Cultural views on the navel Early Japanese poems feature many references to the female navel. In some, the word "navel" actually refers to an indentation or hole instead of the belly button. The shape of the umbilicus of a newborn baby would be discussed at length. If a baby's navel points downward, the parents would brace themselves for a weakling child who will bring them woe. The thunder god Raijin, with his terrifying drums, great horns, and long tusks, was said to have an insatiable appetite for young navels, and mothers had to nag their youngsters constantly to keep themselves well covered up. Due to
Cultural views on the navel the only place that was not submerged in the deluge of the story of Noah's Ark. The phrase "navel of the earth" is used in (Ezek 38:12; Judg 9:37) Aramaic "tibbur" ("navel") and is also mentioned in Ezek 16:4. According to Samaritan tradition, Adam was made from the dust of Mount Gerizim. The navel is also celebrated in the belly dancing tradition of Mediterranean, and middle eastern cultures. When Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade, he referred to Jerusalem as "the navel of the world". In Egypt, dancing in public with an uncovered navel is illegal, so many