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| Caption = The [[Diana of Versailles]]
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'''''Wend Kuuni''''' (also known as '''''God's Gift''''') is a 1982 [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabé]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Gaston Kaboré]].
{{Ancient Roman religion}}
==Plot==
In [[Roman mythology]], '''Diana''' was the goddess of the [[hunting|hunt]], being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the [[moon]]. In literature she was the [[Greek deities and their Roman and Etruscan counterparts|equivalent]] of the [[Greek mythology|Greek goddess]] [[Artemis]], though in [[Cult (religion)|cult beliefs]] she was [[Italy|Italic]], not Greek, in origin. Diana was worshipped in [[ancient Roman religion]] and is currently revered in the religions of [[Nova Roma|Religio Romana Neopaganism]] and [[Stregheria]].
The movie starts out with a village leader coming into the house of a crying mother. He says to give up hope that your husband is still alive. Resisting from the comments, the mother decides to run away with her child.


The scene then changes and focuses on a traveler finding a body of a [[dehydrated]] young boy on the ground. The traveler tries to speak to the boy, but he is [[mute]] and doesn't remember a thing. He then picks him up and rides to the nearest village, which happens to be a [[Mossi]] village. The village leader comes and says that he is not from this village, but will raise him. The traveller thanks them and heads off.
Along with her main attributes, Diana was an emblem of [[chastity]]. [[Oak]] groves were especially sacred to her. According to mythology, Diana was born with her [[twin]] brother [[Apollo]] on the island of [[Delos]], daughter of [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] and [[Leto|Latona]]. Diana made up a trinity with two other Roman deities: [[Egeria (mythology)|Egeria]] the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and [[Virbius]], the woodland god.


At the village market, an auction was raised to see who gets the boy. The family who won him named him Wend Kuuni, which meant God's Gift.
==Etymology==
In her etymology, "Diana" is simply :"the Maiden Goddess", with a Greek parallel in the name — though not the cult practice — of [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]] at [[Dodona]]. She was goddess of the hunt and quick to anger.


At the house, Wend Kuuni had the job of herding the goats. He made friends with his stepsister and was very happy living in this household.
==Worship==
[[Image:Houdon-diana.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Diana huntress, by [[Houdon]]. [[Louvre]]]]


During one of his goat herding trips, Wend Kuuni left his knife beside a tree and when he came back, he found his mother hanged onto a branch and screamed "Mother!" He got home that evening with his family saying, "What took you so long?" Wend Kuuni talked to them that he found his mother hanged on a tree. They gasped and sent a search party to look for his mother.
Diana was initally just the hunting goddess, associated with wild animals and woodlands. She also later became a [[moon goddess]], supplanting [[Luna (goddess)|Luna]].
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Diana was worshipped at a festival on [[August 13]],<ref>The date coincides with the founding dates celebrated ar Aricium. Arthur E. Gordon, "On the Origin of Diana", ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association'' '''63''' (1932, pp. 177-192) p 178.</ref> when King [[Servius Tullius]], himself born a slave, dedicated her shrine on the [[Aventine Hill]] in the mid-sixth century BCE. Being placed on the Aventine, and thus outside the ''[[pomerium]]'', meant that Diana's cult essentially remained a 'foreign' one, like that of [[Dionysus|Bacchus]]; she was never officially 'transferred' to Rome as [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] was after the sack of [[Veii]]. It seems that her cult originated in [[Aricia]],<ref>Her cult at Aricia was first attested in Latin literature by [[Cato the Elder]], in a surviving quote by the late grammarian [[Priscian]]. Supposed Greek origins for the Aricia cult are strictly a literary ''[[topos]]''. (Gordon 1932:178 note, and p. 181).</ref> where her priest, the [[Rex Nemorensis]] remained. There the simple open-air fane was held in common by the Latin tribes,<ref>''commune Latinorum Dianae temple'' in [[Varro]], ''Lingua Latina'' v.43; the cult there was of ''antique religione'' in [[Pliny's Natural History]], xliv. 91, 242.</ref> which Rome aspired to weld into a league and direct. Diana of the wood was soon thoroughly Hellenized,<ref>The ''[[Potnia Theron]]'' aspect of Hellenic Artemis is represented in [[Capua]] and [[Signia]], Greek cities of [[Magna Graecia]], in the fifth century BCE. </ref> "a process which culminated with the appearance of Diana beside Apollo in the first ''[[lectisternium]]'' at Rome".<ref>Gordon 1932:179.</ref> Diana was regarded with great reverence by lower-class citizens and [[slavery|slaves]]; slaves could receive asylum in her temples.
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Though some Roman patrons ordered marble replicas of the specifically Anatolian "Diana" of Ephesus, where the [[Temple of Artemis]] stood, Diana was usually depicted for educated Romans in her Greek guise. If she is accompanied by a deer, as in the ''[[Diana of Versailles]]'' (''illustration, above right'') this is because Diana was the patroness of hunting. The deer may also offer a covert reference to the myth of [[Actaeon|Acteon]] (or Actaeon), who saw her bathing naked. Diana transformed Acteon into a stag and set his own hunting dogs to kill him.
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Worship of Diana is mentioned in the Bible. In [[Acts of the Apostles]], Ephesian metalsmiths who felt threatened by Saint Paul’s preaching of Christianity, jealously rioted in her defense, shouting “''Great is Diana of the Ephesians!''” (Acts 19:28, [[New English Bible]]).
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== Legacy ==
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[[Image:Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens 01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|''Diana'' (1892 - 93), [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]]. Bronze, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]]]]
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===In religion===
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Diana's cult has been related in [[Early Modern Europe]] to the cult of [[Nicevenn]] (aka Dame Habond, Perchta, Herodiana, etc.). She was related to myths of a female [[Wild Hunt]], close to the [[Benandanti]]s' struggles against evil [[European witchcraft|witches]].

