A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as
wind is nothing more than moving
air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
Buhawi, the Tagalog god of whirlwinds and hurricanes' arcs. He is the enemy of Habagat.
Habagat, the Tagalog god of winds and also referred to as the god of rain, and is often associated with the rainy season. He rules the kingdom of silver and gold in the sky, or the whole Himpapawirin (atmosphere).
^Yeats, William Butler, The Collected Poems, 1933 (First Scribner Paperback Poetry edition, 1996),
ISBN0-684-80731-9 "Sidhe is also Gaelic for wind, and certainly the Sidhe have much to do with the wind. They journey in whirling wind, the winds that were called the dance of the daughters of Herodias in the Middle Ages, Herodias doubtless taking the place of some old goddess. When old country people see the leaves whirling on the road they bless themselves, because they believe the Sidhe to be passing by." Yeats' Notes, p.454
A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as
wind is nothing more than moving
air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
Buhawi, the Tagalog god of whirlwinds and hurricanes' arcs. He is the enemy of Habagat.
Habagat, the Tagalog god of winds and also referred to as the god of rain, and is often associated with the rainy season. He rules the kingdom of silver and gold in the sky, or the whole Himpapawirin (atmosphere).
^Yeats, William Butler, The Collected Poems, 1933 (First Scribner Paperback Poetry edition, 1996),
ISBN0-684-80731-9 "Sidhe is also Gaelic for wind, and certainly the Sidhe have much to do with the wind. They journey in whirling wind, the winds that were called the dance of the daughters of Herodias in the Middle Ages, Herodias doubtless taking the place of some old goddess. When old country people see the leaves whirling on the road they bless themselves, because they believe the Sidhe to be passing by." Yeats' Notes, p.454