The rainbow is the embodiment of all the colours of life. In many cultures of the world, the rainbow is a bridge between heaven and earth, a sign of God’s infinite mercy and love for mankind. In Kazakh culture the rainbow is called “kempirqosaq”. Ch. Valikhanov connects its etymology with the mythological idea that after the rain the group of sheep and goats – “qosaq” – is milked by the heavenly deity in the form of an old woman – “kempir”.
Ancient Turks believed that through rainbow to the people rising from the sky Great Mother Goddess – Umay ana. And it was the belt of the universe (Turkmen – alem koshar), Azerbaijan and Turks called the heavenly belt, and in Kumik language – Tengir Jaya, in translation “the bow of Tengri”.
