I39A. The souls of the dead walk across the rainbow. (.16.21.24.25.28.32.40.42.47.48.59.67.)
Thesouls of the dead walk across the rainbow to another world.
Germans, Tibetans, Kachin, Andamans, Eastern Toraja, Flores, Atayal, Saisha, Tsow, Rukai, Paiwan, ami, Russians (Tula, Vladimir), Chuvash, Baffin Land, Tlingit, Yuchi, Yuki , warrau, tupari.
Western Europe. The Germans [the rainbow is the bridge through which angels lead the souls of the righteous to heaven]: Grimm 1883:733.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibet [la (vitality, soul) of saints goes to heaven after death on a five-color rainbow]: Ogneva 1982:511; kachin (jinpo) [the land of the dead Sawaka is between heaven and earth; there The souls of those who died violently are walking; the rainbow is the ladder that souls climb]: Elwin 1958a, No. 17:79.
Malaysia-Indonesia. The Andamans [rainbow is a reed bridge from the ground to the world of the dead; the dead descend it to visit relatives]: Radcliffe-Brown 1933:145-146, 169; Eastern Toraja [dead rise up the rainbow to heaven]: Adriani, Kruyt 1950, No. 36:407; Flores [the souls of those who died during the dry season first go to the mountain and wait there for those who die during the rainy season; then they all go together to the world of the dead rainbow bridge; when it rains, the god Guru Giwa rides a horse on a rainbow bridge; the rainbow bridge consists of colorful snakes; people used to climb the rainbow bridge to heaven and gods descend to the ground; A leper cut it, communication was broken; the remains of the bridge are visible in the form of a rainbow]: Bader 1971:951-952;
Taiwan-Philippines. Atayal, saisha, tsoo, rukai, paiwan, ami [rainbow is a bridge, mostly a bridge where souls cross a dangerous river on their way to another world]: Yamada 2002:67.
Central Europe. Russians: Dobrovolskaya 2010 (Vladimirskaya) [the rainbow is the road to heaven and the Milky Way is the road to hell; or vice versa]: 147; 2011a [rainbow is God's bridge through which souls go to heaven or hell]: 207; Kolchin 1899 (Tula) [angels ascend to heaven along the rainbow bridge with the souls of the righteous; this bridge rests at its ends on earth's water wells, from which seven colorful pipes draw water and conduct to heaven]: 11.
Volga - Perm. Chuvashi [the old Muslim view is reflected in the belief that the soul of the deceased crosses the rainbow to the next world]: Ashmarin 1984:28 (=2003:301).
The Arctic. Baffin's Land [the souls of the dead walk across the rainbow to the month near which there is a lake rich in fish and waterfowl]: Boas 1888:590.
NW Coast. Tlingit: Emmons, de Laguna 1991 [rainbow is a ladder, the path that takes the souls of dead warriors to the upper sky]: 428; Swanton 1908b [the souls of the dead rise up the rainbow to the upper world]: 452.
Southeast USA. Yuchi [four days of souls walk east on the rainbow; a huge cloud hits the ends of the earth; some souls are crushed, some are returning to earth, some going to the abode of souls]: Speck 1909:97.
California. Yuki [the rainbow is the bridge that girls who die during their first periods go to heaven]: Foster 1944:207-208.
Guiana. Varrau [Dauarani is the Mother of the Forest; her soul is on South World Mountain and her body is on Yuz-oh; her companion is a snake bridge from its zenith to her world; he is as straight as an arrow, his mouth is always open eight horns, four in front and four in the back; two pairs on the right are red and green, two on the left are yellow and blue; a psychopomp leads the souls of the dead across this bridge]: Wilbert 1975b: 166, 175; 1976:338.
Bolivia - Guaporé. Tupari: Caspar 1975:195 [snakes that take souls to another world - colorful rainbows], 199 [on their way to the land of dead souls approach the river; two giant snakes form a bridge; souls come first over it, then on the backs of two caimans].