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An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows in a westward direction. This wind is referenced as symbolism in culture, mythology, poetry, and literature. In culture and mythology In Islam, the east wind Sabā holds religious significance as it is said to have assisted Prophet Muhammad in the Battle of the Trench, and makes frequent appearances in the Quran. In Chinese culture, east wind (; Dongfeng) is often used as a metaphor for the driving force or momentum of revolution and progress. The People's Liberation Army thus uses "east wind" (Dongfeng) as the name of its tactical missile series. In Greek mythology, Eurus, the east wind, was the only wind not associated with one of the three Greek seasons. Eurus is also the only one of these four Anemoi not mentioned in Hesiod's Theogony or in the Orphic Hymns.

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Notable quotes

“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
— Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (1906), ch. 28.
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
— Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow, (1917), "His Last Bow," p. 980.
“The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at , .
“He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”
— Tanakh, Isaiah, XXVII. 8.
“The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.”
— Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter VI.

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Notable quotes

“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
— Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (1906), ch. 28.
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
— Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow, (1917), "His Last Bow," p. 980.
“The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at , .
“He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”
— Tanakh, Isaiah, XXVII. 8.
“The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.”
— Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter VI.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named east wind: former passenger train in the United States · 1993 film directed by Robert Enrico

Overview

An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows in a westward direction. This wind is referenced as symbolism in culture, mythology, poetry, and literature. In culture and mythology In Islam, the east wind Sabā holds religious significance as it is said to have assisted Prophet Muhammad in the Battle of the Trench, and makes frequent appearances in the Quran. In Chinese culture, east wind (; Dongfeng) is often used as a metaphor for the driving force or momentum of revolution and progress. The People's Liberation Army thus uses "east wind" (Dongfeng) as the name of its tactical missile series. In Greek mythology, Eurus, the east wind, was the only wind not associated with one of the three Greek seasons. Eurus is also the only one of these four Anemoi not mentioned in Hesiod's Theogony or in the Orphic Hymns.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows in a westward direction. This wind is referenced as symbolism in culture, mythology, poetry, and literature.

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