The Inca god of the rainbow, Cuichu, served the god of the sun, Inti, and the goddess of the moon, Mama Quilla. Also known as Cuycha, he had his own temple within the sacred Coricancha complex, featuring a golden arc painted with seven colors of the rainbow. In Inca belief, the rainbows were also two-headed serpents that had their heads buried in springs deep in the earth.

The lush green leaves now softly stir,
The past relives, the spirits walk
And in the sacred place that glows
The gods with ancients sit and talk
Masterblaster, The Fire of the Incas

On this long storm the Rainbow rose‐
On this late Morn‐the Sun‐
The clouds‐like listless Elephants‐
Horizons‐straggled down‐
Emily Dickinson , On this long storm the Rainbow rose

Right against the dusky sky
Shines the path‐way, fair and high,
From the valley, cool and green,
Where the floating mists are seen,
To the mountain far away
In the distance, dim and gray.
James Baldwin, The Rainbows

Whose doorway was it, in the sordid street,
That gave us shelter from the sudden rain, ‐
Two vagrant sparrows on a dripping branch,
Waiting a moment to spread wing again?
Vine Colby, The Rainbow

Riders On The Storm, The Doors

The Rainbow Connection, Carpenters

Smooth Operator, Sade Dust in the Wind, Kansas