News flash: Mara has an interesting name! Here's the story. We saw a big rodent running around the jungle today and decided to figure out what it is. Well, turns out it is a "Mara". Along with everything from Guatemalan gangs to Scandinavian specters to a Romanian supermarket chain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara
I particularly enjoyed this section of the Wikipedia article. Describes the Mara we all know so well.
"She is the patroness of all feminine duties (children, cattle), patroness of all the economic activities ("God made the table, Māra made the bread"), even money and markets. Being the alternate side of Dievs, she takes a person's body after their death while Dievs is taking the soul. She is the goddess of land, which is called Māras zeme (Māra's land)."
According to folks we have met on our travels during the last year it also means the following:
Hebrew - Bitter
Latvia - Mother Earth
Laos - Demon King
Kenya (Masai'i) - Many Beauties (As in Masai'i Mara - Land of Many Beauties)
Turkey - Deep Cave
I'm not sure what the hell my name means. I think there was a couple popes named that (and maybe an actor or something).
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