CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

List of wind deities

Wikimedia list article

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ51845481 ↗
Source-derived summary

A wind deity, or air deity, is a deity who controls the air and the wind(s). Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.

Africa

Yoruba

Tradito, the goddess of wind, storms, and transformation.

Oya, goddess of storms, strong winds, lightning, and air.

Zulu

Mamlambo, a South African goddess who dwells in water and is roughly equivalent to the Western mermaid.

Nomkhubulwana/Nomkhubulwane, an spirit associated with rain.

Egyptian

Amun, god of creation and the wind.

Henkhisesui, god of the east wind.

Editorial summary

“List of wind deities” enters the record as wikimedia list article. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what List, wind and deities can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 112-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around List, wind and deities.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“List of wind deities” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, List, wind and deities provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q51845481. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “List of wind deities”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow List of wind deities primary sources, List of wind deities archive and List research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “List of wind deities”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “List of wind deities” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.