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'westerly wind'), also spelled in English as Zephyr, is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi. The son of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, and Astraeus, Zephyrus is the most gentle and favourable of the winds, and is also associated with flowers, springtime and even procreation. [1]
The Hindu wind god, Vayu. A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas (Aquilo in Roman mythology) is the north wind and bringer of cold winter air, Zephyrus (Favonius in Latin) [5] is the west wind and bringer of light spring and early-summer breezes, and Notus (Auster in Latin) is the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn; Eurus, the southeast [6] (or ...
Zephyrus or Zephyr, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind West wind or light wind, in European tradition; Zephyr (cloth), a lightweight cotton fabric; Zefir (food) or zephyr, a type of soft confectionery; Zephyr, a cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College, India
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, the god Zephyrus was the personification of the west wind and the bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; his Roman equivalent was Favonius (hence the adjective favonian, pertaining to the west wind). In Egyptian mythology, Ḥutchai is the god of the west wind. He was depicted as a man with ...
The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. They were both cardinal concepts (used for mapping and understanding geographical features in relation to each other) as well as characters with personality, who could serve as antagonistic forces or helpful assistants in myths.
Boreas (Septentrio in Latin) was the north wind and bringer of cold winter air; Zephyrus or Zephyr (Favonius in Latin) was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; Notus or Notos (Auster in Latin) was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn. Notos not only brings rain and heavy downpour, but ...
Mictlampachecatl, god of the north wind. Cihuatecayotl, god of the west wind. Tlalocayotl, god of the east wind. Huitztlampaehecatl, god of the south wind. Ehēcatl, related god of wind. He blows the clouds with his breath to make them move in the first layer of the Thirteen Heavens.