West wind

For other uses, see West wind (disambiguation).
"Ponente" redirects here. For the writer of the majority opinion in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, see Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines § Official functions.
The winds of the Mediterranean

A west wind is a wind that originates in the west and blows in an eastward direction.

Mythology and literature

In European tradition, it has usually been considered the mildest and most favorable of the directional winds.

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, the god Zephyrus was the personification of the west wind and the bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; his Roman equivalent was Favonius (hence the adjective favonian, pertaining to the west wind).

In Egyptian mythology, Ḥutchai is the god of the west wind. He was depicted as a man with the head of a serpent.

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the "swete breth" of Zephyrus, and a soft, gentle breeze may be referred to as a zephyr, as in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline (IV, ii): "They are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet, / Not wagging his sweet head."

In Iroquois tradition, the "west wind" is brought by the Panther, ugly and fierce.

In Italian history, Ponente is the west wind and the personification of spring and early summer; his winds are usually calm and lukewarm and very gentle. His ancient Roman equivalent is Favonius.[citation needed]

West winds are inhabited by spirits or Jīvas called vāyukāya ekendriya according to Jainism.[1]

See also

Look up favonian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ University of Calcutta: Department of Letters (1921). "Journal of the Department of Letters". Journal of the Department of Letters. 5. Calcutta University Press, originally from University of Chicago: 352.
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