Three Eyes of Agamotto
Most only know about one Eye of Agamotto, a powerful magical artifact created by Agamotto the All Seeing, the first Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. He passed the Eye to his successors and for a long time it served various Sorcerers Supreme,[1][2] but was eventually placed into the care of Eternity until a worthy mage could successfully reach him. Doctor Strange eventually did so, and was given the Eye to battle Dormammu, a sinister mystical being.[3]
In truth, however, there were three Eyes of Agamotto, but their existence wasn't known to many. The most well known Eye of Agamotto was created by him first.[4][5] According to Doctor Strange, this Eye manifests knowledge[4][6] or prescience.[7] As normally wielder have two normal physical eyes and the Eye attaches itself to wielder's forehead it is also known as the third eye.[7][6]
Much later in his life, after he became the Sorcerer Supreme, both of Agamotto's normal physical eyes were destroyed,[5] so he created two more Eyes, identical to the original Eye.[8] One of them manifests power[4][7][6] so it is known as the Eye of Power.[9][10][11] It is said to be Agamotto's left eye[12] and was once called the first,[7] but more often the second eye.[4][6][9] For an unknown time it was in possession of Asgardian dragon Sadurang.[13] The last Eye was said to be lost to time and was called first,[6] second[7] and third eye.[4]
A different set of Eyes was mentioned in the legend dicovered by Ian McNee during his research of magic. Accodring to it, the Three Mighty Eyes of Agamotto were created by young Agamotto when he was looking for his mother Oshtur, long before he became the Sorcerer Supreme. During his search he discovered the three forms of magic, and each Eye was created and powered by one of them. He first learned the Egocentric Magic and created the Eye of Power that later became known as the Amulet of Agamotto, Talisman of Agamotto or the lesser Eye of Agamotto. The second form was the Ecocentric Magic and Agamotto created the Eye of Prescience that could see all creation and gain knowledge. This Eye later became known as the Orb of Agamotto. He inadvertently stepped on the third path and the third Eye of Agamotto, the Eye of Truth, opened into existence. It was the strongest of three Eyes and allowed Agamotto to travel through various dimensions, finish the third path and discover the third form of magic, the Exocentric Magic. This third Eye is the one that is normally referred to as the Eye of Agamotto. Some people believe that Agamotto hadn't actually created this third Eye, but discovered it drifting in space.[14][2][1]
It is unclear if the legend discovered by Ian McNee was incorrect or mixed facts about Agamotto's early life. Perhaps the later generations of sorcerers who created the legend only heard the names "Three Eyes of Agamotto", "Eye of Power" and "Eye of Prescience/Knowledge" , but, since the Eye of Power was stolen by Sadurang and the last one was lost, they weren't aware about their existence and attached these names to other artifacts created by Agamotto, the Amulet and the Orb, and invented the name "Eye of Truth" and attached it to the most well known Eye due to its "all-revealing light" capable to dispel all disguises and illusions and thus show the truth.
Eye of Agamotto Related
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #7 ; Magic, from the Journals of Ian McNee
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Avengers: Roll Call #1 ; Agamotto's profile
- ↑ Strange Tales #127
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Savage Avengers #8
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Avengers Assemble Alpha #1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Savage Avengers #14
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Savage Avengers #11
- ↑ Avengers Assemble Omega #1
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Savage Avengers #16
- ↑ Savage Avengers #25
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 6) #5
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 6) #2
- ↑ Tony Stark: Iron Man #12
- ↑ Marvel Tarot #1