Diana remains an important figure in some modern mythologies. Those who believe that prehistoric peoples lived in [[matriarchy|matriarchal societies]] consider Diana to have originated in a [[mother goddess]] worshiped at that time.

;Wicca
Today there is a [[Dianic Wicca|branch of Wicca]] named for her, which is characterized by an exclusive focus on the feminine aspect of the Divine.

;Stregheria
In Italy the old religion of [[Stregheria]] embraced goddess Diana as Queen of the Witches; witches being the wise women healers of the time. Goddess Diana created the world of her own being having in herself the seeds of all creation yet to come. It is said that out of herself she divided into the darkness and the light, keeping for herself the darkness of creation and creating her brother Apollo, the light. Goddess Diana loved and ruled with her brother Apollo, the god of the Sun.

As time went on, the Earth was created and Diana descended to Earth, as did her brother Apollo. Diana taught magic and witches were born. One night using witchcraft in the form of a cat, His most beloved animal, Diana tricked Apollo. She gained entrance to His chamber where She seduced Him. From this union a daughter was born, the goddess [[Aradia]].

Some people see [[Diana Nemorensis]] as a separate person or goddess, but she is the same Roman goddess, with different stories from different points of view, the strega and the Romans had different stories.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}

===In the arts===
Since the [[Renaissance]] the mythic Diana has often been expressed in the visual and dramatic arts, including the opera ''[[L'arbore di Diana]]''. In the sixteenth century, Diana's image figured prominently at the [[Château de Fontainebleau]], in deference to [[Diane de Poitiers]], mistress of two French kings. At [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]] she was incorporated into the Olympian iconography with which [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]], the Apollo-like "Sun King" liked to surround himself.

There are also references to her in common literature. In [[Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', many references are made to Diana. Rosaline, a beautiful woman who has sworn to chastity, is said to have "Dian's wit". Later on in the play, Romeo says, "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon." He is saying that Juliet is better than Diana and Rosaline for not swearing chastity. Diana is also a character in the 1876 Leo Delibe ballet 'Sylvia'. The plot deals with Sylvia, one of Diana's nymphs and sworn to chastity and Diana's assault on Sylvia's affections for the shepherd Amyntas.

In [[Jean Cocteau]]'s 1946 film ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|La Belle et la Bête]]'' it is Diana's power which has transformed and imprisoned the beast.

