Fifty Words for Snow
Fifty Words for Snow Snow. In this exquisite exploration, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow.In Japanese we encounter yuki-onna – a ‘snow…
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Fifty Words for Snow
Snow. In this exquisite exploration, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow.In Japanese we encounter yuki-onna – a ‘snow woman’ who drifts through the frosted land. Every language has its own words for the magical, mesmerising flakes that fall from the sky.
And in Māori we meet Huka-rere – ‘one of the children of rain and wind’.From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, each of these linguistic snow crysta In Icelandic it is hundslappadrífa – ‘snowflakes as big as a dog’s paw’ – that softly blanket the streets.