Personifications
- Old Man Winter, also known as Father Winter
- Jack Frost
- Ded Moroz
- Snegurochka
- Vetr
- Sinterklaas etc.
In Bangla the advent of winter is often expressed by the sentence "Sheeter buri ashchhe dheye" which means "the winter old woman is coming fast". This is used especially when it is said to a child.