mana
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- Regno Unito//ˈmɑː.nə//
- Regno Unito//ˈmæ-//
- Stati Uniti//ˈmɑ.nə//
- Stati Uniti//ˈmæ-//
Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
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Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their "mana" as Chiefs in favor of the new system […]
The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened […]
But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
It can be seen, therefore, that mana is a nonvisible changing measure; it can remain static, increase, or decrease, depending on the actions or inaction of the recipient, and it can be enhanced or diminished.
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Magical energy.
Mana is the name we give to the power behind magic.
However, all such magik requires the mages [sic] own "MANA" or "internal power" to make it work. Without the mana, a spoken spell is just so much gibberish.
Lands generate mana, which is required to cast spells.
[…] Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows […] landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!
Etimologia
Borrowed from Māori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana. The use of "mana" for "magical energy" in role-playing games originated from Larry Niven, when he wrote the short story, "Not Long Before the End", in 1969. It was later popularised by his The Magic Goes Away setting.
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Variante di minaAlternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”).
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Variante di mannaAlternative spelling of manna.
Forme
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- manas
mana · Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
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