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Deities and personifications of seasons

Jean Goujon, The Four Seasons, reliefs on the Hôtel Carnavalet, Paris, c. 1550s.

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

Winter

Spring

Staffordshire figure of Spring, from a set of the Four Seasons, Neale & Co, c. 1780, 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Summer

Autumn

Anemoi

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

References

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