The portrayal of cyclopes in fantasy novels

[OP1000]

Hello!!!!
What are the most common traits that cyclopes in fantasy novels have and do you have a personal preference for how they should be portrayed in fantasy novels?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Cyclopes are giant one-eyed creatures.

 

[Dieter]

Mostly they're portrayed as neanderthal-iq giants with wooden clubs, kinda like orcs, and that's how I like em since I don't really use em.

 

[Poleg]

Simple, giant and easy to Trick.

 

[LilRora]

I personally prefer a huge humanoid monster with slightly lower intelligence than humans and a single eye.

Though there are many unique cyclopes(?), for example Balor (from celtic mythology, I think, but I'd need to check) that can shoot laser from its eye. Cyclops with an evil eye, basically.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Mostly they're portrayed as neanderthal-iq giants with wooden clubs, kinda like orcs, and that's how I like em since I don't really use em.

There is no conclusive evidence to prove that Neanderthals had lower intelligence than humans.

 

[Syringe]

There is no conclusive evidence to prove that Neanderthals had lower intelligence than humans.

Then they wouldn't have gone extinct in the first place.

 

[CheertheSecond]

Then they wouldn't have gone extinct in the first place.

They went extinct because instead of fucking their female, the male Neanderthals had gay sex with male HOMO sapiens. Thus, ending their species.

As a religious researcher of the hentai world, I can attest to this.

 

[Lloyd]

One eye

They went extinct because instead of fucking their female, the male Neanderthals had gay sex with male HOMO sapiens. Thus, ending their species.

As a religious researcher of the hentai world, I can attest to this.

Actually the homo in homo sapiens refers to the fact that everyone was originally the same race, Italian.

 

[Corty]

They are intelligent creatures with outstanding long-range based attacks. They are the elite snipers of the fantasy world. They are also athletic and usually two to three times the size of average humans. Not to mention, after inventing space travel, they left for the stars while the rest still played around in their medieval fantasy castles.

Everything else is some two-eyed propaganda bullshit. Don't believe them.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Then they wouldn't have gone extinct in the first place.

if you unironically think that then I don't even know what to say.

 

[ChrisLensman]

I'm a simple guy. I describe them exactly the same as in Age of Mythology. Furry legs with hooves, human upper body and a humanoid but slightly bestial head with a single big eye.
And as they only have one eye their depth perception is absolutely terrible.

 

[Twin]

Cyclops were always portrayed as shepherds. In the Odyssey(I think), Julius was able to kill the cyclops only because he caught him offguard disguising himself as a sheep.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

There is no conclusive evidence to prove that Neanderthals had lower intelligence than humans.

The channels we have found in their skulls indicate they clearly were much worse at removing heat from their brains than us.
We all know what happens if your CPU overheats.

 

[georgelee5786]

Stupid one-eyed monsters

 

[irei1as]

Their eye is commonly viewed as their weak point. But that same eye is often used as a precious alchemy material. Depends on the story if the eye maintains its value after being damaged or if it's worth the risk.
As these kind of monsters they're big and strong but not very fast or agile.

In "Interspecies Reviewers" they're shown as just another humanoid sized especies with the main particularity as attractiveness being related to the size of the eyeball (between cyclops). They get an alright rating.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Any cyclops is a dildo if you're brave enough.

 

[BenJepheneT]

Back then, Cyclops are respected monsters of the literary world. They're one eyed giants, capable of mass murder and wanton destruction and easily agitated if so much as a speck of dirt got into its depth-poor eye. They're also used as narrative devices, depicting nature's one-eyed tunnel vision on progression, and that is to leave it up to the careless, unfeeling cruelty of our animal instincts.

This is the Cyclop of today:

(I for one welcome change)