Local accounts recorded in the cited ethnographic summaries report that the Mara claim descent from two brothers, Kangra and Mara, who came from Nyime (Tibet) and settled in the region. This migration/ancestry narrative is presented as an ethnic origin tradition rather than a myth of a supernatural being.
Sources do not describe a supernatural appearance. Descriptive detail pertains to the human community: the Mara inhabit Limeking and are described in accounts of frontier peoples and trade networks. Ethnographic notes emphasize their identity as a Tagin subgroup and proximity to neighbouring groups such as the Nga (Na).
No supernatural powers are attributed in the supplied material. The documented activities of the Mara are cultural and economic: they engaged in barter trade with Tibetan communities (exchanging ornaments and Tibetan dao) and with southern neighbours (trading mithun, tribal masks, animal hides, and plant dyes). Religiously, they subscribe to Donyi Polo and have long-standing Tibetan Buddhist influence.
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