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The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. They were both cardinal concepts (used for mapping and understanding geographical features in relation to each other) as well as characters with personality, who could serve as antagonistic forces or helpful assistants in myths.
Daniel 7 (the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells of Daniel 's vision of four world-kingdoms replaced by the kingdom of the saints or "holy ones" of the Most High, which will endure for ever. Four beasts come out of the sea, the Ancient of Days sits in judgment over them, and "one like a son of man " is given eternal kingship.
In chapter 7, Daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms: A beast like a lion with eagle 's wings (v. 4). A beast like a bear, raised up on one side, with three Curves between its teeth (v. 5). A beast like a leopard with four wings of fowl and four heads (v. 6).
Kristin Hannah's "The Four Winds" is epic and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love that is likely to lead to a film adaptation.
Chapter II tells a legend of how the warrior Mudjekeewis became Father of the Four Winds by slaying the Great Bear of the mountains, Mishe-Mokwa. His son Wabun, the East Wind, falls in love with a maiden whom he turns into the Morning Star, Wabun-Annung. Wabun's brother, Kabibonokka, the North Wind, bringer of autumn and winter, attacks ...
Four Winds (New Orleans), a historic apartment building in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Casinos in Michigan, United States: Four Winds Dowagiac. Four Winds Hartford. Four Winds New Buffalo. Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium, baseball facility, South Bend, Indiana, United States. Four Winds, a suburb of south Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Iroquois myths tell of Gaoh, the personification of the wind. He is a giant and an "instrumentality through whom the Great Spirit moves the elements". [8] His home is in the far northern sky. [4] [a] He controls the four winds: north wind (Bear), west wind (Panther), east wind (Moose), and south wind (Fawn).
"The Street of the Four Winds" – an atmospheric tale of an artist in Paris who is drawn to a neighbor's room by a cat; the story ends with a tragic touch. "The Street of the First Shell" – a war story set in the Paris Siege of 1870. "The Street of Our Lady of the Fields" – romantic American bohemians in Paris.