In Greek mythology, the god of the north wind, typically depicted as a bearded man who brought cold weather from the north.
From Greek 'Boreas' (Βορέας), possibly from 'borros' meaning north or cold, rooted in Indo-European origins referring to mountain winds and northern regions.
Boreas was so important to ancient Greek sailors that they built him a shrine in Athens—basically an insurance policy against deadly north winds—showing how mythology solved the problem of explaining and hoping to control dangerous weather.
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