , a wandering monk , who tells Ashitaka he may find help from the Great Forest Spirit , a deer - like animal god by day and a giant `` nightwalker '' by night . Nearby , men herd oxen to Irontown ( `` Tataraba '' in Japanese ) , led by Lady Eboshi , and repel an attack by a wolf pack led by the wolf goddess Moro . Riding one of the wolves is San , a human girl . Ashitaka discovers two injured Irontown men and carries them through the forest , where he encounters many kodama and glimpses the Forest Spirit . In Irontown , Ashitaka learns that Eboshi built the town by clearcutting forests to claim ironsand and produce iron , leading to conflicts with the forest gods and Asano , a local daimyō . Irontown is a refuge for social outcasts , including lepers employed to manufacture firearms ; it was one of these guns that had wounded Nago . Eboshi also explains that San was raised by the wolves as one of their own and resents humankind . </P>
what is the forest spirit in princess mononoke
what is the forest spirit in princess mononoke
a deer - like animal god by day and a giant `` nightwalker '' by night
a deer - like animal god by day and a giant `` nightwalker '' by night