Monday, November 21, 2011

Researching in the wee hours of the morning

I am researching the Wind Gods.  It's really quite fascinating ...  winged gods in various myths conjured up storms, created rolling fog, poured out the rain, and abducted fair maidens.  The four brothers of the wind are always whisking up some sort of mischief. 
         
Their is Boreas - the north wind, usually known as the coldest, most powerful wind, various myths depict Boreas as abducting the king's daughter Oreithyia and later destroying the Persian fleet

Zephyrus - the west wind, was a very pleasant wind and seen as the protector of plants
 
Notus - the south wind is a stormy, dangerous wind especially when sailing, attributed with pouring out rain and creating fog ... he is believed to work with theives by helping to hide them with his trecherous fog 
 
Eurus - the east wind also brought in storms and rain, but was more kind than his brothers Boreas and Notus, his brings in a refreshing rain

I wonder if any of them are specifically known as the 'winds of change'?  And which one is responsible for blowing down 20 trees on my property two years ago.  Okay guys - time to fess up ... who did it?