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A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum. In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (/ s aɪ ˈ k l oʊ p iː z / sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; [1] singular Cyclops / ˈ s aɪ k l ɒ p s / SY-klops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. [2]
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 ...
The Destroying Eye, The Waiting Dark: Appears as a gigantic black mass of tentacles, with a single green eye at the center. Nearly identical to Hermaeus Mora in the Elder Scrolls franchise. Cynothoglys The Mortician God, She Whose Hand Embalms: Appears as a formless mound, with one arm-like appendage. Dhumin The Burrower from the Bluff
Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...
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The brain creates a Cyclopean image from the two images received by the two eyes. The brain gives each point in the Cyclopean image a depth value, represented here by a grayscale depth map. The brain uses coordinate shift (also known as parallax) of matched objects to identify depth of these objects. [ 23 ]
Polyphemus (/ ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ f iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος, romanized: Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.