===In literature===
In comic book lore, the character of [[Wonder Woman]] who hails from [[Paradise Island]] which is rich in Greek mythology is written to be a descendant of the [[Gods]], and named after the moon goddess, [[Diana]]

Diana, like many aspects of mythology, is depicted in the [[comic books]] ''[[Asterix]]''. In the Roman temples, many times a statue of Diana can be seen in the background, depicted as a well rounded lady, usually sitting on a stag, who appears to be suffering.

===In language===
Both the Romanian word for "[[fairy]]", ''[[zânǎ]]''<ref name="DEX">''[http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=Z%E1%BA%A4N%C4%82 zână]'' in [[DEX]]'98 and [[NODEX]].</ref> and the [[Asturian language|Asturian]] word for "water nymph", ''[[xana]]'', seem to come from the name of Diana.

[[Image:DianaAndPomona.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pomona]] (left, symbolizing [[agriculture]]), and Diana (symbolizing [[commerce]]) as building decoration]]

===Other===
In the funeral oration of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] in 1997, her brother drew an ironic analogy between the ancient goddess of hunting and his sister - 'the most hunted person of the modern age'.

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== See also ==
*[[Diana Nemorensis]]
*[[Wild Hunt]]


==Cast==
*[[Serge Yanogo]] as Wendkouni
*[[Rosine Yanogo]] as Pognere
*[[Joseph Nikiema]] as Tinga
*[[Colette Kaboré]] as Lale
*[[Simone Tapsoba]] as Koudbila
*[[Yaya Wima]] as Bila
*[[Martine Ouedraogo]] as Timpoko
*[[Boucare Ouedraogo]] as Razougou
==Awards==
In 1985, ''Wend Kuuni'' won the [[César award]] for best [[French language]] film and in 1986 it won the Distribution Help Award at the [[Fribourg International Film Festival]].
==References==
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*[http://newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0105 Official site at California Newsreel]
* [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id=130 ''Landscape with Diana and Callisto'' painting]
* [http://www.wga.hu/art/d/domenich/diana.jpg ''Diana and her Nymphs'' painting]
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Revision as of 18:05, 12 October 2008

Wend Kuuni
Directed byGaston Kaboré
Written byGaston Kaboré[1]
Edited byAndree Davanture[1]
Music byRene B. Guirma[1]
Distributed byCalifornia Newsreel (USA)
Release date
March 27 1983 (USA)
Running time
75 mins.
CountryBurkina Faso
LanguageMore

Wend Kuuni (also known as God's Gift) is a 1982 Burkinabé drama film directed by Gaston Kaboré.

Plot

The movie starts out with a village leader coming into the house of a crying mother. He says to give up hope that your husband is still alive. Resisting from the comments, the mother decides to run away with her child.

The scene then changes and focuses on a traveler finding a body of a dehydrated young boy on the ground. The traveler tries to speak to the boy, but he is mute and doesn't remember a thing. He then picks him up and rides to the nearest village, which happens to be a Mossi village. The village leader comes and says that he is not from this village, but will raise him. The traveller thanks them and heads off.

At the village market, an auction was raised to see who gets the boy. The family who won him named him Wend Kuuni, which meant God's Gift.

At the house, Wend Kuuni had the job of herding the goats. He made friends with his stepsister and was very happy living in this household.

During one of his goat herding trips, Wend Kuuni left his knife beside a tree and when he came back, he found his mother hanged onto a branch and screamed "Mother!" He got home that evening with his family saying, "What took you so long?" Wend Kuuni talked to them that he found his mother hanged on a tree. They gasped and sent a search party to look for his mother. [2][3]

Cast

Awards

In 1985, Wend Kuuni won the César award for best French language film and in 1986 it won the Distribution Help Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival.

References

  1. ^ a b c Canby, Vincent (1983-03-27), "Wend Kuuni", New York Times, retrieved 2008-01-17
  2. ^ Blaise, Judd. "Wend Kuuni Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
  3. ^ "Wend Kuuni". California Newsreel. Retrieved 2008-01-17.

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