Head — tapu locus
sacred restriction and rank
Polynesian ethnographies repeatedly distinguish the head as a highly restricted and spiritually consequential region. The point is a broad comparative Polynesian marker, not a single pan-Polynesian doctrine.
Point 1 of 5 in Polynesian Mana Body
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Head — tapu locus ↔ Head — tapu/status locus (distance 0.010)
- Head — tapu locus ↔ Mauri — head locus (distance 0.015)
Sources
W. D. Handy, Polynesian Religion (scholarly_modern)
E. S. Craighill Handy, The Native Culture in the Marquesas (scholarly_modern)