Rainbows in culture Rainbows in culture The rainbow, a natural phenomenon noted for its design and its place in the sky, has been a favorite component of art and religion throughout history. The rainbow has a place in legend owing to its 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 Nüwa using stones of five different colours. The Irish leprechaun's secret hiding place for his pot of gold
At the End of the Rainbow it plays more like something you'd watch at 3 a.m. after a long night of overindulgence." And the "kiddie camp" connoisseurs at KiddieMatinee.com described the film writing, ""The Princess and the Magic Frog" (1965), produced and released originally as "At the End of the Rainbow", is a fascinating (albeit threadbare) U.S. fantasy film, very much in the spirit of similar mid-1960s Kiddie Matinee indie product such as "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", "The Magic Christmas Tree" and "Jimmy, the Boy Wonder". [...] (O)ne wonders if 60's tots would have found this odd fairy tale engaging or excruciating. It looks more