Navel of the World (disambiguation)

Navel of the World (disambiguation)

The Navel of the World is a concept of a mythological center of the world or universe.

Navel of the World may also refer to a number of real-world locations:

in literature and popular culture
  • El Ombligo del Mundo, an earlier name of the Argentinian radio program La Venganza Será Terrible
  • Umbilicum mundi, a major plot device in Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum
  • "Navel of the World" part of the Music of the Chrono series of video games
  • Fountain of Cho in Mercadia, a fictional environment for the game Magic: The Gathering

See also

  • Omphalos "navel", a Greek term for an ancient stone artifact

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