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The Thousand Winds is a term that has appeared in legends and historical texts of Mondstadt and Enkanomiya. It has been used to refer to the following:

  1. Istaroth, the God of Time, also known as "the thousand winds of time" or simply "the thousand winds."[1]
  2. Personifications of the winds that protect Mondstadt, including Barbatos (Venti).[2][3][4]

Overview[]

Sources differ on what exactly the Thousand Winds encompass or represent. In Enkanomiya beliefs, Istaroth is the personification of "undying wind" and the phrases "the thousand winds of time" and "the thousand winds" refer to her and the power of wind.[1]

In Mondstadt, where worship of Istaroth seems to have faded out and been forgotten, "the thousand winds" is currently interpreted as the literal winds and clouds in northern Teyvat, each of which were allegedly given names and personalities through the Cloud Atlas and serve as Mondstadt's protectors.[2][5] Venti was originally a "single thread of the thousand winds" before he amassed power and eventually rose to godhood and the position of Archon as Barbatos.[3] Venti's power over wind is referred to, both by himself and by various descriptions in the game, as calling on the power of the thousand winds.[2][6][7]

The Thousand Winds Temple, on the other hand, preserved some of the worship of the "god of Time"; the carvings on the sundials at the Thousand Winds Temple and the Nameless Island leave messages associated with both the god of Time and the god of Anemo:

"Seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time."
Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time."

This can also be confirmed with the Ragged Notebook written by the missing friend of Henry Morton, and the weapons in the Sacrificial Series:

On the cliff facing the eastern sea, the ancestors worshipped the masters of Time and Anemo together.
The two are intimately related, as expressed in the saying, "Anemo brings stories while Time nurtures them."

—Opening lines of the lore in Sacrificial Bow, Sacrificial Greatsword and Sacrificial Sword

Rituals took the form of performances, [...]
A group who could bear the cold no longer built a shrine high on a clifftop in the east.

Other Known Members[]

  • The nameless wind spirit that aided the Gunnhildrs when they were outside of Decarabian's city[8]
  • A wind spirit that took the form of a fox and accidentally created the first wine of Mondstadt.[9]

Other Languages[]

LanguageOfficial NameLiteral Meaning
EnglishThousand Winds
Chinese
(Simplified)
千风
Qiānfēng
Thousand Winds
Chinese
(Traditional)
千風
Qiānfēng
Japanese千風
Senpuu
Thousand Winds
Korean천풍천풍
Cheonpung
Thousand Winds
SpanishMil VientosThousand Winds
FrenchMille VentsThousand Winds
RussianТысяча ветров
Tysyacha vetrov
Thousand Winds
ThaiThousand Winds
VietnameseThiên PhongThiên PhongThousand Winds
GermanTausend WindeThousand Winds
IndonesianThousand Winds
PortugueseVentos MilenaresMillennial Winds

Change History[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Quest Item: Hydrological Studies in Byakuyakoku
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weapon: Skyward Atlas
  3. 3.0 3.1 Venti's Character Story: Character Story 3
  4. Story Quest, Venti, Carmen Dei Chapter: Act I - Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land, Part 4: Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land
  5. Weapon: Skyward Spine
  6. Archon Quest, Prologue, Act I - The Outlander Who Caught the Wind, Part 7: Dragon Storm
  7. Weapon: Skyward Harp
  8. Book: Biography of Gunnhildr
  9. Book: A Drunkard's Tale, Vol. 4

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