"of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves. The film played during the International Critics' Week at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival where it received critical acclaim. It received a Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival. In his ""Family Guide to Movies on Video"", Henry Herx wrote that the film's ""use of ironic humor and lively music keeps the plight of the black emigrant worker from becoming totally depressing."" Soleil O Soleil O (Oh, Sun) is a 1967 French-Mauritanian drama film directed by Med Hondo. The film ""Soleil"
"Sol, and the lack of any clear differentiation—either in name or depiction—between the ""early"" and ""late"" Roman sun god. The Latin ""sol"" for ""Sun"" is the continuation of the PIE heteroclitic ""*Sehul- / *Sh-en-"", cognate to Germanic ""Sol"", Sanskrit ""Surya"", Greek ""Helios"", Lithuanian ""Saulė"". Also compare Latin ""sol"" to Etruscan ""usil"". Today, ""sol"" (or variations of it, such as Italian ""sole"" or French ""soleil"") is still the main word for ""sun"" in Romance languages. ""Sol"" is used in contemporary English by astronomers and many science fiction authors as the proper name of the Sun to distinguish it from other stars"
"Sowilō The Germanic words for ""Sun"" have the peculiarity of alternating between ""-l-"" and ""-n-"" stems, Proto-Germanic ""*sunnon"" (Old English ""sunne"", Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German ""sunna"") vs. *""sôwilô"" or *""saewelô"" (Old Norse ""sól"", Gothic ""sauil"", also Old High German forms such as ""suhil""). This continues a Proto-Indo-European alternation ""*suwen-"" vs. ""*sewol-"" (Avestan ""xweng"" vs. Latin ""sōl"", Greek ""helios"", Sanskrit ""surya"", Welsh ""haul"", Breton ""heol"", Old Irish ""suil"" ""eye""), a remnant of an archaic, so-called ""heteroclitic"", declension pattern that remained productive only in the Anatolian languages. The Old English name of the rune, written ""sigel"" (pronounced )"
"Sól (sun) Sól (Old Norse ""Sun"") or Sunna (Old High German, and existing as an Old Norse and Icelandic synonym: see Wiktionary sunna, ""Sun"") is the Sun personified in Germanic mythology. One of the two Old High German Merseburg Incantations, written in the 9th or 10th century CE, attests that Sunna is the sister of Sinthgunt. In Norse mythology, Sól is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both the ""Poetic Edda"" and the ""Prose Edda"" she is described as"
"Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin ""dies solis"" (""day of the sun""), which is a translation of the Ancient Greek ""heméra helíou"". The p-Celtic Welsh language also translates the Latin ""day of the sun"" as ""dydd Sul"". In most Indian languages, the word for Sunday is ""Ravivāra"" or ""Adityavāra"" or its derived forms — ""vāra"" meaning day, ""Aditya"" and ""Ravi"" both being a style (manner of address) for Surya i.e. the Sun and Suryadeva the chief solar deity and one of the Adityas. Ravivāra is first day cited in Jyotisha, which provides logical reason for giving the name"
"Saulė Saulė (, ) is a solar goddess, the common Baltic solar deity in the Lithuanian and Latvian mythologies. The noun ""Saulė""/""Saule"" in the Lithuanian and Latvian languages is also the conventional name for the Sun and originates from the Proto-Baltic name *""Sauliā"" > *""Saulē"". Saulė is one of the most powerful deities, the goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health. She is patroness of the unfortunate, especially orphans. The Lithuanian and Latvian words for ""the world"" (""pasaulis"" and ""pasaule"") are translated as ""[a place] under the Sun"". Saulė is mentioned in one of the earliest written sources on"
"the sun in Germanic mythology (Siȝel or sigel in Old English / Anglo-Saxon), but that is highly speculative. Variants may include Siegel, Siegle, Sigl and Sigel. Note that Segal and Segall are not cognate with Siegel, but derive from a quite different root. Most sources indicate that it derives from the Hebrew acronym SGL, the abbreviated form of ""Sagan Gadol ha-Leviya"", which means Great assistant to the Levites, and is an honorific title bestowed upon a member of the tribe of Levi who performs synagogue duties faithfully. Some Rabbis aver that Segal/Segall derives from the Hebrew s'gula, meaning ""treasure."" However,"
"soleil)"" — ""above all (like the sun)"". John Martin says ""[Louis'] matchless splendour was expressed by the motto Nec Pluribus Impar - not unequal to many suns."". Yves-Marie Bercé gives ""Suffisant (seul) a tant de choses"" (""Sufficient (alone) for so many things"") or ""Tout lui est possible"" (""Everything is possible for him""), ""i.e."", ""not unequal to many [tasks]"". Louis himself wrote: The first use of the motto and symbol is usually given as the great ""Carrousel"" of 1662, in what is now the Place du Carrousel, to celebrate the birth of his son Louis, the Dauphin. However, the motto appeared"
