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Mythology

In the rainbow is called meaning "the and dhanush is bow) of the god of and ". Another Indian mythology says the rainbow is the bow of the incarnation of It is called Ramdhonu in dhonuArabian Peninsula, the rainbow, called Qaus Quzaħ in Arabic, is the war bow of the god Quzaħ. (dhanush) meaning bow. Likewise, in mythology of

In a rainbow called th Bridge connects the realms of and homes of the gods and humans, respectively. The Irish's secret hiding place for his pot of gold is usually said to be at the end of the rainbow. This place is impossible to reach, because the rainbow is an optical effect which depends on the location of the viewer. When walking towards the end of a rainbow, it will appear to "move" further away (two people who simultaneously observe a rainbow at different locations will disagree about where a rainbow is).

The rainbow has a place in legend owing to its beauty and the historical difficulty in explaining the phenomenon.

In the rainbow was the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by goddess using stones of five different colours.

Then Ishtar arrived. She lifted up the necklace of great jewels that her father, Anu, had created to please her and said, "Heavenly gods, as surely as this jewelled necklace hangs upon my neck, I will never forget these days of the great flood. Let all of the gods except Enlil come to the offering. Enlil may not come, for without reason he brought forth the flood that destroyed my people."