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 groups and mutants born with only one eye, but not one-eyed humans who are understood to have lost an eye.

In mythology, folklore 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.
• Balor, giant in Irish mythology, with one eye in his forehead that would wreak destruction when opened
• Bungisngis, giant cyclops of Philippine folklore
• 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.
• Dajjal, the anti-christ in Islamic religion, has one eye.
• Duwa Sokhor, ancestor of Chingis Khan, according to The Secret History of the Mongols, who had one eye in his forehead.^[2]
• Fachan, creature from Celtic mythology with one eye, one arm and one leg.
• 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
• Hajnjeri, man-eating giant in Albanian mythology, has one eye in the middle of his forehead
• Hitotsume-kozō, monsters (obake) in Japanese folklore, with 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.
• Kasa-obake, one-eyed sentient umbrella yokai of Japanese folklore.
• Katallan, man-eating giant in Albanian mythology, lives in a cave and has one eye in the middle of his forehead.
• Likho, a 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, one-eyed king of the Æsir. He is a God of war and death, as well as a sky God and the God of wisdom and poetry
• Ojáncanu, one-eyed giant with long beard and red hair of Cantabrian mythology who embodies evil, cruelty and brutality
• Popobawa, Tanzanian shetani (evil spirit) that often takes the form of a one-eyed bat creature
• Psoglav, one-eyed dog-headed monster in Serbian mythology
• Snallygaster, one-eyed dragon-like creature said to inhabit the hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland
• Tepegoz, one-eyed ogre in Oghuz Turkish epic Book of Dede Korkut

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]
• Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, the Auror in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. He has one normally functioning eye, and one magical eye that can see through magical cloaking
• 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
• Lord Boros, from One-Punch Man, the alien leader of the Dark Matter Thieves, self-proclaimed subjugator of the universe, and the first antagonist to give Saitama a "serious fight."
• 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.
• Gigan from the Godzilla series a one eyed Alien Cyborg Kaiju
• 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
• Myukus' giant Blue Green Alien one eye in Rampage 2: Universal Tour
• Leela, a mutant character, as well as her parents Munda and Morris, in the animated series Futurama
• Some of the Minions, comic henchmen in the Despicable Me franchise
• Monoids, alien race in the 1966 Doctor Who serial "The Ark"
• Muno in children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Myo and another Abyssin aliens in Star Wars
• 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, 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