Cyclops/Giant
The Cyclops denotes brute appetite in near-human form, single-eyed and lawless, born of earth and sky, forging thunder yet seeing without depth.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Image
- Group
- Spirit World / Mythical Beings
- Borne by
- 5 figures (4 are this, 1 carries it)
- Traditions
- Biblical folklore (1)English folklore (1)Greek mythology (1)Japanese folklore (1) and 1 more
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Chenoo is Native American folklore
why
From Native American folklore, Chenoo is a cannibalistic ice giant with a heart made of ice.
- Cyclops is Greek mythology
why
From Greek mythology, Cyclops are one-eyed giants.
- Daidarabotchi is Japanese folklore
why
From Japanese folklore, Daidarabotchi is a giant so large it can carry mountains.
- Og is Biblical folklore
why
Og is the giant king of Bashan from the Hebrew Bible, defeated by Moses, whom rabbinic legend expands into a figure who survives the Flood and reappears across generations of biblical history.
- Black Shuck bears English folklore
why
This spectral hound is not merely a black dog, but a monstrous entity with a single, glowing eye in the center of its head, reminiscent of the mythical Cyclops.