Mara

==Summary==
Mara is the Aedric Goddess of Love, Fertility and Motherhood, and a part of the Pantheon of the Eight Divines. She is one of the Et'Ada, the Original Spirits born through the interplay of Anu and Padomay at the dawn of the universe, who gained individuality and crystallized into being with the creation of Space and Time. She was among the Et'Ada who agreed with Lorkhan's plan to create the Mortal Plane, though it is unknown if she was tricked into binding herself to the Mundus, or did so willingly for the sake of creation.
Mara is a nearly-universal deity and is found on virtually all cultures of Tamriel and beyond. As a goddess of love and fertility, Mara is seen as the mother of all living things, and is thus sometimes associated with Nir - the cosmic feminine principle of the Annuad. Mara is usually seen as the wife of the Dragon God Akatosh, whether he be in his Altmeri, Cyrodilic, or Khajiiti aspects, although not always. In Hammerfell and Yokuda before she is known as Morwha, a fertility goddess and merely the favorite of Ruptuga's many wives - though she is also described as having many arms, as to grab more husbands for herself. Meanwhile to the Nords of Skyrim Mara is the Handmaiden of Kyne and the Tear-Wife of Shor, and couldn't be more distant from Alduin.
More broadly, Mara is considered - particularly by the Altmer - to be a goddess of great cosmic significance. She is the mother of all creation, and is said to exist in the beauty of all living things. Matrimonial vows sworn before her also take symbolic meaning, for they make a reality of the love felt by the couple, much like the vows proclaimed by the Divines at creation made the world itself real. Finally, the beating of Mara's heart - whose pulsing is akin to the music of a drum - is believed to pump the divine blood which connects all souls throughout the Aurbis, for the love of one is the love of all, and Mara's love lives within the beating of all hearts.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | | 
Name: Mara (Also called Morwha). Known by many titles, such as Mother Mara, Mother Mild, The Divine Mother, Our Mother Above, The Mother Cat, The Bearer of Love, The Patron of Marriage, The Teat Goddess, The Tear-Wife of Shor, The Wolf, etc.
Origin: The Elder Scrolls
Gender: Inapplicable. Depicted and referred to as female.
Age: Inapplicable.
Classification: Aedric Divine, Goddess of Love, Fertility and Motherhood, Et'Ada
Powers and Abilities:
<tabber>
|-|Aedroth=
Abstract Existence (Type 1. Gods are described as "manifest metaphors"The Lunar Lorkhan and their actions as "ideologies given skin,"Michael Kirkbride - Reddit AMA existing as aspects of the Aurbis that each personify a specific concept,Monomyth: Altmeri "The Heart of the World" existing not as mere beings, but as the ideas themselvesJusticiar Tanorian's Dialogue), Magic, Spatial Manipulation, Avatar Creation, Cosmic Awareness, Creation, Reality Warping, Higher-Dimensional Manipulation, Life and Death Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1. Immensely above minor gods such as the Ideal Masters, who are stated to live in a platonic ideal of their own making beyond the Mundus.Battlespire Athanaeum, page 115), Time Manipulation, Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9. Gods are unbound by the concepts of Life and Death, which came to be during the creation of the Mundus and only applies to mortals,Varieties of Faith in the Empire and even incomplete deities such as Vivec can resurrect themselves at will from the timeless world of the godsVivec (Morrowind)), Power Bestowal, Law Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Omnipresence, Nigh-Omniscience, Causality Manipulation (The Divines are stated to be capable of modifying both the past and the future at their leisureESO Live Lawrence Schick Interview), Soul Manipulation, Large Size (Type 10), Sound Manipulation and Information Manipulation (The entirety of the Aurbis is, in fact, a song,Michael Kirkbride - IRC Q&A Sessions and entities with divine power are capable of manipulating the underlying tones of existence by acknowledging that principle, shaping reality through the manipulation of stories and archetypes,Made Up Word Round Up making mythNahfahlaar's Dialogue and metaphorESO Live: Lore of the Clockwork City manifest)
|-|Et'Ada=
