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Perhaps the most famous legend about rainbows is that Leprechauns hide their gold at the end of the rainbow. This is impossible, of course, as rainbows are only an optical illusion and move with the viewer.

The Greeks believed that rainbows were streaks made by the messenger Iris as she traveled between heaven and earth. In fact, the Spanish word for rainbow is arcoiris.

Chinese mythology states that rainbows happen when the goddess Nüwa seals up a rip in the sky using five different colored stones. For Hindus, lightning is the thunder god's bow. In Christian lore, the rainbow was God's promise to Noah that he wouldn't need the ark anymore.