There are many creatures in the mythology, folklore, and fiction of many cultures who are one-eyed, this page lists such one-eyed creatures.

Contents

• In mythology, folklore and religion
• In fiction
• Science fiction
• Comic books
• Historical and mythological fantasy
• Animation and puppetry
• Video games
• Music
• Other
• See also
• References

In mythology, folklore and religion

• Arimaspi, 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.
• Balor, a giant in Irish mythology, with one eye in his forehead that would wreak destruction when opened
• Bungisngis, one-eyed giants of Philippine folklore
• Cyclopes (singular: Cyclops), one-eyed giants in Greek mythology, including Polyphemus. They had a single eye in the centre of their forehead.
  • Polyphemus, a giant Cyclops shepherd in Greek mythology
  • Arges, one of the three Cyclops smith gods in Greek mythology
  • Brontes, one of the three Cyclops smith gods in Greek mythology
  • Steropes, one of the three Cyclops smith gods in Greek mythology
• Dajjal, a figure in Islam akin to the Antichrist, who has one eye
• Duwa Sokhor, an ancestor of Genghis Khan, according to The Secret History of the Mongols , who had one eye in his forehead ^[1]
• Fachan, a creature from Celtic mythology with one eye, one arm and one leg
• The Eye of Providence is a representation of Divine Providence
• The Graeae, the three witches (or sisters) that shared one eye and one tooth between them; often depicted as clairvoyant. They 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
• Some yokais, in the Japanese folklore, have a single giant eye:
  • Hitotsume-kozō, monsters (obake) in Japanese folklore, with a single giant eye in the center of the face
  • Hitotsume-nyūdō could pass for really tall human priests if not for the large, single eye in the center of their faces.
  • Kasa-obake, one-eyed sentient umbrella yokai of Japanese folklore
  • Shirime
  • Yamawaro
• Jian, 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 in the Ramayana .
• Likho, an embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology
• Mapinguari, giant sloth-like cryptid of Brazil and Bolivia often described as having one eye
• Odin, a Norse god (he was born with two eyes, but traded one for a drink from Mimir's well)
• Ojáncanu, one-eyed giant with a ten-fingered hand, a ten-toed foot, a long beard and red hair of Cantabrian mythology who embodies evil, cruelty and brutality
• One-Eye
  • One of three sisters in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes
  • A one-eyed giant in a story from Georgia, in the Caucasus, whose story parallels the story of Polyphemus (see Polyphemus#Possible origins)
• Papinijuwari, Australian sky deities with vampiric tendencies
• Popobawa, a Tanzanian shetani (evil spirit) that often takes the form of a one-eyed bat-like creature
• Psoglav, a one-eyed dog-headed monster in Serbian mythology
• Snallygaster, a one-eyed dragon-like creature said to inhabit the hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland
• Tepegoz, a one-eyed ogre in the Oghuz Turkish epic Book of Dede Korkut

In fiction

See also

• List of many-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction

References

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)