Mara

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

   “The corpus of related texts tells us that within rural society it was not improbable for your neighbour's envy of your fine cattle to take the form of a mara.”

2. isim A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
3. isim Any malicious or evil spirit.
4. isim Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.

   “Maras have a white patch of fur on the rump that they flash when running, an adaptation they share with several species of deer and antelopes.”

5. isim A Latin American criminal gang.
6. özel isim A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
7. özel isim A female given name from Hebrew.

   “Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.”

8. özel isim A surname from Irish.
9. özel isim The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
10. özel isim The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment
11. özel isim The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.
12. isim A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
13. özel isim A river in Tanzania and Kenya.

    “In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.”