THE NORTH WIND
god haunts this predilection
drawn into the shape of love
minus lover
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1. PURPLE-WINGED, THE NORTH WIND GOD, BOREAS WAS ALSO CALLED THE GOD OF WINTER WHO OFTEN APPEARS “as a gust-blowing head with bloated cheeks up among clouds... frequently found in old maps.”
http://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosBoreas.html
2. BOREAS AT ATHENS http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3294095?sid=21105056413781&uid=4&uid=3739552&uid=2&uid=3739256
3. JANNSON WIND ROSE, MAP OF THE WINDS
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1650_Jansson_Wind_Rose,_Anemographic_Chart,_or_Map_of_the_Winds_-_Geographicus_-_Anemographica-jannson-1650.jpg