Brother Wind

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Brother Wind is a personified element of nature in Francis of Assisi’s "Canticle of the Sun," representing the spiritual kinship between humans and the natural world.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brother Wind canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical figure ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
personified element of nature ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
appearsIn Christian hymnody ⓘ
Franciscan liturgical celebrations ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic tradition ⓘ
Christian environmental thought ⓘ
Franciscan spirituality ⓘ
praise of God through creation ⓘ
basedOn Christian theology of creation ⓘ
medieval Christian cosmology ⓘ
belongsToWorkGenre Christian hymn ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
createdBy Francis of Assisi ⓘ
culturalContext Franciscan movement ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan family

Italian medieval Christianity ⓘ
describedBy Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasKinshipForm brother ⓘ
hasLiteraryFunction didactic figure ⓘ
personification ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
hasRole representation of air ⓘ
representation of wind ⓘ
hasTheme interconnectedness of all creatures ⓘ
sacrality of nature ⓘ
inspired interpretations of nature as spiritual kin ⓘ
later Christian ecological reflections ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
partOf Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
portrayedAs benevolent force of nature ⓘ
creature praising God ⓘ
represents air ⓘ
harmony between humans and creation ⓘ
natural world ⓘ
spiritual kinship between humans and nature ⓘ
wind ⓘ
timeOfOrigin early 13th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canticle of the Sun → addresses → Brother Wind ⓘ
Praise of the Creatures → praises → Brother Wind ⓘ
Brother Fire → groupedWith → Brother Wind ⓘ