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This page lists many-eyed beings in mythology and fiction. The list is meant to include creatures that have multiple eyes on body or on head (or heads); for creatures who have multiple eyes due to having multiple heads, each having two eyes, see polycephaly in mythology .
An examiner is a beholder-kin that is a 4-foot-diameter sphere with no central eye and only four small eyes, each at the end of an antenna, mounted atop the sphere. They have one small, lamprey-like mouth on their ventral surface. The mouth is surrounded by four multi-jointed limbs ending in gripper pads.
Pages in category "Mythical many-headed creatures" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Mercury and Argus, by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1620 – Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Juno receiving the eyes of Argus from Mercury by Hendrik Goltzius (1615), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Argus Panoptes ( Ἄργος Πανόπτης ) was the guardian of the heifer - nymph Io and the son of Arestor .
These tiny creatures also have 16 eyes, and specimens measured between about 0.02 inches and 0.03 inches, according to experts. They have 18 “strong and erect” spines on the top of their head ...
The late Second Book of Enoch (20:1, 21:1) also referred to them as the "many-eyed ones". The First Book of Enoch (71.7) seems to imply that the Ophanim are equated to the " Thrones " in Christianity when it lists them all together, in order: "...round about were Seraphim, Cherubim, and Ophanim".
Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human to swan; Caladrius – white bird with healing powers; Chalkydri – heavenly creatures of the Sun; Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird; Cinnamon bird – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon
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