There are many creatures in the mythology, folklore, and fiction of many cultures who are one-eyed, this page lists such one-eyed creatures.
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 Fachan, a 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 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 a 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 Ra, an Egyptian god whose right eye represents life, immortality, and light, often portrayed as a sun Horus, an Egyptian god whose left eye represents the moon, healing, protection, and restoration
In fiction
Science fiction
Alpha Centauri, a green hermaphrodite hexapod with one huge eye; Doctor Who character first seen in The Curse of Peladon Cylon Centurions in sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica The Cyclops (1957), a science fiction horror film about a creature created via radiation exposure 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 Monoids, an alien race in the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark Myo and other Abyssin aliens in Star Wars Naga and his tribe of one-eyed violent mutants in the 1956 B-movie World Without End Old One Eye, a unique Tyranid carnifex with the ability to rapidly regenerate from mortal wounds in Warhammer 40k One-eyed, starfish-shaped aliens from the planet Paira in the 1956 Japanese film Warning from Space Ravage, a panther-like Decepticon in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth, a time-travelling alien in the 1979 Doctor Who story City of Death Uniocs, an alien race in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary Leela from Futurama