Rainbow Warrior Explained

Rainbow Warrior(s), rainbow warrior(s), or Warriors of the Rainbow may refer to

Arts and entertainment

Books

• Warriors of the Rainbow (1962), an evangelical religious tract by William Willoya and Vinson Brown, that inspired the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, a fakelore environmentalist belief of fulfilling a Native American prophecy

Film and television

• The Rainbow Warrior (film), 1993, about the Greenpeace ship
• , 2011 Taiwanese film
• "The Rainbow Warrior", an episode from season 2 of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Music

• "Rainbow Warrior", song by Bleak House, notable for inspiring "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" by Metallica
• "Rainbow Warrior", song by The Buggles on their album Adventures in Modern Recording
• "Rainbow Warrior", song by Cobalt 60 on their album Twelve

Video games

• Rainbow Warrior (video game), 1989 videogame developed by Greenpeace

Ships

• Rainbow Warrior (1955), former fishing trawler Sir William Hardy, acquired by Greenpeace in 1978 and sunk by the French intelligence service in 1985
  • Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, in 1985
• Rainbow Warrior (1957), auxiliary three-masted schooner, acquired by Greenpeace in 1989
• Rainbow Warrior (2011), purpose-designed Greenpeace ship

Sports

• Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, sports teams at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
• The Rainbow Warriors or Rainbow Warrior, nickname for Jeff Gordon's auto racing team or car

Other uses

• Rainbow Warrior, self-description of executed murderer Joseph Mitchell Parsons (referring to Jeff Gordon)
• Rainbow warrior, nickname for Swedish human rights activist Linnéa Claeson

See also

• Rainbow Family
• Rainbow flag
• Rainbow Gathering
• "Rainbowarriors", song by American band CocoRosie on their 2007 album The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn