Who was Iris the goddess?

Answer 1

Iris ( the Greek/Roman goddess of the rainbow) connects the earth and heaven with her rainbow bridge. As a messenger goddess she can shape shift when she delivers her messages, turning into the image of the sender. Her parents were Thaumas and the air nymph Electra. Her sisters are the Harpies, Aello, Phineus, and Ocypete. Her brother was the river Hydaspes.

She carries an ewer of water from the Styx, with which she puts to sleep all who perjure themselves. Goddess of sea and sky, she is also represented as supplying the clouds with the water needed to deluge the world.

Iris had the same name in both Greek and Roman mythology.

Answer 2

Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow. She is pictured as a maiden with golden wings. She married the god of the west wind, Zephyrus. Together they had a son called Pothos. Her father was Thauma, a sea god who was defeated by Neptune. Her mother was the cloud nymph Electra. Her twin sister was Arke, who betrayed the Olympian gods to become a messenger for the Titans.

Answer 3

As the messenger of the Olympian gods (particularly, Hera) she likely lived on Olympus.

Answer 4

She was beautiful and dressed in a gown of rainbow-colored opalescent drops. Iris used the rainbow to send messages from Olympus to Earth.

Answer 5

In Greek mythology Iris has no daughters. She had only a son, Pothos, by the god of the West Wind, Zephyrus.

Answer 6

Iris is not a commonly known Greek goddess.

Answer 7

Iris was an immortal goddess in Greek mythology.

Answer 8

She lived with the gods on Mount Olympus.