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For his cruelty, a warrior from this region was cursed to be hounded by thunder and lightning, forcing him to take refuge in the form of a red-scaled fish. By eating the eyes of dead animals, a snake from this region acquired its fiery glow. This region was created after a pair of brothers followed their grandfather to a magic tree, which they subsequently chopped down. In a myth from this region, a girl in love with the moon climbed hills (15[1])and mountains in her quest to become a star, ultimately transforming into a flower. Myths of a creature with a mouth on its stomach and feet that point backwards led (15[1])cryptozoologists to theorize that (*) ground sloths still exist in this region. This region, which originated from a lupuna tree, is home to pink shapeshifting creatures called encantados. For 10 points, dolphins become seductive men in the folklore of what forest and its namesake river? ■END■ (10[1])

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