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Rainbow Brite uses the rainbow to travel between Rainbowland and Earth. Her horse Starlite has a rainbow mane and tail. The 1988 film The Serpent and the Rainbow; In the 1996 film Rainbow, damage to a rainbow threatens the world at large. In the 2009 film A Shine of Rainbows, the young protagonist is promised to be taken into a rainbow.
The rainbow is depicted as an archer's bow in Hindu mythology. Indra, the god of thunder and war, uses the rainbow to shoot arrows of lightning. [11] In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology, the rainbow is the bow of a weather god, Quzaḥ, whose name survives in the Arabic word for rainbow, قوس قزح qaws Quzaḥ, "the bow of Quzaḥ".
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (Hebrew: בְּרִיתוֹת) with God ().These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which is decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Abraham, the whole Israelite people, the Israelite priesthood, and the Davidic lineage of kings.
In the Bible story of Jesus quieting the storm, children see that adults, too, can have fears. In telling the story of David and Goliath, Gerbert realizes that fear and courage go together. Discovering the promise that God will be our strength, Gerbert overcomes his fear of the doctor, teaching children to rely on the Lord.
The Rainbow promise is a shortened version of the Brownie and Girl Guides' promise, adapted to accommodate the Rainbows' young age. The promise is: The promise is: I promise that I will do my best, to think about my beliefs and to be kind and helpful.
No one can bar a Texas teacher from displaying an “In God We Trust” sign donated to his or her classroom, according to a new state law. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill in a 27-second video ...
The Rainbow Serpent then traces the scent back to the sisters sleeping in their hut, a metaphor for the uterus. The Rainbow Serpent enters, a symbolic representation of a snake entering a hole, and eats them and their children. However, the Rainbow Serpent regurgitates them after being bitten by an ant, [15] and this act creates Arnhem Land ...