Omphalion in Greek means "navel (of the earth)"; compare the "omphalos" of Delphi. In Shinto, the Ise Shrine is the omphalos. An omphalos is a religious stone artifact, or baetylus. Omphalos is also the name of the stone given to Cronus. Old Earth Creationism, Gap creationism, and the Omphalos hypothesis. "Omphalos" was an unsuccessful mid-19th century attempt to reconcile creationism with geology. I this was changed to an "omphalos". The removal of Omphalos was itself controversial. The omphalos has a collection box chained next to it. Comparatively, the Omphalos is more demure and understated. Gosse published "Omphalos" in 1857 to explain his answer to this question. The omphalos is a "warped dimension of fluid space". Omphalos stones were believed to allow direct communication with the gods. At the base of the tripod, the omphalos is covered with a net.