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Direction Arch Angel Element
East Raphael Air
South Michael Fire
West Gabriel Water
North Auriel/Uriel Earth
Into Europe along the Mediterranean, we see the development of the Greek and
Roman pantheons. With those pantheons, we see again the principles of the four car-
dinal directions and their guardians. These guardians were known as the four Winds in
both the Greek and Roman pantheon.
Greek and Roman Gods of the Four Winds—Mediterranean
Direction Greek God Roman God
East Eurus Vulturnus
South Notus Auster
West Zephyrus Favonius
North Boreas Aquilo
Although the Greeks did use a system in which the four cardinal directions were of
key interest, they also included the cross Quarters of those cardinal directions as follows.
Direction Greek God
East Eurus
South East Apeliotus
South Notus
South West Lips/Livos
West Zephyrus
North West Kaikias
North Boreua
North East Skeiron
With the passage way open to Northern Europe, we see the Norse and other Euro-
pean principles of the four directions develop.
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