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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 four tekufot are: [1] Tekufat Nisan , the vernal equinox , when the sun enters Aries ; this is the beginning of spring, or "eit hazera" (seed-time), when day and night are equal. Tekufat Tammuz , the summer solstice , when the sun enters Cancer ; this is the summer season, or et ha-katsir (harvest-time), when the day is the longest in the year.
Taku Skanskan, capricious master of the four winds. Tate, a wind god or spirit in Lakota mythology. Waziya, giant of the north winds who brings icy weather, famine, and diseases. Wiyohipeyata, god of the west winds who oversees endings and events of the night. Wiyohiyanpa, god of the east winds who oversees beginnings and events of the day.
Between 7000 and 5000 years ago, in the Northern Hemisphere, the Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus, Ganges basins, as well as the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins have successively produced the world's Four Great Ancient Civilizations. These four civilizations have successively entered the Bronze Age from the Neolithic Age, and then entered the ...
In Mesopotamian cosmology, four rivers flowing out of the garden of creation, which is the center of the world, define the four corners of the world. [1] From the point of view of the Akkadians, the northern geographical horizon was marked by Subartu, the west by Mar.tu, the east by Elam and the south by Sumer; later rulers of all of Mesopotamia, such as Cyrus, claimed among their titles LUGAL ...
Oannès – Adapa from Odilon Redon in the Kröller-Müller Museum. Adapa was a Mesopotamian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality.The story, commonly known as "Adapa and the South Wind", is known from fragmentary tablets from Tell el-Amarna in Egypt (around 14th century BC) and from finds from the Library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria (around 7th century BC).
With the aid of satellite photos, Farouk El-Baz of Boston University traced the dry channel from Kuwait up the Wadi al-Batin and the Wadi al-Rummah system, originating near Medina at Jibāl al Abyaḑ. [7] David Rohl identified Pishon with the Uizhun, [citation needed] placing Havilah to the northeast of Mesopotamia. The Uizhun is known locally ...
Four Winds (New Orleans), a historic apartment building in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; Casinos in Michigan, United States: Four Winds Dowagiac; Four Winds Hartford; Four Winds New Buffalo; Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium, baseball facility, South Bend, Indiana, United States; Four Winds, a suburb of south Belfast, Northern Ireland