omphalos

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An oracle was given to Pelias in Thessaly: and whence did it proceed? from the well wooded omphalus of his mother Earth.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

It is observable, that this historian does not mention an omphalus: but says, that it was a statue, ξοανον, which was carried about.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

The temple of Jupiter Ammon was esteemed of the highest antiquity, and we are informed that there was an omphalus here; and that the Deity was worshipped under the form of a navel.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Pausanias gives this account of the omphalus at Delphi.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

In respect to the omphalus of Ammon, which Curtius has translated umbilicus, and garnished with gold and jewels, the whole arises from a mistake in terms, as in the many instances before.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob