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In Greek mythology and religion, Eurus (Ancient Greek: Εὖρος, romanized: Euros, lit. '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 ...
Because Apeliotes is a minor god, he was often syncretized with Eurus, the east wind. [citation needed] The Roman counterpart of Apeliotes is Subsolanus. [18] Skiron was the name used in Athens for the wind which blew from the Scironian rocks (a geographical feature near Kineta to the west of Athens). [19]
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.
Boreas (Βορέας), god of the north wind and of winter; Caicias (Καικίας), god of the northeast wind; Circios (Κίρκιος) or Thraskias (Θρασκίας), god of the north-northwest wind; Euronotus (Ευρονότος), god of the southeast wind; Eurus (Εύρος), god of the unlucky east or southeast wind
Zephyrus, like the rest of the wind gods Anemoi (Boreas, Eurus and Notus) was said to be the son of Eos, goddess of the dawn, by her husband and first cousin Astraeus, a minor god related to the stars. [10] The poet Ovid dubs the four of them 'the Astraean brothers' in reference to their paternity. [11]
The People's Liberation Army thus uses "east wind" as the name of its tactical missile series. 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.
Boreas (Βορέας), god of the north wind and of winter; Caicias (Καικίας), god of the northeast wind; Circios (Κίρκιος) or Thraskias (Θρασκίας), god of the north-northwest wind; Euronotus (Ευρονότος), god of the southeast wind; Eurus (Εύρος), god of the unlucky east or southeast wind
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 he can also bring extremely hot air (avg. 45°C) especially in the southern parts of Greece. Eurus (Eurus in Latin) was the East Wind & bringer of warmth & rain