A perfect hemispherical rainbow over
Bangkok, stretching from
Bang Kapi
to
Suwannaphum Airport (fig.).
In Thai
mythology, the rainbow is called
Inthanu,
meaning the ‘bow of
Indra’,
the god of heavens and weather.
Since the
naga is
the protector of the earthly waters, this mythological serpent is in Thai
iconography
often depicted in all the colours of the
rainbow (fig.).
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