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the original currency of power, before gold, when spiritual credit was the only credit that mattered.
means a polynesian concept of sacred, impersonal force or authority that flows through people, objects, and places, earned through deeds and lineage.
from rooted in oceanic languages across polynesia and melanesia, mana described the potency of chiefs, priests, and sacred objects long before anthropologists borrowed it and video games flattened it into a mp bar.
not innatemana is gained and lost through action, not fixed
gaming hijackrpgs turned sacred force into blue bar resource
taboo twintapu (restriction) exists to protect mana
chiefs carried itleadership was literally measured in mana