Difference between revisions of "Navel"
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* '''navel''' → cf. ''[[Ulysses]]'' 038.11 ff: "A misbirth with a trailing navelcord..." and numerous references to the '''omphalos''' or navel of the Earth (007.31) | * '''navel''' → cf. ''[[Ulysses]]'' 038.11 ff: "A misbirth with a trailing navelcord..." and numerous references to the '''omphalos''' or navel of the Earth (007.31) | ||
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| + | * '''''Ogygia, where is the navel of the sea'':''' Homer, ''Odyssey'' 1:50 → Calypso's isle Ogygia was identified with Ireland by some scholars | ||
Latest revision as of 09:37, 6 November 2010
- navel: the umbilicus (commonly called the navel, or belly button, or tummy button), is essentially a scar caused at birth by the removal of the umbilical cord from a newborn baby
- But with a rush out of his navel → during enlightenment, a reed grew out of Buddha’s navel, or according to other sources rays of light emanated from it → the point on the Earth where his enlightenment took place, in Buddhagaya (or Bodhgaya), is known as the Navel of the Earth
- navel → cf. Ulysses 038.11 ff: "A misbirth with a trailing navelcord..." and numerous references to the omphalos or navel of the Earth (007.31)
- Ogygia, where is the navel of the sea: Homer, Odyssey 1:50 → Calypso's isle Ogygia was identified with Ireland by some scholars
