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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 a conical stone (especially that at Delphi) representing the navel of the earth in ancient Greek mythology.

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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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