omphalos
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalos, “navel”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
omphalos (plural omphaloi)
- An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
- The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).
References [edit]
- ^ “omphalos” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
