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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Name	Forest Spirit	Shishigami
Alias	The Nightwalker	Didarabocchi
Race
Gender	Mentioned as a male	Mentioned as a male
Age	About 1000	About 1000
Hair	Daise, dirty white, white	Daise, dirty white, white
Eyes	Red	Red
Height
Weight
Blood	None	None
Status	Spirit	Spirit
Quote	None	None
Voice	None	None
Debut	Princess Mononoke	Mononoke Hime
Anime	Princess Mononoke	Mononoke Hime

The above info came from Elyssa Hawkins, and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The images came from wasabi_girl1 and princess-mononoke.com.

The forest spirit is an ancient god, with the ability to give and take life from a god, demon, or human. When he is first seen healing Ashitaka, when ever he walks, plants instantly come to life, but when he takes a new step, the plants wither and die as quickly as they came.

During the day, the spirit resembles a deer-like creature with many antlers and the face of a baboon. During the night, however, the spirit becomes the Nightwalker, a god resembling a human made out of stars with a long pointed face and tentacle-like spikes on the back. When the spirit becomes a demon after Eboshi shoots off his head, he becomes a god of death which resembles a large humanoid made from a dark tar-like liquid.

In the end, when he gets his head back, he 'dies', but rejuvenates the forest, and gives it 'life' again. Also, when he 'dies', he lifts Ashitaka's curse from him.

The above description came from Elyssa Hawkins, and was edited by yours truly (contact me).