[character] The story is set in the future on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where Nausicaä is the princess of the Valley of the Wind, a minor kingdom. She assumes the responsibilities of her ill father and succeeds him to the throne in the course of the story. Fuelled by her love for others and for life itself, Nausicaä studies the ecology of... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausicaä_(character)
In Greek mythology, Nausicaa was a daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, who assisted the shipwrecked Odysseus after discovering him on a beach. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/D1N.HTM