This essay foregrounds the Sundarbans, a littoral zone in India that moves between sea and land and is a site of global history. It studies the pantheon of divinities, especially Bonbibi (Lady of the Forest), a mythical figure of Muslim origin. Such deities are worshipped by both Hindus and Muslims exclusively in the Sundarbans (Beautiful Forest) that straddles the state of West Bengal (India) and the nation-state of Bangladesh. It demonstrates how the Sundarbans, during Islamisation in the medieval era actively adapted, as against passively adopting, the global faith of Islam to suit the local needs of the people there. The result was a religious worldview that was not quite Islamic, but not quite Hindu either, but rather a singular faith system unique to the region and suited to meet the needs of the people there. And because this faith system does not conform to the orthodox beliefs of either Hinduism or Islam, it can accurately be described as a heterodox pantheon.

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使全球信仰本地化Sundarbans的Heterodox万神殿

本文着眼于Sundarbans，这是印度的沿海地带，在海陆之间移动，是全球历史遗迹。它研究神灵的万神殿，特别是神话般的穆斯林血统人物邦比比（森林夫人）。印度教徒和穆斯林都只在横跨西孟加拉邦（印度）和孟加拉国的Sundarbans（美丽的森林）中崇拜这种神灵。它表明，在中世纪伊斯兰化期间，苏达班人如何积极地适应而不是被动地采用伊斯兰的全球信仰，以适应那里人民的当地需求。结果是产生了一种宗教世界观，它既不是伊斯兰的，也不是印度教的，而是该地区独有的，适合当地人民需要的单一信仰体系。