omphalos (English, noun)
expansion: omphalos (plural omphaloi)
Senses:
glosses: An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
glosses: 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).
glosses: The navel.
glosses: A raised central point; a boss.
glosses: The center or hub.
Forms:
form: omphaloi
tags: plural