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Iris

Profile

You may not know it, but you already love Iris. Why? Because she's the goddess of rainbows. And seriously, how can you not like rainbows? For a while, everybody said Iris was a virgin goddess, but she ended up marrying Zephyrus, the West Wind. Sounds like a match made in… Olympus.

In addition to her colorful job as rainbow goddess, Iris is also a messenger of the gods. That means she spends most of her days winging down her multicolored bridge on her golden wings, making sure the mortal world gets an earful of what Olympus has to say. And because her rainbows span from the sea to the sky, she is able to fly back and forth, gathering seawater in a pitcher and refill the clouds with rain. Pretty impressive stuff.

Basic Information

Name	Iris
Nickname	Aellopous, Swiftfooted, Double Rainbow All the Way
Sex	Female
Current city	Olympus

Work & Education

Occupation	Goddess of the rainbow Messenger of the gods Creator of "oohs" and "aahs"
Education	Hermes School of Heraldry

Beliefs

Political views

Pro-Zeus

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Thaumas, the god of the wonders of the sea (Dad) Elektra, an Oceanid (Mom)
Siblings	The Harpies Arce (my twin sister who was a messenger for the Titans)
Children	Some people say that Eros and Pothos were my sons, but I'm not so sure about that.
Friends	The Harpies (somebody has to love them, right?)
Enemies	The Boreads (they made me crazy when they were chasing my Harpy sisters)

Relationships

Relationship status	Married to Zephyrus, the West Wind
Interested in	My husband

Favorites

TV Shows	Planet Earth Reading Rainbow The Weather Channel (don't hate)
Quotations	"Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold." – Proverb "Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected." – Mahatma Gandhi "We live in a rainbow of chaos." – Paul Cezanne "None loves the messenger who brings bad news" – Sophocles "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." – Dolly Parton "Double rainbow all the way across the sky. So intense." – The Double Rainbow Guy
Books	The Color Purple (one of my favorite colors and books) "in Just-" by e. e. cummings Angels in America by Tony Kushner (an angel shows up with a serious message in this play) The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (reminds me of my hubby, Zephyrus) Wicked by Gregory Maguire "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (a poem about a guy with a pretty important message to deliver.) The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (I like the version of me that Mr. Riordan writes)
Music	Double Rainbow Song (a true classic) Over the Rainbow (this one's pretty good, too) Such Great Heights by the Postal Service (me and Zephyrus's song) Roygbiv by Boards of Canada What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Message in a Bottle by The Police Reading Rainbow Theme Song The Messenger by Linkin Park The Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by IZ, Israel Kamakawiwo`Ole
Movies	The Wizard of Oz The Messenger A Shine of Rainbows Beasts of the Southern Wild The Lake House You've Got Mail The Postman Iris Finian's Rainbow

Activities & Interests

Likes	Rainbows (obvi) Double rainbows (even better) Magic Markers Skittles The USPS Rainbow Brite
Interests	Meteorology Communications
Groups	Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Color Guard Rainbow Walkers Club Postal Workers Union

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