Mara
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[edit] Zoology
- Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family.
- Mara the Lioness, animal actor that played adult Elsa in the movie Born Free
[edit] Demographics
- Mara people, in southern part of Mizoram, a state of the Republic of India and Chin State and Rakhine State of western part of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma
- Mara people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal tribe
- Mara Salvatrucha, a violent street gang in Central America and the United States.
- Maravar a dominant caste of people in Tamil Nadu state in India.
[edit] People
- John Andrew Mara, a 19th century politician, rancher and merchant in the Canadian province of British Columbia
- Mara Wilson, child actress
- Martti Ahtisaari, a career diplomat and former President of Finland, nickname of
- A nickname for Maria in the Croatian language,
- A nickname for Tamara
[edit] Geography
- Mara, Tanzania, an administrative region of Tanzania
- Mara, Italy, an Italian commune in the province of Sassari in the island of Sardinia
- Mara, South Africa, a small town in South Africa
- Mara River, a river of Kenya and Tanzania
- Masai Mara, a reserve near the Mara River
- Mara River (Romania), a river in Romania
- Mara, Spain, a municipality (pop. 199) in the Spanish province of Zaragoza or Saragossa, in the autonomous community of Aragon
[edit] Religion / Mythology / Cultural History
- Mara: The Irish word mara means "sea."
- Mara (goddess): a Goddess in Latvian mythology
- Mara (folklore): a creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore, thought to cause nightmares.
- "Mara" or "Marena" (in Belarusian mythology): the god of darkness and death.
- In the Bible, Naomi called herself Mara, meaning "bitterness", after she suffered the deaths of her husband and her two sons; see Book of Ruth.
- Mara is a Sanskrit and Pali word meaning death-bringing or the destroying.
- Mara (Hindu goddess): goddess of death according to Hindu mythology
- Mara (demon): a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation.
- Sri Mara or Mara Varma is an honorific title of Pandya kings of South India
- In Hindu mythology, Valmiki was told to chant mara as a mantra which meant kill as he was a villain and it pleased him to chant this. Valmiki found himself chanting rama rama rama which is the name of God instead of mara mara mara, and thus was enlightened.
[edit] Fiction
- The Mara (Doctor Who), an evil being in two Doctor Who serials, Kinda and Snakedance.
- A Celtic shamaness known for moving barefoot on any surface.
- Marller ("Mara"), a demon in the manga and anime series Oh My Goddess!
- Mara Jade, a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
- the lead character in the Raymond E. Feist / Janny Wurts "Empire" Trilogy (Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, Mistress of the Empire).
- One of the two homeworlds of the Exotics in the Childe Cycle, written by Gordon R. Dickson
- A Goddess in the video game series The Elder Scrolls, worshipped in nearly all the various religions as a mother goddess and goddess of love
- "Mara, Lord of Illusion", a powerful character in Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light
- a sorceress from the planet Sagar, the central planet featured in the Filmation animated series, BlackStar.
- in the fiction of David Eddings, see Deities in The Belgariad
- Mara (comics) is a character in the Micronauts comic book series published by Marvel Comics.
- Mara is the main character in the book Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw.
- In the game Freespace 2, the SF Mara is a fast and agile Shivan fighter. Although only lightly armed and has a low hull strength, its powerful shield and high maneuverability makes up for its weaknesses. When deployed in squadrons, it easily overwhelms other craft if left unchecked.
- Mara is a character in Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann's "A Step Towards Gomorrah," a narrative about two women contemplating a lesbian relationship
- Mara is the antagonist of Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure attraction
[edit] Organisations
- Majlis Amanah Rakyat, literally People's Trust Council, is a government linked company in Malaysia.
- Migration Agents Registration Authority an Australian organisation that registers and monitors Migration Agents
[edit] Popular Culture
[edit] Dentistry
- MARA, an appliance mounted to the molars used to correct an over/underbite
[edit] Law
- MARA (Law), the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, passed in 1984.
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