The rainbow bridge : rainbows in art, myth, and science
Throughout history the rainbow has been seen primarily as a symbol -- of peace, covenant, or divine sanction -- rather than as a natural phenomenon. Lee and Fraser discuss the role the rainbow has played in societies throughout the ages, surveying its different guises as a sign of optimism, bearer of Greek gods' messages of war and retribution, and a symbol of the Judeo-Christian bridge to the divine
Print Book, English, ©2001
Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa., ©2001