

The Sage of the Six Paths had **Rinnegan** in both in his eyes. He also
awakened a third eye on his forehead.

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Is that a **Sharingan** of some kind?

What powers does that third eye grant it's wielder?


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What does the third eye of the Sage of the Six Paths do?


From the Wiki

> After awakening his Rinnegan, he also manifested a red circle marking with
> two ripples patterns in the centre of his forehead, seemingly a byproduct of
> his ultimate dōjutsu manifested alongside his senjutsu training.

It references episode 426 of Naruto Shippuden and suggests it wasn't a true
eye but rather a marking. There's no way to be sure if it gave him any special
powers, but all

> abilities he exhibited were in line with what we know was possible via his
> Rinnegan / Mangekyo / Senjutsu abilities so it doesn't seem to have given
> him anything.

Additionally it's flat and lacks the depth that Kaguya's third eye had, also
suggesting it was simply a marking. The best theory I can come up with is that
it was an incomplete manifestation of Kaguya's third eye.


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Actually, that marking is the Mangekyo Sharingan. When Hagoromo and Hamura
(both sons of Kaguya Otsutsuki) fight Kaguya, Hagoromo has to kill his brother
for he was under the control of Kaguya. But thanks to Gamamaru (presently the
great toad sage), Hamura was saved by sage power.

Immediately after this incident, Hagoromo awakens his Rinnegan and also his
Mangekyo Sharingan. He also thanks his mother (Kaguya) for she was only
responsible for the awakening of his Rinnegan and Mangekyo Sharingan.


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It is the Mangekyo Sharingan. When Hagoromo "kills" Hamura and gains his
Rinnegan, he also gains the "third eye." It doesn't really look like an eye,
but more of a marking representing the Mangekyo Sharingan. When Sasuke gains
his Rinnegan, his Rinnegan manifest in his left Mangekyo Sharingan eye. In
Sasuke's Rinnegan, there is tomoe which shows when he is at full power and
that there used to be a sharingan in that eye. It also shows that he still has
the power of his left Mangekyo Sharingan. Though an issue with this hypothesis
is that Madara did not have tomoe in his Rinnegan and did not get the Rinne
Sharingan till late in the series. And I'm pretty sure he still had the power
of his Sharingan, even when both his eyes were Rinnegan.

In all, the red mark probably represents the Mangekyo Sharingan in order to
show that Hagaromo has both the power of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.


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It could signal the use of his sage of six paths sage mode. Every user of sage
mode has always had some sort of marking when using their own form of sage
mode. This could signal his. 6 paths sage power, like naruto's commas and eyes
and hashiramas markings.


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Couple of things it does. Number 1 it has the Chakra that worth ten tails
which is Canon and if that's not enough proof madra absorbs ten tails then he
gets rinnesharrigan. The other thing it does it does is that it does the
infinite tsukuyomi. The last thing it does it typically opens portal for
transportation and sometimes in rare instances like kaguya has unique
abilities like bringing people to dimension instantly or going through half
the dimension like an open door.


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