Mana

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Mana may refer to:

Religion and mythology

  • Mana (Oceanian cultures), the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe in Melanesian and Polynesian mythology
  • Mana (food)
    , archaic name for manna, an edible substance mentioned in the Bible and Quran
  • Mana (Mandaeism), a term roughly equivalent to the philosophical concept of 'nous'
  • Māna, a Buddhist term for 'pride', 'arrogance', or 'conceit'
  • Mana (Finnish mythology)
    , or Tuonela, the realm of the dead or the underworld

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Mana (gaming)
    , or magic, an attribute assigned to characters in role-playing or video games
  • Mana (series), a role-playing game series
  • Mana, a title serialized in South Korean manhwa magazine Wink
  • Mana (magazine)
    , an Estonian magazine published outside Estonia

People

Places

Communities

Features

Other uses

  • Mana (Jungian psychology)
    , an archetypal figure of the wise old person
  • Mana Movement, formerly the Mana Party, in New Zealand
  • Mana Party (India)
  • Mana College, in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Illam, or Mana, the house of a Nambudiri Brahmin in Kerala, India; or, metaphorically, the family lineage

See also

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