omphalos

The navel.

A central part; a focal point.

Any of various stones revered as sacred in ancient Greek civilization, representing the center of the world.

The navel or umbilicus.

In Gr. archæol.: A central boss, as on a shield, a bowl, etc.

A sacred stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, believed by the Greeks to mark the “navel” or exact center-point of the earth.

The navel.

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).

a scar where the umbilical cord was attached