In Mythology
- 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, figure from Irish mythology. Known for his evil eye, he could kill by looking at you. Prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson, so he attempted to have his grandchildren killed. One survived, Lugh, who killed him at the second battle of Magh Tuiredh.
- 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.
- 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.
- Odin, king of the Norse gods, who gave up an eye to gain wisdom and power.
- 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
Read more about this topic: List Of One-eyed Creatures In Mythology And Fiction
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