Boar clan



The boar clan is seen in the movie Princess Mononoke directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. Only two boars are known by name: their leaders Okkoto and Nago.

Guardians
The boars are protectors and inhabitants of the Cedar Forest. The Moro's clan is their ally, but they have a different goal regarding fighting Irontown. The boars want to kill all humans, including Moro's daughter San.

They even allege that the wolves have dishonest motives by using the Forest Spirit for a human's benefits. They are upset the forest spirit heals Ashitaka, while many boars get killed by humans.

Humans are their archenemies, because the humans destroy their habitat for resources. Nago's army protect the forest against humans many times. But one day he got killed by Lady Eboshi with cannons. Later on Nago's mind got polluted and made him a demon.

Through the long history of fighting humans, the boars become weaker. Their piglets are small and weak whilst their numbers dwindle. This issue cause that there will be no more boar gods in the future. The boars don't stand a chance against humans, because of the superior number of humans alone.

Pride
The boars are proud being pigs with tusks. They can't cope with being beaten by humans, a small species (without tusks). In combat they know neither loss nor fallback. They take any challenge, even when it is a trap set by humans. Okkoto explains that the boars don't want to get forgotten, so the humans won't forget the proud boars.

Leaders
In the movie three boar leaders are seen. They are bigger than their kind. No boars object the opinion of their leaders. Okkoto has the ability to see the past by sniffing someone's arm. He sniffs Ashitaka's arm to see Nago's death. The humans fear the boars' leaders, because of their size. They are also called gods by humans.

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