Bara vs Mara - What's the difference?
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(label) A genre; homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
(label) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
(label) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
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(folklore) 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.
* 1996 , Catharina Raudvere, "Now you see her, now you don't: some notes on the conception of female shape-shifters in Scandinavian traditions", pages 41-55 in'' Sandra Billington & Miranda Green (editors) ''The Concept of the Goddess
(Buddhism) A malicious or evil spirit.
* 2002 , Sarvananda Bluestone, The World Dream Book , page 73
Any caviid rodent of genus Dolichotis , common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
* 1999', '''''Mara'' , entry in Michael A. Mares (editor), ''Encyclopedia of Deserts ,
* 2011 , Terry A. Vaughan, ?James M. Ryan, & ?Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy , 5th edition, page 228,
* 2013 , R. L. Honeycutt, Chapter 3: Phylogenetics of Caviomorph Rodents and Genetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Sociality and Mating Systems in the Caviidae'', José Roberto Moreira, Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz, Emilio A. Herrera, David W. Macdonald (editors), ''Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species ,
As nouns the difference between bara and mara
is that bara is a genre; homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan while mara is 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.As a proper noun Mara is
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Usage notes
The term barazoku'' was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine ''Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but has long since gone out of fashion in Japan, having been replaced by terms like ). The term bara often contrasts with , which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships.Noun
(-)mara
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Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
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*Etymology 2
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(en noun)- The mara''''' is the spirit that causes illness, accidents, and mishaps. The only protection against it is another '''mara''' who befriends a person or a group. A '''mara''' who becomes friendly is called a ''gunik''. This transformation occurs when a '''mara''' comes to a person in a dream and states a desire to be friendly. But there are deceitful ' maras who pretend to be friendly, yet will betray the person who trusts them.
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*Etymology 3
From New World (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 349,
- 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.
- Although only Dolichotis , the Patagonian mara , is strongly cursorial, all caviids have certain features typical of cursorial mammals.
page 70,
- Maras (Dolichotis patagonum ) are cursorial and prefer open areas with low vegetation for breeding and more barren sites for construction of communal dens (Taber and Macdonald 1992; Baldi 2007).