2007-01-31 06:31:19 · 8 answers · asked by bex =] 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The most famous of the omphalos (navel stones) was placed at Delphi because it was considered to be the centre of the world (axis mundi), or more correctly the place where heaven and earth connect.
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2007-01-31 08:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by Nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belly button is in the center of your body=Delphi is the center of the world
2007-01-31 15:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Danielle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard that. I know there was an oracle of Apollo there once and that a lot of treasures were kept in the shrine to the oracle. King Croesus of Lydia gave a lot of gifts to Delphi.
2007-01-31 14:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was and is NEVER called the "belly button". It is/was called the navel, or omphalos, which means the centre and the tie to the origin.
2007-01-31 14:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by haggesitze 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought africa was in the center of the world, you know, the cradle of civilization? Damn, im gonna sue that damn social studies teacher...
2007-01-31 19:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Allure 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny, I thought it was jerusalem
2007-01-31 16:41:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it get full of blue fluff even tho Ive not worn blue?
2007-01-31 14:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by thegolfingjunkie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because it sucks
2007-01-31 14:39:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