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 2002 film "Pammal K. Sambandam". In his review of "Isai" (2015), film critic Baradwaj Rangan stated that "Sulagna brings to mind the heroines of a certain era who were chosen not because they had beautiful eyes or a bewitching smile but because of the quiver-quotient of their navel when confronted by a close-up." Film critic Sudhir Srinivasan wrote in a review for the 2016 film "Aranmanai 2", "The emphasis is not so much on making a horror story that is novel, than it is on fixating on the heroine’s navel." Of the South Indian film industries, Telugu cinema more frequently