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BIFROST

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BIFROST  , in Old Norse See also:

mythology, the See also:rainbow, which was supposed to See also:form the See also:bridge by which the gods passed between See also:heaven and See also:earth . It was guarded by See also:Heimdal, See also:god of See also:light .

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