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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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Adam's novel? The Omphalos and the ending of Possession.
Jun 22, 2006; When, in Possession, Byatt's Randolph Ash looks at Christabel LaMotte, he thinks of her "as an hour-glass, containing time, which...
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Jerusalem as the 'omphalos' of the world: on the history of geographical concept.
Mar 22, 1997; Jerusalem has evoked many images but none is perhaps more vivid and abiding than that of the Holy City as the center and navel of...
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Jerusalem as the omphalos of the world: On the history of a geographical concept
Apr 01, 1997; JERUSALEM HAS EVOKED MANY IMAGES BUT NONE IS perhaps more vivid and abiding than that of the Holy City as the center and navel of...
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omphalos
Nov 12, 2008; omphalos , in Greek and Roman religion, navel-shaped stone used in the rites of many cults. The most famous omphalos was at...
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Omphalos
Jan 01, 1996; Omphalos, see DELPHI .
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