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ID: 901001824
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001824
Record Type: Character/Person

Favonius (Roman deity)

Note: God of the west wind, counterpart to the Greek Zephyrus.

Names:
Favonius (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Favonius (Roman deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Zephyrus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Anemoi (Greek deities), Zephyrus (Greek deity)) [901001825]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... wind (weather phenomena)
.....(weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Favonius (Roman deity)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 26C127 west wind, 'Favonius', 'Zephirus' (one of eight directions)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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