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ID: 901000678
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000678
Record Type: Character/Person

Four Winds (allegorical characters)

Note: Characters representing the four winds corresponding to the four cardinal directions; generic term for a concept based on the similar but distinct deities of Greek and Roman mythology.

Names:
Four Winds (allegorical characters) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Four Winds (allegorical characters) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Anemoi
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Anemoi (Greek deities)) [901001579]
associated with .... Venti
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Venti (Roman deities)) [901001580]

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

Sources:
Four Winds (allegorical characters)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=3338&handle=li

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