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In Greek mythology, Eurus, the east wind, was the only wind not associated with one of the three Greek seasons. Eurus is also the only one of these four Anemoi not mentioned in Hesiod's Theogony or in the Orphic Hymns. In Egyptian mythology, Henkhisesui is the god of the east wind. He was depicted as a man with the head of a Ram.
'east wind') is the god and personification of the east wind, although sometimes he is also said to be southeast specifically. [1] He is one of the four principal wind gods, the Anemoi, alongside Boreas (north wind), Zephyrus (west wind) and Notus (south wind). Eurus is featured rarely in ancient literature and art, appearing together with his ...
Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (Portuguese meaning "The Victims Of The East Wind") is a novel published in 1960 by Cape Verdean author Manuel Lopes.Along with Claridade, Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.
Atlas and Heracles, metope from the temple of Zeus at Olympia. According to Plato, the first king of Atlantis was also named Atlas, but that Atlas was a son of Poseidon and the mortal woman Cleito. [21] The works of Eusebius [22] and Diodorus [3] also give an Atlantean account of Atlas. In these accounts, Atlas' father was Uranus and his mother ...
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.
The Ṣabā (Arabic: الصبا, romanized: aṣ-Ṣabā [asˤˈsˤabaː]) is an east wind that blows in the west of the Arabian peninsula.Because of its gentleness (riqqa) and pleasant breeze, it was especially popular among the Arabs, [1] and was called "Wind of the lovers" (rīḥ al-ʿuššāq). [2]
When the wind is blowing in the South It brings the food over the fish's mouth, When the wind is blowing in the West, That is when the fishing's best! In western European seas, this description of wind direction is an excellent illustration of how the weather events of an active low pressure area [12] present themselves. With the approach of a ...