Asouth wind is awind that originates in thesouth and blows in a northward direction.[1]
Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale),föhn/foehn (alps), ghibli (Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing intoBrazil from theAntarctic),khamsin (a hot spring wind inEgypt, with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest wind inHawaii),notus/lodos (see mythology below for origin) andsirocco (North Africa).
InGreek mythology,Notus was the god of the south wind and bringer of thestorms of late summer and autumn.[2]
InRoman mythology the south wind was represented byAuster.
InEgyptian mythology,Shehbui is the god of the south wind.[3] He was depicted as a man with the head of a lion.
InNative AmericanIroquois tradition, the south wind is brought by the Fawn, and has a warm and gentle temperament reminiscent of the sweet flowers, babbling brooks, and the voices of birds ofsummer.[4]
InBasque mythology,Egoi was a minor deity associated with the south wind.[5]
Miscellaneous Gods 2. The South Wind was called Shehbui, or...
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