Saku

Saku is a character in mentioned in episode 11, but who dies before its events. She is the wife of Mugika. She lived in the village of the mountain god and is always waiting for Mujika to return since, she's in love with him. However, because he's a mushi master, Mujika must always keep traveling. She overheard Mujika say that if he could kill the God and consume it's flesh, he could stay on the mountain and keep mushi away with his mind. The next day Mujika discovered his poison and map to the gods pathway went missing. Saku had stolen them and killed the mountain god, feeding to god to Mujika without his knowledge. Years later she dies, Mujika mentioning that "the energy was simply too much for her", the energy being the life force of the mountain.