"Saura Saura is a term found in Indian religions, and it connotes ""sun"" (Surya) or anything ""solar""-related. The earliest mention of the term ""Saura"" is in Vedic and Upanishadic texts of Hinduism. For example, it appears in chapter 7.2 of the ""Sankhayana Aranyaka"" embedded in the ""Rigveda"", and in the ""Maitri Upanishad"", in both it contextually means ""Surya"". In the ""Mahabharata"" and the ""Puranas"", the term is used to refer to the worshippers of sun deity. In esoteric Buddhism, the term appears in the context of yogi and deity, with alternate spelling of ""savara"". The solar day and months in"
"Dutch ""zon"", Old High German ""sunna"", modern German ""Sonne"", Old Norse ""sunna"", and Gothic ""sunnō"". All Germanic terms for the Sun stem from Proto-Germanic *""sunnōn"". The Latin name for the Sun, ""Sol"", is used at times as another name for the Sun, but is not commonly used in everyday English. ""Sol"" is also used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on another planet, such as Mars. The related word ""solar"" is the usual adjectival term used for the Sun, in terms such as solar day, solar eclipse, and Solar System. A mean Earth solar"
"or two syllables). Thus, mother is ""mata"" (from Indo-European: ""mātēr*""); sun is ""sol"" (from Indo-European: ""sāwel*""). This simplification corresponds to the natural evolution of Indo-European roots which have given birth to the words which are used today in modern I-E languages. Thus ""mata"" corresponds to Hindi ""mata, sol"" to Spanish and Scandinavian ""sol"". When there is no common Indo-European root or when there are several roots to express the same reality in various languages, Uropi may use ""hybrid"" words, crossing two different roots taken from different languages so as to create the most easily recognizable term for speakers of the"
"Solar (room) The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, generally situated on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. Within castles they are often called the 'Lords' and 'Ladies Chamber', or the 'Great Chamber'. The word 'solar' has two possible origins: it may derive from the Latin word 'solaris' meaning sun (the Solar room was situated within the building, in a room with the brightest aspect), or - as the solar provided privacy for its occupants, it may come from the Latin word, ""solus"", meaning,"
"of each week day. In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the name (""Waan Arthit"") is derived from Aditya, and the associated colour is red. In Russian the word for Sunday is Воскресенье (Voskreseniye) meaning ""Resurrection"". In other Slavic languages the word means ""no work"", for example Polish: Niedziela, Ukrainian: Недiля, Belorussian: Нядзеля, Croatian: nedjelja, Serbian and Slovenian: Nedelja, Czech: Neděle, and Bulgarian: Неделя. The Modern Greek word for Sunday, , is derived from (Kyrios, Lord) also, due to its liturgical significance as the day commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, i.e. The Lord's Day. In Korean, Sunday is called"
"would set aside time on the Saturday to wash their whites for Church on Sunday. A common alternative Māori name for Saturday is the transliteration ""Hatarei"". In Japanese, the word Saturday is (""doyōbi""), meaning 'soil day' and is associated with (""dosei""): Saturn (the planet), literally meaning ""soil star"". Similarly, in Korean the word Saturday is 토요일 (""tho yo il""), also meaning earth day. The element Earth was associated with the planet Saturn in Chinese astrology and philosophy. In most languages of India, Saturday is ""Shanivāra"", ""vāra"" meaning day, based on Shani, the Vedic god manifested in the planet Saturn. In"
"of the Sun disc Aten, the Sun had a brief resurgence during the Amarna Period when it again became the preeminent, if not only, divinity for the Pharaoh Akhenaton. In Proto-Indo-European religion, the Sun was personified as the goddess ""*Sehul"". Derivatives of this goddess in Indo-European languages include the Old Norse ""Sól"", Sanskrit ""Surya"", Gaulish ""Sulis"", Lithuanian ""Saulė"", and Slavic ""Solntse"". In ancient Greek religion, the sun deity was the male god Helios, but traces of an earlier female solar deity are preserved in Helen of Troy. In later times, Helios was syncretized with Apollo. In the Bible, mentions the"
"Asia among the Japanese (Amaterasu). Solar deity A solar deity (also sun god or sun goddess) is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. The Sun is sometimes referred to by its Latin name ""Sol"" or by its Greek name ""Helios"". The English word ""sun"" stems from Proto-Germanic *""sunnǭ"". The Neolithic concept of a ""solar barge"" (also ""solar bark"", ""solar barque"", ""solar boat"" and ""sun boat"", a mythological representation of the sun"
"Sundial A sundial is a device that tells the time of day when there is sunlight by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat plate (the ""dial"") and a ""gnomon"", which casts a shadow onto the dial. As the Sun appears to move across the sky, the shadow aligns with different ""hour-lines"", which are marked on the dial to indicate the time of day. The ""style"" is the time-telling edge of the gnomon, though a single point or ""nodus"" may be used. The gnomon casts a"
