Rainbows

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky why the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere.  It takes the form of a multicolored arc.  Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.  

Rainbows have their place in many legends owing to their beauty and the historical difficulty in explaining the phenomenon.  

In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow was considered to be a path made by a messenger (Iris) between Earth and Heaven.  

In Chinese mythology, the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by goddess Nuwa using stones of five different colors.  

According to Christian religion and Judaic religion, after Noah’s flood God put the rainbow in the sky as the sign of His promise that HE would never again destroy the earth with flood (Genesis 9:13-17).

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.”