A south wind is a wind that originates in the south and blows in a northward direction.
2-793: The south wind is the wind that originates from the south and blows north. South Wind may also refer to: South wind Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale), föhn /foehn (alps), ghibli ( Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil from the Antarctic ), khamsin (a hot spring wind in Egypt , with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest wind in Hawaii ), notus / lodos (see mythology below for origin) and sirocco (North Africa). In Greek mythology , Notus
4-458: Was the god of the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn. In Roman mythology the south wind was represented by Auster . In Egyptian mythology , Shehbui is the god of the south wind. He was depicted as a man with the head of a lion. In Native American Iroquois tradition, the south wind is brought by the Fawn, and has a warm and gentle temperament reminiscent of
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