Deities and personifications of seasons

There are a number of deities associated with seasons and personifications of seasons in various mythologies, traditions, and fiction.

Staffordshire figure of Spring, from a set of the Four Seasons, Neale & Co, c. 1780, 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Jean Goujon, The Four Seasons, reliefs on the Hôtel Carnavalet, Paris, c. 1550s.

Winter
  • Kheimon, from Greek kheima, a hora of winter, early ancient Greece
  • Hiems, the Roman personification of winter.
  • Beira, Queen of Winter, also Cailleach Bheur, a personification or deity of winter in Gaelic mythology
  • Boreas (Βορέας, Boréas; also Βορρᾶς, Borrhás) was the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter. His name meant "North Wind" or "Devouring One". His name gives rise to the adjective "boreal".
  • Khione (from χιών – chiōn, "snow") is the daughter of Boreas and Greek goddess of snow
  • Ded Moroz (literally "Grandfather Frost"), a Russian substitute of Santa Claus
  • Father Winter – Albanian mythology
  • Itztlacoliuhqui, deified personification of winter-as-death in Aztecan mythology
  • Jack Frost
  • the Great Winter God (冬大神), of Ba Jia Jiang (The Eight Generals), originated from the Chinese folk beliefs and myths
  • Marzanna, slavic Goddess of Winter, Death, and Rebirth (also Marena, Morena, Morana, Mara, Maslenitsa).
  • Morozko, from a Russian fairy tale, translated as Father Frost
  • Old Man Winter, personification of winter.
  • Skaði (sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains in Norse mythology
  • Hine-Takurua Personification of the winter in Māori mythology and one Tamanuiterā, the sun god's two wives
  • Three Friends of Winter in Chinese art, the plum, bamboo and pine.
  • Shakok the god of winter the North Mountain in Native American mythology
  • Nane Sarma, Granma Frost, Iranian folklore.

Spring

Summer
  • Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty, associated with the sun and midsummer
  • Theros, a hora of summer, classic ancient Greece
  • Aestas, the Roman personification of summer.
  • Damia, a hora of summer, early ancient Greece
  • the Great Summer God (夏大神), of Ba Jia Jiang (The Eight Generals), originated from the Chinese folk beliefs and myths
  • Freyr, Norse god of summer, sunlight, life and rain
  • Hine-Raumati, Personification of the summer from Māori mythology
  • Miochin the god of summer & the South Mountain in Native American Mythology

Autumn
  • Pthinoporon, from Greek phthinophôron, a hora of autumn, classic ancient Greece
  • Autumnus, the Roman personification of autumn.
  • the Great Autumn God (秋大神), of Ba Jia Jiang (The Eight Generals), originated from the Chinese folk beliefs and myths
  • Shruisthia the god of autumn & the East Mountain in Native American Mythology

Anemoi

In ancient Greek mythology Anemoi were the gods of wind, three of which were associated with seasons:

  • Boreas (Septentrio in Latin) was the north wind and bringer of cold winter air
  • Zephyrus or Zephyr (Favonius in Latin) was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes
  • Notos (Auster in Latin) was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn
  • Eurus (Eurus in Latin) was the East Wind & bringer of warmth & rain

References
  1. H. Nettleship ed., A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1891) p. 238
  2. "Flora". Myth Index. Archived from the original on 2016-05-03.
  3. source of Jarilio name in IAU Nomenclature
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