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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==

== Mythology ==

* This trope is [[Older Than Feudalism]] with [[wikipedia:Argus Panoptes|Argos Panoptes]], or Argos Many-eyes, a giant in Greek mythology who had four eyes (or two faces) in early versions of his myth, and 100 eyes all over his body in later stories.

* Descriptions of Angels in ''[[The Bible]]'' portray them as having multiple eyes, wings, and heads (and many combinations thereof). Since most of these are in the symbol-heavy apocalyptic genre, they are probably not meant to be taken literally.

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** In particular Ofanim, a type of angel also known as "The Wheels", are described in as literally ''covered'' in eyes:

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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==

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* Ofanim, a type of angel also known as "The Wheels", are described in ~~[[The~~ ~~Bible]] as~~ covered in eyes:

{{quote|As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. ... Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

|[https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Ezekiel%201:15%E2%80%9318 Ezekiel 1:15-16,18}}

|[https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis{{=}}niv:Ezekiel%201:15%E2%80%9318 Ezekiel 1:15-16,18}}