In ancient times, the land lay covered in forests, where, from ages long past, dwelt the spirits of the gods.
Back then, man and beast lived in harmony, but as time went by, most of the great forests were destroyed.
Those that remained were guarded by gigantic beasts who owed their allegiance to the Great Forest Spirit, for those were the days of the gods and demons.
He had some kind of poison inside him, driving him mad, a poisonous hatred that consumed his heart and flesh and turned him into a demon monster.
It's your fate to go there and see what you can see with eyes unclouded by hate.
Nago.
The gigantic boar god.
He used to rule this whole forest.
WE couldn't even get near the mountains with him around.
See the iron in the sand under this town had all been dugout.
Then we tried to get at the iron under the mountain, but Nago wasn't gonna stand for that.
The problem was before we could dig for the iron, we had to clear away the forest, and that's what made the boar angry.
To see with eyes unclouded by hate.
First, you steal the boar's forest from him and then transform him into a demon.
Now you're making deadlier weapons!
How much hatred and pain do you think we need?
Help me kill the Forest Spirit, Ashitaka.
Kill the very heart of the forest?
Without that ancient god the animals here would be nothing but dumb beasts once more.
When the forest has been cleared and the wolves wiped out, this desolated place will be the richest land in the world, and Princess Mononoke will become human.
Princess of the spirits of ghouls, beasts, and ancient gods.
The wolf stole her soul and now she lives to kill me.
The legends say the blood of the Great Forest's spirit can heal anything.
Perhaps it could cure my poor lepers.
Might even be able to lift your curse, Ashitaka.
The legends tell us that when day becomes night, the forest spirit turns into the Nightwalker, and at sunrise, it changes back.