Mara 89150 225111997 2008-07-11T22:54:42Z Dissolve 337262 /* People */ add [[Tricia Mara]] '''Mara''' may mean: {{TOCright}} {{wiktionary}} ==Social groups== *[[Mara people]], in northeastern India and western Myanmar *[[Mara people (Australia)]], a tribe of [[indigenous Australians]] or Aborigines *[[Mara Salvatrucha]], a violent street gang in Mexico, Central America, and the United States *[[Maravar]] a dominant caste in Tamil Nadu state in India *MARA Mature Age Recruitment Alliance. An alliance of guilds for the over 30's playing the free online game [[Guild Wars]] ==People== * [[John Andrew Mara]], a 19th century Canadian politician, rancher and merchant * [[Mara Wilson]], child actress * [[Tim Mara]], former owner of the New York Giants football team * [[Wellington Mara]], former owner of the New York Giants, son of Tim * [[John Mara]], current co-owner of the New York Giants, son of Wellington * [[Kate Mara]], American actress * [[Tricia Mara]], actress * nickname of [[Martti Ahtisaari]], a career diplomat and former President of Finland * nickname for [[Maria (given name)]] in the [[Croatian language]] and [[Bulgarian language]] * nickname for [[Tamara]] ==Geography== * [[Mara, Tanzania]], an administrative region of Tanzania * [[Mara (SS)]], a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia * [[Mara, South Africa]], a small town in South Africa * [[Mara River (Iza)]], a river in Romania * [[Mara (torrent)]], a stream of Italy and Switzerland * [[Mara River]], a river of Kenya and Tanzania * [[Masai Mara]], a reserve near the Mara River * [[Mara, Spain]], a municipality ==Culture== * [[Mara (goddess)]], from Latvian mythology * [[Mara (folklore)]], a wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore, thought to cause nightmares. * Mara, also Marena and Morana, in [[Slavic peoples]] mythology, the goddess of darkness, death, winter, the Moon and horror * [[Naomi (Bible)]], self-named Mara, meaning "bitterness", after she suffered the deaths of her husband and her two sons * Mara, a [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] word meaning death-bringing or the destroying ** [[Mara (Hindu goddess)]], the goddess of death according to Hindu mythology ** [[Mara (demon)]], a "demon" of the Buddhist cosmology, the personification of Temptation ** Sri Mara or Mara [[Varma]], an honorific title of the Pandya kings of south India ** In Hindu mythology, a mantra told to [[Valmiki]] to chant * Mara, an abbreviation of [[Mayura]] ==Fiction== * the [[Mara (Doctor Who)]], an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials * a Celtic [[shaman]]ess known for walking [[barefoot]] on any surface in novels by Dennis Cramer * [[Marller]] ("Mara"), a demon in the manga and anime series ''Oh My Goddess!'' * [[Mara Jade]], a character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe * lead character in the [[Raymond E. Feist]] / [[Janny Wurts]] "Empire" Trilogy * in the [[Childe Cycle]] of Gordon R. Dickson, one of the two homeworlds of the Exotics * a goddess in the video game series [[The Elder Scrolls]] * Mara, Lord of Illusion, a powerful character in Roger Zelazny's novel ''[[Lord of Light]]'' * in the animated series ''[[BlackStar]]'', a sorceress from the planet Sagar * one of the [[Deities in The Belgariad]], by David Eddings * [[Mara (comics)]], a character in the ''[[Micronauts]]'' comic book series * Mara, the main character in the [[Eloise Jarvis McGraw]] book ''[[Mara, Daughter of the Nile]]'' * the SF Mara, a fast and agile Shivan fighter in the game ''[[FreeSpace 2]]'' * Mara, a character in Austrian writer [[Ingeborg Bachmann]]'s "A Step Towards Gomorrah" * Mara is the antagonist of Disneyland's [[Indiana Jones Adventure]] attraction * Mara, a magic seller in the game [[Diablo II Lord of Destruction]] * [[Badger Mother#Mara|Mara]], a character inn the Redwall series by Brian Jacques * Mara, a character in the animated series ''[[The New Adventures of He-Man]]'' * [[Mara Aramov]], the antagonist of the Syphon Filter series * Mara, in the game ''[[The Matrix Online]]'', the main location for commerce and combat on non-hostile servers *Mara, a character in Alejandro Jodorowsky's [[El Topo]] ==Organisations== * [[Majlis Amanah Rakyat]], literally People's Trust Council, a government-linked company in Malaysia * [[Migration Agents Registration Authority]] an Australian organisation that registers and monitors Migration Agents ==Other== *[[Mara (mammal)]], a species of the cavy family *[[Mara the Lioness]], animal actor in the movie ''Born Free'' * [[Mara (album)|''Mara'' (album)]], a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig *[[MARA]], a dental appliance used to correct an over or underbite * [[MARA (Law)]], the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, passed in 1984 {{disambig}} [[de:Mara]] [[es:Mara]] [[fr:Mara]] [[ko:마라]] [[it:Mara]] [[nl:Mara]] [[ja:マーラ (曖昧さ回避)]] [[nn:Mara]] [[pl:Mara]] [[pt:Mara]] [[fi:Mara]] [[sv:Mara]]