Belly — mana centre
stored efficacy and vitality
Mana is treated in Polynesian scholarship as efficacy, authority or sacred power whose expression depends on persons and relationships. The abdominal anchor is a visual synthesis and should not be read as a universal physiological reservoir.
Point 2 of 5 in Polynesian Mana Body
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
W. D. Handy, Polynesian Religion (scholarly_modern)
E. S. Craighill Handy, The Native Culture in the Marquesas (scholarly_modern)