In Myth and Culture
- Ma people, a Vietnamese ethnic group
- Ma (Lion King), a main character in the animated film Lion King 1½
- Ma (myth), in Sumerian mythology that from which the "primeval land" was formed
- Ma (goddess), a local name for Cybele and also an independent Greek goddess
- Ma, an Anatolian Goddess
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