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
Navel fetishism is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies."" (7:2). American poet May Swenson in her poem "Little Lion Face" wrote, ""Now I'm bold to touch your swollen neck, put careful lips to slick petals, snuff up gold pollen in your navel cup."" and poem "August Night" wrote, ""Your navel a little pool in pulsing tide an aura round your knees"". Czech-born writer Milan Kundera in his 2015 book "The Festival of Insignificance" conveys about the eroticism of exposed female navels. Alain, one of the characters in the