Is a Japanese word, usually translated as divine wind, believed to be a gift from the gods. The term is first known to have been used as the name of a pair or series of typhoons that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan that attacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. is a name for the storm that deterred the from an invasion of in 1588 where the wind played a pivotal role, the favorable winds that enable to invade England in 1688. During the French soldiers had a hard time with the wind: when the storm appeared "as a blood-stint in the distant sky", the natives went to take cover, while the French "did not react until it was too late, then choked and fainted in the blinding, suffocating walls of dust." During the of the "allied and German troops were several times forced to halt in mid-battle because of sandstorms caused by khamsin ... Grains of sand whirled by the wind blinded the soldiers and created electrical disturbances that rendered compasses useless.
As a natural force, the wind was often personified as one or more or as an expression of the in many cultures. is the Hindu God of Wind. The Greek wind gods include and, in varying interpretations the ruler or keeper of the four winds, has also been described as the god of dusk who fathered the four winds with goddess of dawn. The also observed the seasonal change of the winds, as evidenced by the in Venti are the Roman gods of the winds. the Japanese wind god and is one of the eldest gods. According to legend, he was present at the creation of the world and first let the winds out of his bag to clear the world of mist. In is the god of the wind. There are also four dvärgar (named and probably the personify the four winds, and parallel the four Greek wind gods. is the name of the of winds, sky and air. He is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions.
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