BTW, "spirit" and "wind" have the same root in many languages...
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > The people in the area I'm living in have a similar relationship > > > > with the winds. Winds, plural, not wind. There are many of > > > > them; they all have their own names and their own > characteristics. > > > > And they all presage certain events and economic trends and > > > > behaviors in the people. This dates back to the medieval > period. > > > > > > I wonder why it doesn't go back into antiquity? Perhaps a > migration at > > > that time? > > > > It might. It was just first documented (AFAIK) during the > > medieval period when the different names were used in > > a metaphorical way in the Troubadour poetry. The tradition > > may have existed orally for a long time before that. > > Not to slight France, but naming specific regional > types of winds and attributing certain effects on > people to them is traditional worldwide. See a > previous post from me with the URL of a "named winds" > page. ("El Nino" is another example of a named wind, > but it's more of a global wind pattern, so it was > probably recognized only fairly recently; and I > don't think it's known for its psychic effects.) > > I'd guess that agricultural and seafaring societies > would have had to be particularly attuned to > different kinds of winds. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
