Feet — noa release
ordinary contact and dispersal
The feet are used here as a symbolic counterpoint to the restricted head: contact with ordinary ground and movement through shared space. “Noa” is not uniform across Polynesian languages, so the label is intentionally cautious.
Point 4 of 5 in Polynesian Mana Body
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Feet — noa release ↔ Feet — noa contact (coincident)
Sources
W. D. Handy, Polynesian Religion (scholarly_modern)
E. S. Craighill Handy, The Native Culture in the Marquesas (scholarly_modern)