God of luck. Shinto [Japan]. One of seven deities in Shintoism concerned with fortune. He is allegedly a Chinese hermit who lived during the Sung dynasty and whose name means happiness, wealth and longevity. He is depicted as a little old man, bald and with a prominent high forehead.
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Fachen
The Fachen is a monster from Irish legend. It is known to pursue and mutilate travelers, eventually killing them. It is covered by with feathers, having a tuft of them which grew like a comb on a cock’s head. It has one mangled hand that grows from the center of its chest, and one leg that grows out of its body at an angle. It also has one eye set in the middle of its forehead. To look more menacing, it would ruffle up its feathers before attacking its victims.
Apis
Bull god. Egyptian. The living personification of the creator god PTAH in Memphis, he acts as an intermediary between the supreme god and mankind. His mother is ISIS, who engendered him in a lightning flash. The bull is depicted as wholly black apart from a small white triangle on the forehead, and it bears vultuze wings. Between its horns are surmounted the sun disc (or, in later times, the moon) and the uraeus (snake symbol).
Brontes
by Christina Dillman, Clarksville Middle School
One of three Cyclopes, a fierce giant with one eyes in the center of his forehead, in Greek Mythology. In Hesiad, a the brother of Arges and Steropes and child of Uranus of Gaia. Brontes was thrown into the lower world by his other brother, Cronus, a first (after Cronus dethroned Uranus) he was released by Zeus and in gratitude, he gave Zeus the gifts of thunder and lighting. He always possessed the weapon of thunder. He was a very powerful and destructive creature.
Witch's Well 