Navel — connection gate
ancestral and relational connection
Navel and umbilical imagery frequently carry connection and descent meanings in Pacific bodies and genealogies. This coordinate is an editorial cross-cultural anchor, with lineage differences noted.
Point 3 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)