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- 3. The Lady of Irontown who invited social outcasts such as prostitutes and lepers into her city
- 4. Spirits and gods in the Shinto religion
- 6. The gentle forest spirit turns into this terrible creature after sunset; Ashitaka and San have to try to return its head at the end of the film
- 8. Hero of “Princess Mononoke,” his arm was cursed when it was touched by the power of a demonic boar
- 10. Founder and first king of Rome
- 11. Roman hero who became dictator during a crisis and famously set aside power and returned to farming when the crisis was done
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- 1. Latin phrase meaning “way of the ancestors,” the time-honored principles that Romans believed their founding fathers established
- 2. Shinto goddess of the sun who gives birth to the Japanese imperial line
- 3. Japan has the longest unbroken line of these, the rulers and heads of state for Japan
- 5. A female human who considers herself the daughter of the wolf god
- 7. Called “Cincinnatus of the West,” he was an American hero who could have become king but set his power aside and returned to farming
- 9. Shinto god who created the first land by churning the sea with a spear decorated with jewels
- 12. Initials of a Latin phrase that summarizes the important aspects of ancient Roman society