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omphalos
omphalos , in Greek and Roman religion, navel-shaped stone used in the rites of many cults. The most famous omphalos was at Delphi; it was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
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omphalos
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
omphalos a conical stone (especially that at Delphi) representing the navel of the earth in ancient Greek mythology.
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omphalos
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
omphalos [Gk, navel]. The centre of a culture, by analogy with the omphalos stone at Delphi in ancient Greece; see KERMARIA of BRITTANY; PUMLUMON of WALES; UISNECH of IRELAND; and, more figuratively, the TYNWALD of the ISLE OF MAN.
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omphalos
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
omphalos • across , boss, Bros, cos, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos...telos • Delos , Melos •Byblos • candyfloss • tholos , Vólos •bugloss • omphalos • Pátmos • Amos , Deimos, Sámos ...
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Book article from: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
...antiquity there were numerous holy stones, most associated with a deity. The most famous example is the holy stone known as the Omphalos in the temple of Apollo at Delphi . Sometimes the stones were formed into pillars or into groups of three pillars. baetylus...
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...to Apollo, that the Greeks set up an omphalos — that is, a holy navel-stone...x2019; Further legends state that the omphalos at Delphi stands upon the spot where...of Deucalion's flood drained away. The omphalos was regarded as the throne of a deity...
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