omphalos

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Apollon tapınağının iç odasında şeritlerle sarılıolarak duran kutsal taşa verilen ad
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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)
{i} navel, umbilicus (Anatomy); center; focal point; ancient Greek round stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi believed to mark the middle of the earth
The navel
scar where the umbilical cord was attached
omphalos

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    om·pha·los

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    Etymology

    [ 'äm(p)-f&-"läs, ] (noun.) 1855. From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalos, “navel”).
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