List of one-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction

This page lists one-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction.

In mythology, this trait was generally associated with fearsome creatures.^[1] In modern fiction, some one-eyed creatures are likewise frightening enemies, but others are friendly.

The list includes ethnic group peoples and mutants born with only one eye, but not one-eyed humans who are understood to have lost an eye.

In mythology and religion

• Arimaspi or Arimaspoi, legendary people of northern Scythia, "always at war with their neighbours" and stealing gold from griffins. They had a single eye in the centre of the forehead.
• Duwa Sokhor, ancestor of Chingis Khan, according to The Secret History of the Mongols, who had one eye in his forehead.^[2]
• Katallan, man-eating giant in Albanian mythology, lives in a cave and has one eye in the middle of his forehead
• Hajnjeri, man-eating giant in Albanian mythology, has one eye in the middle of his forehead
• Balor, giant in Irish mythology, with one eye in his forehead that would wreak destruction when opened
• Cyclops (plural: cyclopes or cyclopses), a race of giants in Greek and Roman mythology, including Polyphemus. They likewise had a single eye in the centre of the forehead.
• The Graeae, the three witches (or sisters) that shared one eye and one tooth between them. Often depicted as clairvoyant. Were forced by Perseus, by stealing their eye, into revealing the location of Medusa.
• Hagen or Högni, a Burgundian warrior in German and Norse legend, depicted as one-eyed in some accounts
• Hitotsume-kozō, monsters (obake) in Japanese folklore. They had a single giant eye in the center of the face.
• Jian (bird), a bird in Chinese mythology with only one eye and one wing. A pair of such birds were dependent on each other and inseparable.
• Kabandha, a demon with no head or neck with one large eye on the breast and a mouth on the stomach. Kabandha appears in Hindu mythology as a character of Ramayana.
• Likho, a embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology.
• Ojáncanu, one-eyed giant with long beard and red hair of Cantabrian mythology who embodies evil, cruelty and brutality.
• Psoglav, one-eyed dog-headed monster in Serbian mythology.
• Tepegoz, one-eyed ogre in Oghuz Turkish epic Book of Dede Korkut
• Dajjal, in Islamic religion the anti-christ has one eye.

In fiction

• Ahgg, the witches' giant spider with one eye in the center of his forehead in My Little Pony: The Movie
• Ahriman, a species of monster from the Japanese role-playing game series "Final Fantasy"
• Some of the characters in Ben 10
• Alpha Centauri, green hermaphrodite hexapod with one huge eye, Doctor Who character first seen in "The Curse of Peladon"^[3]
• Basilisk, large one-eyed mutant in Marvel Comics' New X-Men
• Bill Cipher: An evil one-eyed yellow triangle in Gravity Falls.
• Big Billy in The PowerPuff Girls who showed that he had one eye in the episode "School House Rocked"
• B.O.B. (Bicarbonate Ostylezene Benzoate), gelatinous creature in Monsters vs. Aliens
• Cyclopskin and cyclops in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons
• The Cyclops in various media based on myths and legends, such as Ray Harryhausen's movie The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
• The Cyclops and other various monsters in the popular Japanese role-playing game series "Dragon Quest"
• Cylon Centurions in sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica
• Dalek Sec, monster that became a one-eyed Dalek-human hybrid in Doctor Who. Daleks always had a single eye-stalk; when the creature inside was shown, it generally appeared to have only one eye.
• Darklops Zero, prototype of Darklops in the film Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
• Draken, one-eyed sea monster in animated series Jumanji
• Drethdock from the Sega Saturn game Battle Monsters.
• The ghost Pokémon Duskull, Dusclops and Dusknoir
• Eggplant Wizard, enemy in Nintendo's Kid Icarus video game
• Evil Eye, a monster in the online RPG MapleStory
• Gohma, from the Legend of Zelda has only one eye. Gohma's appearance varies from game to game.
• Imbra, an idol and the highest god of Kafiristan from Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King, vizualized by John Huston in his feature film of the same name
• Horvak, Krumm's father from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
• Kang and Kodos, recurring alien duo in animated series The Simpsons
• Kerack, alien race resembling large one-eyed prawns in novel Camelot 30K
• Leela, a mutant character, as well as her parents Munda and Morris, in the animated series Futurama
• Some of the yellow "minions", comic henchmen in the animation Despicable Me
• Monoids, alien race in the 1966 Doctor Who serial "The Ark"
• Muno in children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Naga and his tribe of one-eyed violent mutants in the 1956 B-movie World Without End
• One-Eye, one of three sisters in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes". She had only one eye in the middle of her forehead.
• One-eyed Monster, the antagonist of the 2008 film One-Eyed Monster^[4]
• One-eyed, starfish-shaped aliens from the planet Paira in the 1956 Japanese film Warning from Space
• Orb (comics), Marvel Comics super-villain, primarily an adversary of Ghost Rider.
• Sheldon Plankton in the animated children's series SpongeBob SquarePants
• Agent Pleakley in the 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch
• Purple People Eater in the 1958 novelty song of the same name
• Ravage, a panther-like Decepticon from Revenge of the Fallen
• Sapphire in the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe
• Sauron, the eponymous arch-villain of The Lord of the Rings, often manifests as 'the Eye' in Peter Jackson's adaptations of Tolkien's work.
• Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth, a time-travelling alien in the 1979 Doctor Who story City of Death
• Sgt. Psyclopps, the one-eyed guitarist for the costumed comedy punk band The Radioactive Chicken Heads
• Shuma-Gorath, a giant eye with tentacles, in the Marvel comics universe
• Starro the Conqueror, a supervillain in DC Comics, a starfish-like creature who first appeared in 1960
• Suezo, a one-eyed, one-footed breed of monster in video game/anime series Monster Rancher
• Tyson, Percy Jackson's half-brother in Percy Jackson and the Olympians, is a Cyclops. However Cyclopes also appear as villains.
• Vaati and Bongo Bongo, from the Legend of Zelda game series
• Waddle Doo from Nintendo game franchise Kirby
• Mike Wazowski, round monster with one large eye in the 2001 animated film Monsters, Inc.
• Wenlock and Mandeville, London 2012 Olympic mascots
• The Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
• Zargon, a giant one-eyed monster in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
• Zatar the Alien, a green alien in the MTV series Celebrity Deathmatch

See also

• List of many-eyed creatures

References

1. Cyclops at Greek-Gods.info
2. "History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century", p.36, at Archive,org
3. The Curse of Peladon, BBC
4. One-Eyed Monster at the Internet Movie Database

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