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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]
Dalek Sec, a monster that became a one-eyed Dalek-human hybrid in Doctor Who; Gigan from the Godzilla series, a one-eyed alien cyborg Kaiju; Kerack, an alien race resembling large one-eyed prawns in the novel Camelot 30K; Magnus the Red, the one-eyed primarch of the Thousand Sons legion in Warhammer 40,000
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.
Cyclops – Grotesque, one-eyed humanoids, sons of Uranus in Greek myth. Cynocephalus – Dog-headed humans. Dearg Due – (Irish) fairy Undead woman who committed suicide after unfair treatment by a cruel husband. Bears some mythological similarity to Slavic Rusalka.
For some people, the word “cyclops” is reminiscent of reading Homer’s classic book "Odyssey" in which a one-eyed giant cyclops named Polyphemus takes on the hero, Odysseus.
A Cyclops is a one-eyed monster in Greek mythology. Cyclops or The Cyclops may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Literature. Cyclops, by Euripides; Cyclops, a ...
No other roles have been announced for any of the actors, but the major characters left in the story include Odysseus' son Telemachus, the beguiling witch Circe, the monstrous one-eyed cyclops ...
Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail