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.

Head — tapu locusBelly — mana centreNavel — connection gateNavel — connection gateFeet — noa releaseHands — transmission

Point 3 of 5 in Polynesian Mana Body

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

W. D. Handy, Polynesian Religion (scholarly_modern)

E. S. Craighill Handy, The Native Culture in the Marquesas (scholarly_modern)

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