Arimaspi

Arimaspi, a fabulous people, supposed by the ancient Greeks to inhabit the most northern region of the world, near the Rhipæi Montes, which Ptolemy places on the site of the modern Ural Mountains. They are described by Herodotus in the fourth book of his History, as one-eyed and fierce, engaged in perpetual conflict with the neighbouring griffins for the gold hoarded by them.