#winds

[cuties-in-codices]

the twelve winds

illustration from an astrological-astronomical miscellany, alemmanic german, c. 1500

source: Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 8.7 Aug. 4º, fol. 124r

[downfalldestiny]

Morning Vibes ☕🔥!.

[reality-detective]

Winds from a NASCAR race.

[larimar]

snoopygrams

[madcat-world]

Shada’ar (2 of 2) - F3LC4T

[artbyanca]

Sfânta Duminică, great lady of the week, mother of the winds and protector of mankind.

In Romanian mythology the days of the week are personified as 7 holy sisters as old as time itself. Highest among these sisters is Duminică (aka Sunday), a kind old lady who seeks to ease humanity's burdens and is a fixure of Romaninan tales. She is honored on her holy day with rest and merriment. It is said that any work done on Sunday gets branded into the holy lady’s flesh, which her 12 sons, the winds, can’t suffer and though they deeply love mankind, they will seek vengence for ther injured mother. These 12 good winds wander the world, observing and helping people wherever they go, until they too feel the need to rest. Then they return to their mother’s home, beyond the primordial waters of the river Sâmbăta, to bring her word of everything that happened in the world. There Duminică lives with her two loyal guardians, a she-dog with iron fangs and a he-dog named ‘light-as-the-wind-heavy-as-the-earth’. On Sunday after church service she visits every home in the world to gift people luck and good health, staying longest where her sons told her the people are struggling; but if she heard that somone has not been kind over the week she will peek in for just a second to take back the blessings that they've been missusing.

[ksjanes]

AIR ELEMENT

Effortlessly you adjust to the winds, as they touch you gently and fiercely. You are free from worry, fear and resistance. You move playfully as the winds inspire your lovely dance. You rest fully grounded as your green blades of grass reach out dancing with the winds. You are free.

K.S. Janes

[wiirocku]

Amos 4:13 (NLT) - For the LORD is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals His thoughts to mankind. He turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads on the heights of the earth. The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies is His name!

[random-xpressions]

When the winds come and flirt with the trees, there's a music that's heard.

Tell me then, whose music is it, does that belong to the tree or to the wind?

The music wouldn't have existed unless the two came together.

It belonged to them, exclusively to them...

Random Xpressions

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The substance of the winds is too thin for human eyes, their written language is too difficult for human minds, and their spoken language mostly too faint for the ears.

- John Muir

[luc3]

WIND.S (French Folks Traditions)

By observing the wind at certain times, we can know which one will dominate during the year. In this area, the Palm Sunday wind is the most widespread indicator, but it is not the only one.

In Côte d'Or, it is the one that blows during the Elevation of the mass of the first Sunday of Lent, unless it is "corrected" by that of Palm Sunday.

Often, the personified winds also engage in battle.

In the Marne, according to tradition the winds begin to fight on the day of the Conversion of Saint Paul (January 25) and cease their fight on Saint Blaise (February 3). The wind that wins the victory will be the one that blows that day: it will dominate throughout the year.

In the Vosges, it is said that the four winds fight at the Conversion of Saint Paul and that the first to blow at sunrise will be the dominant wind of the year to come.

Each region being exposed to different winds, beliefs often crystallize on those that farmers observe at home. For example, in Puy-de-Dôme, the east wind is only supposed to blow very rarely and not for more than three hours at a time.

A woman from the Gospel of the Cattails (15th century) declares that in Savoy, to ward off a storm, you must make a fire with four oak sticks crossed in the wind and draw a cross on them. (a lot of crosses, definitely.)

Marine winds :

In Finistère it is usual to clean a chapel which will be chosen and to pour the collected dust in the direction of the wind that we want to see blow.

In the 16th century, the sorcerers' wind ropes were mentioned, which had three enchanted knots. The first to be unknot gets a gentle wind. The second a strong wind and the third, a storm.

Often, Saint Anthony is invoked with insults when the sea is calm, or the moss of the boats must whip each other to bring in the winds.

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Omens :

Still in the Gospel of the Cattail it is also said that when "you hear a strong wind, know that it is a sign of betrayal, or bad news."

In certain regions (Brittany) high winds are signs of misfortune, but in others (Berry) of prolific harvests. "Year of high wind - Year of wheat".

In many places in central France, there is fear of the wind on August 9, which can destroy crops overnight.

In the Vosges, we fear the wind at night from January 11 to 12. If it comes from the East, the animals will die. If he comes from the South, the house will be full of sick people. If he comes from the West, there will be war, and if he comes from the North, the fields will be barren.

Gusts of Wind and Whirlwind :

In many places in France, Whirlwinds are a "bad" omen : either the Devil pursues a soul; either certain People of the Little People pursue several; either it is the souls of the damned who wander and seek to harm men; (etc)

Sometimes, even Sorcerers can find themselves caught in it against their will for not having obeyed the Demon's orders.

In most cases, to free those who are under the influence of such winds, it is necessary to plant a knife with a curved blade in the center of the whirlwind. Sometimes it is a fork; in all cases it must be a metal and sharp object. Often it is necessary to pronounce consecrated formulas and command the “Follet” to go away.

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[Excerpts arranged by me from Sebillot & M.C Delmas.]

[pics @Pinterest]

[photozoi]

Beauty in death.

There is a whole pond under this downed Doug. The frogs will have shade this summer.

[downfalldestiny]

Beautiful Bavarian Germany 🇩🇪 !.

[arcadebroke]

[dk-thrive]

as if everything heavy and cold vanished at once... / weightless as clouds in the great day’s windy April.

Donald Hall, from “Great Day in the Cows’ House” in “Great Day in the Cows' House” (Published by Ives Street Press, Mt. Carmel, CT, 1984)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece

Greek vintage postcard