All previous powers and abilities on an immensely greater scale, as well as: Acausality (Type 5. Gods of Mara's ken are completely beyond linear time and reside in a state where all events are always happening simultaneously,Vivec (Morrowind)Pridehome: A Place Outside Time? being as such unbound by cause, duration, consequence and eventuality,Lord Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius Answer Your Questions 2On the Detachment of the Sheath with their lives being described as unable to support most of the qualities of a narrative. Can access fully static states of existence outside of Aurbic Time, in which all of her actions occur eternally and continuously, even when, from a linear perspective, they are already long accomplishedNu-Mantia Intercept, Letter #4), Existence Erasure (The Et'Ada are stated to be capable of submitting othe spirits to "sithite erasure."), greatly enhanced Law Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (The Convention of the Et'Ada eternally defines and shapes the laws and nature of the mortal plane from outside of time,Aurbic Enigma 4: The Elden Tree and ensures Lorkhan is left bound in place, unable to return from death as Gods doMythic Dawn Commentaries), Large Size (Type 11)
|-|Unbound=
All previous abilities to unfathomably greater degrees, as well as Transduality (Type 2) and Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2)
</tabber>
Attack Potency: High Hyperverse level (Should be comparable in power to the Daedric Princes of Oblivion, as a portion of the Eight Aedra's power contained in the Amulet of Kings was enough to empower the Vestige such that they were able to battle against and defeat Molag Bal within his own realm of Coldharbour, and Mannimarco was likewise confident that the Amulet would allow him to overthrow Molag Bal and ascend to godhoodThe Chim el-Adabal) | Low Outerverse level (Mara, much like the majority of the Eight Divines, was among the Et'Ada who made their domains and homes within Aetherius,Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition/Arena Supermundus the ocean of pure magic that encompassesCosmology and exists in a "more real" state compared to the Mundus and the infinitely-dimensioned void of Oblivion,Monomyth: Yokudan, "Satakal the Worldskin" being a greater infinity compared to it, and who themselves assisted in shaping the Aurbis into its current form in the beginning of time.Vehk's Teaching: ...the TowerVehk's Teaching: More about Aedra - Daedra Her heart is said to pump the blood that connects all beings throughout the AurbisThe Heart of Love) | High Outerverse level (In their original states, the Et'Ada were entities that partook in the primordial interplay between Anu and Padomay, existing as sparks of divinity directly descended from their first interaction, before everything else came to existence, and being the primal state of being which Ruling Kings of the Aurbis return to through their attainment of CHIMMore on the Psijic Endeavor)
Speed: Omnipresent within the Mundus | Omnipresent | Immeasurable
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable 
Striking Strength: High Hyperverse level | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level
Durability: High Hyperverse level | Low Outerverse level | High Outerverse level
Stamina: Infinite
Range: At least Low Complex Multiversal | High Outerversal
Standard Equipment: The Chalice of Mara
Intelligence: Nigh-Omniscient
Weaknesses: Much like the other Aedra, she is bound to the plane of Mundus | None notable
==Gallery==
MaraTemple.jpg|A temple of Mara in Skyrim
MaraStatue.jpg|A statue of Mara in Cyrodiil
MaraArt.jpeg
Morwha.jpg|A depiction of Morwha
MaraWolf.jpg|Nordic illustration depicting Mara as the Wolf Totem
AmaNin.png|Ama Nin, a mortal incarnation of Mara
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:The Elder Scrolls
Category:Absorption Users
Category:Abstract Entities
Category:Acausal Characters
Category:Beyond-Dimensional Beings
Category:Causality Users
Category:Concept Users
Category:Cosmic Entities
Category:Creation Users
Category:Empathic Manipulation Users
Category:Energy Users
Category:Female Characters
Category:Flight Users
Category:Genderless Characters
Category:Gods
Category:Good Characters
Category:Healers
Category:Higher-Dimensional Beings
Category:Immortals
Category:Incorporeal Characters
Category:Information Users
Category:Intangibility Users
Category:Large Sized Characters
Category:Law Users
Category:Life Users
Category:Magic Users
Category:Matter Users
Category:Neutral Characters
Category:Nigh-Omniscient Beings
Category:Omnipresent Beings
Category:Reality Warpers
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Resurrection Users
Category:Shapeshifters
Category:Soul Users
Category:Sound Users
Category:Space Users
Category:Telekinesis Users
Category:Telepaths
Category:Teleportation Users
Category:Time Users
Category:WolvesCategory:Nondual Characters