Rainbow-goddess.
Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the upper world. · Weather-god. · view the constellation · filed as A288
Attested across traditions
- Greco-Roman The Aeneid
, Book 4
receipt
“So Iris came On dewy, saffron pinions down from heaven» A thousand colors on her radiant way» From the opposing sun.”
- Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid
, Book 1
receipt
“Iris,[51] the messenger of Juno, clothed in various colors, collects the waters, and bears a supply {upwards} to the clouds.”