south wind

In Greek mythology, Notus was the god of the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn.{{cite book|author1=Luke Roman|author2=Monica Roman|title=Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOgWfjNIxoMC&pg=PA66|year=2010|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-2639-5|pages=66–}}

In Roman mythology the south wind was represented by Auster.

In Egyptian mythology, Shehbui is the god of the south wind.{{cite book|title=The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology|first=Ernest Alfred Wallis|last=Budge|publisher=Methuen & Company|date=1904|volume=2|page=296|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SBLAAAAYAAJ&q=Egyptian+mythology,+god+of+the+%22south+wind%22|quote=Miscellaneous Gods 2. The South Wind was called Shehbui, or...}} He was depicted as a man with the head of a lion.

In Native American Iroquois 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 of summer.{{cite book|author1=Harriet Maxwell Converse|author2=Arthur Caswell Parker|title=Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924055492973|year=1908|publisher=University of the State of New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924055492973/page/n54 37]–}}

In Basque mythology, Egoi was a minor deity associated with the south wind.{{cite book|title=Pequeño diccionario de mitología vasca y pirenaica |last=de Marliave |first=Olivier |publisher= Palma de Mallorca Olañeta D.L. |date=1995|isbn=9788476512326}}

• East wind
• North wind
• West wind
• Southerly
• Sirocco

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Category:Greek mythology

Category:Winds

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