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Berahim abandoned twin protector deities of this physical region in a forest outside Mecca at the request of his first wife. In some versions, Fātima helps a protectress of this region defeat Narayani, whose son shares dominion over this region. This region’s moualis don shola-wood masks on the backs of their heads, invoking a whiskered deity for protection. A “King of the South” once offered the greedy Dhona all of this region’s (*) wax and honey in exchange for sacrificing Dukhe. Texts by Munshi Muhammed Katir and Bayanuddin contain stories of a goddess that Kanai recounts to Piya in a novel set in this region that fictionalizes the 1979 Marichjhapi (“mah-REECH-jah-pee”) massacre. Both Muslims and Hindus in this “land of eighteen tides” revere Shah Jangali’s sister, who defeated the tiger deity Dakshin Roy (10[1])(“dok-kheen rai”). For 10 points, the goddess (10[1])Bonbibi (10[1])protects the inhabitants (-5[1])of what largest mangrove (10[2])forest in the world? (10[1])■END■

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