A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ...

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. Sometimes even a water god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the 4 seasons.

Africa and the Middle East

Afroasiatic Middle East

Egyptian

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as ( Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → ( Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egypt ...

, god of creation and the wind. * Henkhisesui, god of the east wind. * Ḥutchai, god of the west wind. * Qebui, god of the north wind who appears as a man with four ram heads or a winged ram with four heads. * Shehbui, god of the south wind. * Shu, god of the air.

Mesopotamian

Enlil Enlil, , "Lord f theWind" later known as Elil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. He is first attested as the chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon, but he was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Ba ...

, the Sumerian god of air, wind, breath, loft. * Ninlil, goddess of the wind and consort of Enlil. * Pazuzu, king of the wind demons, demon of the southwest wind, and son of the god Hanbi.

Western Eurasia

Albanian

* Shurdhi, weather god who causes hailstorms and throws thunder and lightning. * Verbti, weather god who causes hailstorms and controls the water and the northern wind.

Balto-Slavic

Lithuanian

* Vejopatis, god of the wind according to at least one tradition.

Slavic

* Dogoda is the goddess of the west wind, and of love and gentleness. *

Stribog Stribog is a god in Slavic mythology found in three East Slavic sources, whose cult may also have existed in Poland. The sources do not inform about the functions of the god, but nowadays he is most often interpreted as a wind deity who distribut ...

is the name of the Slavic god of winds, sky and air. He is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions. *

Moryana Moryana (russian: Моря́на, ) is a female sea spirit in Slavic folklore, possibly a goddess. Moryana was a sea vodyanitsa and daughter of the Morskoy Tsar, and also, according to some beliefs, she ruled the winds. Sometimes the ''moryany/mor ...

is the personification of the cold and harsh wind blowing from the sea to the land, as well as the

water spirit A water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures: African Some water spirits in traditional African religion include: * Mami Wata is a transcultural pantheon of water spirits and deities of the African dias ...

. * Varpulis is the companion of the thunder god Perun who was known in Central Europe and Lithuania.

Basque

* Egoi, god of the south wind. * Sídhe or

Aos Sí ' (; older form: ) is the Irish name for a supernatural race in Celtic mythology – spelled ''sìth'' by the Scots, but pronounced the same – comparable to fairies or elves. They are said to descend from either fallen angels or the ...

were the pantheon of pre-Christian

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. ''Sídhe'' is usually taken as "fairy folk", but it is also Old Irish for wind or gust. * Borrum, Celtic god of the winds.

Norse-Germanic

*Kári, son of

Fornjót Fornjót (Old Norse: ''Fornjótr'') is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Hlér ('sea'), Logi ('fire') and Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a legendary king of " Finnland and Kvenland". The principal study of this figure is ...

and brother to

Ægir Ægir (anglicised as Aegir; Old Norse 'sea'), Hlér (Old Norse 'sea'), or Gymir (Old Norse less clearly 'sea, engulfer'), is a jötunn and a personification of the sea in Norse mythology. In the Old Norse record, Ægir hosts the gods in his halls ...

and Logi, god of wind, apparently as its personification, much like his brothers personify sea and fire. * Njord, god of the wind, especially as it concerns sailors. *

Odin Odin (; from non, Óðinn, ) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, ...

, thought by some scholars to be a god of the air/breath.

Greco-Roman

Aeolus In Greek mythology, Aeolus or Aiolos (; grc, Αἴολος , ) is a name shared by three mythical characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which A ...

, keeper of the winds; later writers made him a full-fledged god. *

Anemoi In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi ( Greek: , 'Winds') were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons ...

, (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι—"winds") were the Greek wind gods. ** Boreas (Βορράς), god of the north wind and of winter. ** Eurus (Έβρος), god of the east or southeast wind. ** Notus (Νότος), god of the south wind. ** Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind. ** Aparctias, another name for the north wind (not identified with Boreas). ** Apheliotes, god of the east wind (when Eurus is considered southeast). ** Argestes, another name for the west or northwest wind. ** Caicias (Καικιας), god of the northeast wind. ** Circios or Thraskias, god of the north-northwest wind. ** Euronotus (Εβρονοτος), god of the southeast wind. ** Lips (Λίψ), god of the southwest wind. ** Skeiron, god of the northwest wind. ** Leuconotus (Λιβονοτος), god of south-southwest wind. *

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, the breeze personified. * Aurai, nymphs of the breeze. * Cardea, Roman goddess of health, thresholds, door hinges, and handles; associated with the wind. * Venti, (Latin, "winds") deities equivalent to the Greek Anemoi.

Western Asia

Hindu-Vedic

Maruts In Hinduism, the Maruts (; sa, मरुत), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni. The number of Maruts varies from 27 to sixty (three times sixty in RV 8.96.8). ...

, attendants of Indra, sometimes the same as the below group of gods. *

Rudra Rudra (; sa, रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. ...

, wind or storm god. * Rudras, followers of Rudra. *

Vayu Vayu (, sa, वायु, ), also known as Vata and Pavana, is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine massenger of the gods. In the '' Vedic scriptures'', Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king of ...

, god of wind.

Persian Zoroastarian

* Vayu-Vata, two gods often paired together; the former was the god of wind and the latter was the god of the atmosphere/air.

Uralic

Finnish

Ilmarinen Ilmarinen (), the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the ''Kalevala'', is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love. He ...

, blacksmith and god of the wind, weather and air. * Tuuletar, goddess or spirit of the wind.

