Head-soul
Upper awareness · skyward travel
The head-soul is a comparative label for the aspect of personhood associated in some Siberian accounts with awareness, dreaming, naming, or travel toward the upper world. Its crown placement is a schematic aid for the flight narrative, not a claim that all Siberian peoples locate one soul in the head.
Point 1 of 3 in Siberian Three Souls
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Head-soul ↔ Àṣẹ — head (distance 0.015)
Sources
Roberte N. Hamayon, La chasse à l'âme (scholarly_modern)
Hamayon's comparative account of Siberian soul and shamanic relations informs the upper-awareness descriptor; it does not prescribe a single head coordinate.
Piers Vitebsky, The Shaman (scholarly_modern)
Vitebsky's overview documents skyward travel and spirit relations in Siberian examples; the point is a front-view editorial anchor.