Mana is
A. a kind of bread prepared during communal rituals in Melanesia and Polynesia.
B. acquired in Melanesia, but in Polynesia it is attached to political offices.
C. the most archaic religious doctrine.
D. absent in societies with differential access to strategic resources.
E. concerned with supernatural beings rather than with powers or forces.
Answer: B
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