Two-Face (mythology)
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Two-Face (or Double-Face) is a monster from folklore of the Plains Indians. In some stories, there is only one Two-Face while others reference a race of Two-Faces. They are known for mutilating people to death and cannibalizing them, especially children who misbehave. In some legends, Two-Face is to blame for children's nightmares.
Description[edit]
In most tribes, Two-Faces resemble humans except for having a second face on the back side of their head. If people make eye contact with this second face, they will either immediately die or become paralyzed until the Two-Face returns to murder them.
Myth[edit]
In most versions of the story, Two-Face cuts a pregnant mother open and throws one of her unborn children out the door into the yard, forgetting the other in the lodge. Because of their magic both children survive, but Lodge Boy is found by his father while Thrown Away is not found. The two boys meet and play together until their father finds out and figures out what happened. He explains who killed their mother and the boys set out to kill Two-Face, slaying many monsters along their way.[1]
See also[edit]
- Anpao, two-faced god from Sioux mythology
- Anog Ite, a two-faced goddess from Lakota mythology
- Bangpūtys, two-faced Lithuanian god whose focus is on the weather and the sea
- Hausos, PIE dawn goddess, reflexes of whom are common in daughter cultures
- Ikenga, two-faced Igbo spirit of fate, fortune, and achievement
- Isimud, two-faced Mesopotamian messenger god
- Janus, two-faced Roman god whose focus is on doorways, endings, and beginnings in general
- Sharp-Elbows, a monster from Ioway folklore sometimes described with two faces
References[edit]
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