What are the names of the Greek winds?

Answer 1

They were Boreas (north, Notus (south), Eurus (east), and Zephyrus (west). There were also names for winds from the northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest.

Answer 2

THE ANEMOI were the gods of the four directional winds--Boreas the North-Wind, Zephryos the West-Wind, Notos the South-Wind, and Euros the East-Wind.

There are many different gods of wind in different religions:

• Aeolus, the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology
• Amun, Egyptian god of creation and the wind
• Anemoi, the Greek wind gods Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus
• Ehecatl, one of the creator gods in Mesoamerican creation myths documented for pre-Columbian central Mexican cultures, such as the Aztec
• Enlil, the Mesopotamian/Sumerian god of air, wind, breadth, and loft
• Fei Lian, the Chinese wind god; Feng Bo is the human form of Fei Lian.
• Fūjin, the Japanese wind god and one of the eldest Shintogods
• Njord, in Norse mythology, is the god of the wind. There are also four dvärgar (Norse dwarves), named Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri, and probably thefour stags of Yggdrasil, personify the four winds, and parallel the four Greek wind gods.
• Pazuzu, the demon of the South-West wind and son of the god Hanbi in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology
• Shu, Egyptian god of the wind and air
• Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, was an Aztec god of wind.
• Sídhe, or Aos Sí, were the pantheon of Pre-Christian Ireland. Sídhe is usually taken as 'faery folk' but it is also Old Irish for wind or gust. [1]
• Stribog 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.
• Tate, a wind god or Spirit in Lakota mythology
• Tāwhirimātea, Māori god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms
• Vayu, the Hindu God of Wind, Hanuman's father
• Venti, the Roman gods of the winds, were essentially renamed Anemoi, borrowed from the Greeks.