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.

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Label Occurrences
Brother Wind canonical 3

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 Saint Francis of Assisi
surface form: Francis of Assisi
culturalContext Franciscan family
surface form: Franciscan movement

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

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