rainbow bridge
Deceased pet's destination
Rainbow bridge is a euphemistic term for the death of a pet, imagining a meadow connected to heaven by a rainbow-colored bridge where deceased pets wait to reunite with their owners.
The phrase comes from a prose poem that circulated widely in the 1980s and 1990s.
We had to put Max down last week—he's crossed the rainbow bridge.
Norse mythological celestial pathway
- AsgardNorse divine realm
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
- OdinChief Norse deity
- ThorGermanic thunder deity
Heimdall · Midgard · Ragnarok · saga · Freyja · Loki · Fenrir · Jotunheim
Sky or bliss
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- transitionChange from one state
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
celestial · divine · transcendence · paradise · eternity · peace · meadow · waiting
State of having company
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- loveIntense fond attachment
- attachmentConnection or fondness
friendship · connection · trust · unconditional · faithful · memory · cherished · inseparable
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- farewellLeave-taking expression
memorial · cremation · remembrance · euthanasia · goodbye · sorrow · heartache · departed
Bifrost
Norse mythological celestial pathway
Thor · Heimdall · Midgard · Ragnarok · saga · Freyja · Loki · Fenrir · Jotunheim · Gjallarhorn
heaven
Sky or bliss
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- transitionChange from one state
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
otherworldly · celestial · divine · transcendence · paradise · eternity · peace · meadow · waiting · reunion
companionship
State of having company
attachment · friendship · connection · trust · unconditional · faithful · memory · cherished · inseparable · kinship
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
farewell · memorial · cremation · remembrance · euthanasia · goodbye · sorrow · heartache · departed · solace
- arch bridgesPonte Vecchio
- sacred portalsmagic portal, dimensional rift, torii gate, temple gate, pearly gates
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- fairy tale elementsfairies, pixies, sprites, elves, gnomes
- fairy tale placesenchanted forest, fairy glen, magic kingdom, haunted castle, fairy ring
- rainbowarc, red, colors, orange, spectrum
rainbow bridgeoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
annihilation · the void · nothingness · final goodbye · void
rainbow bridgeconcrete bridge
Poured-stone span over gap
steel bridge · stone bridge · Golden Gate Bridge · brick-and-mortar · highway overpass
rainbow, bridge, rain, rainbows, bridges, rains, rained, raining, rainy