Hungarian

Szélatya Szélatya or Szélkirály (Old Turkic: Çel Ede or Çel Ata, "Wind Father") is the Hungarian god or deity of wind. Szélanya, the Hungarian goddess of wind and daughter of the primordial god Kayra. *Zada, keeper of the precious Yada Tashy stone.

Sami

* Bieggolmai, unpredictable shovel-wielding god of the summer winds. * Biegkegaellies, god of the winter winds.

Asia-Pacific / Oceania

South and East Asia

India

, god of the winds and air. *

, Vedic god of storms, winds, and the hunt. * Svasti, consort of

and

shakti In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and r ...

or power that of

Chinese

Fei Lian Feilian (), also known as Xie Feng is the Chinese god of the wind, or Feng Bo. He is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and the tail of a snake. He carries wind with him in a bag and stirs up trouble. Feilian is kept in check by Houyi, the ...

, the Chinese wind god; Feng Bo is the human form of Fei Lian. *

Feng Po Po Feng Po Po (), also called Feng Popo or Feng Pho Pho, is the goddess of the wind in Chinese mythology who rules over storms and moisture. She is referred to as "Madame Wind", and is usually depicted as a crone, old and wrinkled. Feng Po Po can be s ...

, the Chinese wind goddess. * Feng Closa, general of the wind. * Han Zixian, assistant goddess of the wind.

Japanese

* Fūjin, the wind god. *

Shinatsuhiko Shinatsuhiko ( Kojiki: 志那都比古神 - Long Blowing Lad, Nihon Shoki: 級長津彦命) is a Japanese mythological god of wind (Fūjin). Another name for this deity is Shinatobe, who originally may have been a separate goddess of wind. The N ...

, god of the winds. *

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, the god of storms.

Korean

* Yondung Halmoni, goddess revered by farmers and sailors.

Vietnamese

* Thần Gió, the wind god.

Austronesia

Philippine

*Amihan, the Tagalog and Visayan goddess of the northeast winds. She is also known as Alunsina. * Anitun Tabu, the fickle-minded ancient Tagalog goddess of wind and rain. * Apo Angin, the Ilocano god of wind. *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). * Lihangin, the Visayan god of the wind. * Linamin at Barat, the goddess of monsoon winds in Palawan. *San Gabriel, the god of the wind of Caloocan. *

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, the eyes of the wind in Caloocan.

Polynesian

Hawaiian

* Hine-Tu-Whenua, Hawaiian goddess of wind and safe journeys. * La'a Maomao, Hawaiian god of the wind and forgiveness. * Pakaa, Hawaiian god of the wind and inventor of the sail.

= Winds of Māui

= The Polynesian trickster hero Māui captured or attempted to capture many winds during his travels. * Fisaga, the gentle breeze, the only wind that Māui failed to capture * Mata Upola, the east wind. * Matuu, the north wind.

Māori

* Hanui-o-Rangi. * Tāwhirimātea, Māori god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds, and storms.

Native American

North America

Anishinaabe

* Epigishmog, god of the west wind and spiritual being of ultimate destiny.

Cherokee

* Oonawieh Unggi, the ancient spirit of the wind.

Iroquois

* Da-jo-jo, mighty panther spirit of the west wind. * Gǎ-oh, spirit of the wind. * Ne-o-gah, cam dubs gentle fawn spirit of the south wind. * O-yan-do-ne, moose spirit of the east wind. * Ya-o-gah, destructive bear spirit of the north wind who is stopped by Gǎ-oh.

Inuit

* Silap Inua, the weather god who represents the breath of life and lures children to be lost in the tundra.

Lakota

* Okaga, fertility goddess of the south winds. * Taku Skanskan, capricious master of the four winds. *

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, a wind god or spirit in Lakota mythology. * Waziya, giant of the north winds who brings icy weather, famine, and diseases. * Wiyohipeyata, god of the west winds who oversees endings and events of the night. * Wiyohiyanpa, god of the east winds who oversees beginnings and events of the day. * Yum, the whirlwind son of Anog Ite.

Navajo

* Niltsi, ally of the Heroic Twins and one of the guardians of the sun gods.

Pawnee

* Hotoru, the giver of breath invoked in religious ceremonies.

Central American and the Caribbean

Aztec

* Cihuatecayotl, god of the west wind. * Ehecatotontli, gods of the breezes. *

Ehecatl Ehecatl ( nci-IPA, Ehēcatl, eʔˈeːkatɬ, ) is a pre-Columbian deity associated with the wind, who features in Aztec mythology and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of Mesoamerica. He is most usually interpreted ...

, god of wind. * Mictlanpachecatl, god of the north wind. * Tezcatlipoca, god of the night wind and hurricanes. * Tlalocayotl, god of the east wind. * Vitztlampaehecatl, god of the south wind.

Mayan

* Hurácan, K'iche' Maya creator god of the winds, storms and fire. * Pauahtuns, wind deities associated with the Bacab and

Chaac Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Mayan, Chaahk ) is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lighting. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain. Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among ...

Taino

* Guabancex, goddess of the wind and hurricanes.

South America

Quechua

Huayra-tata Wayra Tata ("Father of Wind"), also transliterated as Huayra-tata, was a god worshiped by the Puruhá Quechuas and Aymaras of the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes prior to European colonization. The god was represented as a human figure with two he ...

, god of the winds.

Brazil

* Iansã / Oyá, goddess of the winds.

References

{{List of mythological figures by region Wind deities