Princess Mononoke Quiz: Kodama, the Forest Spirit and Wolves

This Princess Mononoke quiz enters the ancient forest of Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 epic. Play 10 interactive questions on Ashitaka's curse from a boar god, San and the wolf goddess Moro, Lady Eboshi's Irontown, rattling kodama tree spirits, the deer-like Forest Spirit, the giant Night-Walker, Yakul the red elk and the moss forests of Yakushima.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Princess Mononoke?
Hero
Which prince is cursed by a boar god?
San
Who raised San?
Town
What is Lady Eboshi's town called?
Kodama
What are kodama?
Spirit
What does the Forest Spirit look like by day?
Night
What does it become at night?
Elk
What animal does Ashitaka ride?
Forest
Which island's moss forests inspired the film?
Script
Which author wrote the English script?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Princess Mononoke?
Answer: Hayao Miyazaki
It came out in 1997.
Q2: Which prince is cursed by a boar god?
Answer: Ashitaka
The curse marks his arm.
Q3: Who raised San?
Answer: The wolf goddess Moro
San is called the wolf princess.
Q4: What is Lady Eboshi's town called?
Answer: Irontown
It smelts iron from the hills.
Q5: What are kodama?
Answer: Small white tree spirits
Their heads rattle as they turn.
Q6: What does the Forest Spirit look like by day?
Answer: A deer with a human-like face
Plants bloom where it steps.
Q7: What does it become at night?
Answer: The towering Night-Walker
It glows like the night sky.
Q8: What animal does Ashitaka ride?
Answer: Yakul, a red elk
Yakul is loyal and brave.
Q9: Which island's moss forests inspired the film?
Answer: Yakushima
Ancient cedars grow there.
Q10: Which author wrote the English script?
Answer: Neil Gaiman
The dub came out in 1999.

Gods of the Forest Against Iron

Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1997, is set in medieval Japan. Prince Ashitaka is cursed while killing a boar god turned demon by an iron ball. He travels west and finds Irontown, where Lady Eboshi smelts iron and clears the forest.

San, raised by the wolf goddess Moro, fights to protect the forest. Small white kodama, tree spirits with rattling heads, show the forest's health. The Forest Spirit appears by day as a deer with a human-like face and becomes the giant glowing Night-Walker after dark.

Ashitaka rides Yakul, a loyal red elk. The moss forests of Yakushima inspired the setting. The film was briefly Japan's highest-grossing ever, and its English version, with a script by Neil Gaiman, came out in 1999.

What This Quiz Teaches

Animation fans will enjoy these questions.

Who the heroes are
Which spirits live there
What Irontown wants
How the film balances sides
What inspired the forest

Did You Know?

Okkoto is an old boar god.
Lepers work in Irontown.
Joe Hisaishi wrote the score.
Jigo is a cunning monk.
No side is purely evil.