Cyclopean Creature: Difference between revisions

A '''Cyclopean Creature''' -- or informally just a "cyclops" -- is a character or creature that naturally only has one eye, and typically only one orbit for that eye. The term is derived from the Cyclopes of [[Classical Mythology]]: here, "cyclops" more accurately translates to "circle-eye" or "wheel-eye", referring to the eye's size rather than its number - the Cyclopes themselves were giants as well.

As a design trope, monocular vision is very occasionally symbolic of a narrow vision and lack of (figurative) perception, -and some humanhumanoid villains will have one functional eye as an indication of their mypoicmyopic worldview; -- this alsomanifests provideseither anas excusethis fortrope or as an [[Eyepatch of Power]]. Characters with a single eye might also sport [[Peek-a-Bangs]] or some other ocular obtrusion. If the eye takes up the entire head, then it's also a [[Faceless Eye]]. The [[Cyber Cyclops]] is a typically-robotic subtrope.