Need your help. Originally I am coming from the country which traditionally has names for sixteen types of winds and each of them is associated with different types of moods: for example so called “tramuntana”(Greeks referred to this wind as Zephir) is a healthy North-West wind, which is attributed to a good mood, inspiration, and a standard Summer pattern; “šiloko” is the wind that changes directions and usually ends up turning South, bringing the weather change, rain, and storms, usually a very warm weather, so the mood change and irritation, aches, and pains in any formerly fractured bones is attributed to this type of a wind; there is “bura”—the sharp North wind which clears weather, and, therefore, clears minds, but you should not go anywhere with the sailing boat at that time, because the wind pushes you off the shore, it is not good for fishing at all; “južina” is a strong South wind which brings headaches, more deaths , asthma, heart problems, and especially lots of excessive or irritable behaviors that are attributed to this type of a wind; “levanat” is a type of North-East wind, which is associated with a irritated behavior or withdrawal from social connections, and it is also counter-clock wise. Even today, when the weather prognosis is broadcasted in my country of origin all winds that will affect weather in next two days are described thoroughly and on the area map are placed sad or smiley faces. At first, when my husband had seen this, he couldn’t stop laughing, but over the years he has begun to open his mind, although he still teases me a lot saying that this is just a not valid excuse for a bad day.
Now, I am not living any longer close to any sea (imagine my sad face), but I feel awful whenever I experience the counter-clock wise winds—I do not feel good whenever is the East or North-East, which are the counter-clock wise winds. I know it is a funny question, but if you have read “Death in Venice” written by Thomas Mann, the novel setting is associated with the influence of the South winds at Venice, which brings all kinds of moral and health decays at play. Does anybody here in the USA have any theories or interpretations of the weather association, specifically winds, with the moods? Is there a common understanding that connects the weather patterns and human behaviors in literature, common sense knowledge--old sayings, or research?
In the "Old Country" if you would talk to the old people, they could predict weather for you precisely for next few days according their mood observations and pains and aches. "My back hearths--it will be 'siloko' tomorrow"-and these old people were 99.9% right... Did you hear in the USA similar expressions anywhere? Does anyone knows about the field of study that would discuss the weather patterns and human behavior?