Cedar Forest

Forest is a location appears in Princess Mononoke. It is inhabitanted by Kodamas and ruled by the Forest Spirit. Greedy humans win ore in the forest to make Ishibiya guns and cannons out of it. The forest is overgrown by coniferous trees "Cedar" (also called ), which gives the forest its name.

Inhabitants
The Forest Spirit keep the forest alive by taking and giving life of its inhabitants. The Forest Spirit has the power to take life of animals, humans and plants. It can also reanimate animate beings.

The forest is protected by Moro's clan and Boar clan against humans. The forest is old and healthy, seen by the number of kodamas. Maybe it it over 70 millions years old, because you find Coelacanths in the Sea of the Forest Spirit, which is also a holy place for the inhabitants.

Inhabitants of the forest include apes, bears, birds, boars, deers, dragon flies, fishs, mouses, wolfs. Humans alsoo live in accord with the nature, with one example being Emishi Village.