#omphalos
#QueerBlogWed: A Tale of the Navel
Leiwell awakens to his new existence, content to enjoy it, yet he knows he’s just waiting…
On October 27, 2021, P.T. Wyant posted a Wednesday Words prompt involving a flickering light, a dream, dried herbs.
This Tale of the Navel was the result…
Sometimes the flickering light was green, sometimes it was blue. It fluttered in his hands, pulsing in his palms, warming him.
Nothing made Leiwell feel more tender and protective than the light. Dreaming of it effected him as much as the…
The omphalos in the museum of Delphi.
An omphalos is a religious stone artifact, or baetylus. In Greek, the word omphalos means “navel”. In Greek lore, Zeus sent two eagles across the world to meet at its center, the “navel” of the world. Omphalos stones marking the centre were erected in several places about the Mediterranean Sea; the most famous of those was at Delphi.
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