• Melanesian and Polynesian cultures, mana is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have mana. They believed it to be a...
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  • Look up mana, Mana, or Appendix:Variations of "mana" in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mana may refer to: Mana (Oceanian cultures), the spiritual life...
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    Oceanic art or Oceanian art comprises the creative works made by the native people of the Pacific Islands and Australia, including areas as far apart as...
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    In European, Asian, Oceanian, African and Afro-diasporic cultures (which includes but should be distinguished from multiple cultures and Indigenous populations...
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    Before Christianity, the indigenous religion of Vanuatu was inherited from Oceanian and Melanesian traditions. Missionaries often called this pre-Christian...
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    Before Christianity, the indigenous religion of Vanuatu was inherited from Oceanian and Melanesian traditions. Missionaries often called this pre-Christian...
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  • beliefs Magic and religion Mana (Oceanian mythology) – Life force energy, power, effectiveness, and prestige in Pacific Island culturePages displaying short...
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    bridged the gap between gods and man. The gods possessed great mana; but man, too, has some mana. None of this may have been true in the time of Pāʻao, but...
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    Kapu Kuialua (category Oceanian martial arts)
    Training methods include spear catching, training in the surf, and focus of "mana" or life force. This energy is described much like qi in Chinese or ki in...
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  • Anecdotal cognitivism Animatism Anima mundi Dayawism Ecotheology Hylozoism Mana Mauri (life force) Kaitiaki Panpsychism Religion and environmentalism Sacred...
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