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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Māra is a malignant figure in Buddhist lore. | Māra is a malignant figure in Buddhist lore. He is the embodiment of the forces that oppose enlightenment: greed, hatred, earthly desires, and the cycle of rebirth. | ||
===Design=== | ===Design=== | ||
Mara is a giant green phallus with tentacles that, in most games, sits in a yellow chariot. The phallic design is based on how Mara's name is used in Japanese as a word for "penis."<ref>{{cite Book|year=938|author=Minamoto no Shitagō|book=Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2|page=p. 45|quote=玉茎 房内經云 玉茎 男陰名也 [...] 一云 麻良 [...]|translquote=Penis: The Classic of the Bedchamber calls it 'jade stalk', it is a name for the male sex organ [...] One name [is] mara}}</ref>{{Citation Needed}} | Mara is a giant green phallus with tentacles that, in most games, sits in a yellow chariot. The phallic design is based on how Mara's name is used in Japanese as a word for "penis."<ref>{{cite Book|year=938|author=Minamoto no Shitagō|book=Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2|page=p. 45|quote=玉茎 房内經云 玉茎 男陰名也 [...] 一云 麻良 [...]|translquote=Penis: The Classic of the Bedchamber calls it 'jade stalk', it is a name for the male sex organ [...] One name [is] mara}}</ref>{{Citation Needed}} |