# The North Wind — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> The North Wind in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-wind-and-fog

## Who they are

Personified wind, appears in wind and fog tale.

## Relationships

### [Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/winter)

_friendship_

The North Wind and Winter are natural allies, working together to bring cold and storms.

### [Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/winter)

_friendship_

The North Wind and Winter are natural allies, working together to bring cold and storms.

## In the story

### [The Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-hen)

The North wind is mentioned as waiting and later as the wind that the swallows feel in their wings.

### [Wind and Fog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/wind-and-fog)

Boasts arrogantly of his strength and his role in Winter's war against ships.

### [The Man with the Golden Earrings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-man-with-the-golden-earrings)

Not directly present, but the sailor's description of the Sargasso Sea evokes elemental forces.

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