Rainbow made as bridge by the gods

Motif

Rainbow made as bridge by the gods.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The heavenly lights. · The heavenly lights. · view the constellation · filed as A791.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

NorseThe Prose Edda (The Younger Edda), THE FOOLING OF GYLFE. V

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icel.MacCulloch Eddic 329.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Rainbow.

Filed beside it

Rainbow as bow of deity Rainbow as snake Rainbow has three colors Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups Rainbow is horse of rain-god Rainbow comes out of an anthill Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers)Rainbow as covenant between creator and men

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