"Holy Inana embarked on the [...] the barge. [...] The south wind, that south wind, rose up. The evil wind, that evil …"

"Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it, and created the horse."

"The south wind is harmful to man."

"Wind of the sunny south! oh, still delay In the gay woods and in the golden air, Like to a good old age released from…"

"Blow, northerne wynd, Sent thou me my suetyng! Blow, northerne wynd, Blou! Blou! Blou!"

"The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue."

"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved …"

"The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen."

"The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowin…"

"The north wind is a satisfying wind."