According to this explanation, the cyclops was originally simply a giant or ogre, much like Humbaba in the "Epic of Gilgamesh"; the detail about it having one eye was simply invented in order to explain how the creature was so easily blinded.
The detail about it having one eye was simply invented in order to explain how the creature was so easily blinded. According to this explanation, the cyclops was originally simply a giant or ogre, much like Humbaba in the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
According to this explanation, the cyclops was originally simply a giant or ogre, much like Humbaba in the "Epic of Gilgamesh". The detail about it having one eye was simply invented in order to explain how the creature was so easily blinded.
According to this explanation, the cyclops was originally simply a giant or ogre, much like Humbaba in the "Epic of Gilgamesh". The detail about it having one eye was simply invented in order to explain how the creature was so easily blinded.