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Subject: Re: Interesting findings on Mara
Author: Ivayla   (guest, 192.160.217.160)
Date: January 28, 2002 at 9:21:52 PM
Reply to: Interesting findings on Mara by Lilith
The Khazar tribes had Marena - a goddess of evil and death. I have read somewhere that that's how the name Marina evolved - meaning "evil, don't take her". I don't know how reliable this is though

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