"Sun goddess is Sunna. In the Norse traditions, Sól rode through the sky on her chariot every day, pulled by two horses named Arvak and Alsvid. Sól also was called Sunna and Frau Sunne. Other cultures that have sun goddesses include the Lithuanians (Saulė) and Latvians (Saule), the Finns (Päivätär, Beiwe) and the related Hungarians. Sun goddesses are found around the world in Australia (Bila, Walo), India (Bisal-Mariamna, Bomong, Kn Sgni), among the Hittites (Wurusemu), and Egyptians (Sekhmet), in the Canary Islands (Chaxiraxi)/(Magek), in Native America, among the Cherokee (Unelanuhi), Natchez (Wal Sil), Inuit (Malina), and Miwok (Hekoolas), and in"
"Sulh Sulh () is an Arabic word meaning ""resolution"" or ""fixing"" generally, in problem solving. It is frequently used in the context of social problems. In Quranic Arabic, sulh is used as a term signifying an agreement or settlement over a property dispute and retains this sense in later Islamic legal usage. In Bedouin customary law, it can signify a settlement of a tribal feud and in modern Arabic usage, it is applied to treaties, such as the ""sulh"" Versailles (Treaty of Versailles). In general, it reflects a sense of resolution of conflict through negotiation. The two parties select respected"
"Solaris (magazine) Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Founded in 1974 in Longueuil (Québec) by Norbert Spehner, ""Solaris"" is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world. ""Solaris"" not only publishes established authors, but fosters the development of young francophone creators through a strong editorial direction. Mostly published and distributed in Québec, ""Solaris"" is also known in anglophone Canada, the United States and in Europe, where it is considered to be one of the most significant francophone magazines of its field. ""Solaris"" deals in all forms of science fiction and fantasy, including horror and"
"Peruvian sol The sol (; plural: soles; currency sign: S/) is the currency of Peru; it is subdivided into 100 ""céntimos"" (""cents""). The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. The sol replaced the Peruvian inti in 1991 and the name is a return to that of Peru's historic currency, as the previous incarnation of sol was in use from 1863 to 1985. Although ""sol"" in this usage is derived from the Latin ""solidus"", the word also means ""sun"" in Spanish. There is thus a continuity with the old Peruvian inti, which was named after Inti, the Sun God of the"
"sun, and, in chapter 75, Sól is again included in a list of goddesses. Scholars have proposed that Sól, as a goddess, may represent an extension of an earlier Proto-Indo-European deity due to Indo-European linguistic connections between Norse ""Sól"", Sanskrit ""Surya"", Common Brittonic ""Sulis"", Lithuanian ""Saulė"", Latin ""Sol"", and Slavic ""Tsar Solnitse"". Regarding Sól's attested personifications in Norse mythology, John Lindow states that ""even kennings like 'hall of the sun' for sky may not suggest personification, given the rules of kenning formation""; that in poetry only stanzas associated with Sól in the poem ""Vafþrúðnismál"" are certain in their personification of"
"Solmōnaþ Solmōnaþ (modern English: ""month of the hearthcakes"") was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of February. The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise ""De temporum ratione"" (The Reckoning of Time), saying that "" Sol-Monath can be said to be the month of cakes, which were offered to their gods”; It was formerly argued that there is no other reference to ""sol"" meaning ‘cake’ in Old English, and that as ""sol"" is used to mean ‘mud’ or ‘dirt’ in most texts, a far likely meaning is that the sol month was the muddy month, especially"
"a Sudanic name for the sun 'Tel', as of Chee-po-Tel or Tie-po-Tel, thus the girl of Tel i.e. She of the Sun. There is little in the legend about Cheptalel's background though certain aspects of her early life appear in all traditions. Notably, she is understood to have been a virgin and in some accounts the only child in her family. In all accounts she had a boyfriend who plays a significant role in saving her life. In the legend, there came a time when rain disappeared for many years leading to a severe drought such that the elders held"
"Soyal Soyal is the winter solstice ceremony of the Zuni and the Hopi (Hopitu Shinumu), ""The Peaceful Ones"", also known as the Hopi Indians. It is held on December 21, the shortest day of the year. The main polla of the ritual is to ceremonially bring the sun back from its long winter slumber. It also marks the beginning of another cycle of the Wheel of the Year, and is a time for purification. ""Paphos"", prayer sticks, are made prior to the Soyal ceremony, to bless all the community, including their homes, animals, and plants. The sacred underground ritual chambers,"
"to various Indo-European words for ""sun"" (cf. Homeric Greek ηέλιος, Sanskrit ""sūryah"" ""sun"", from Proto-Indo-European ""*suhlio-""). Sulis was the local goddess of the thermal springs that still feed the spa baths at Bath, which the Romans called ""Aquae Sulis"" (""the waters of Sulis""). Her name primarily appears on inscriptions discovered at Bath, with only a single instance outside of Britain at Alzey, Germany. This is not surprising, as Celtic deities often preserved their archaic localisation. They remained to the end associated with a specific place, often a cleft in the earth, a spring, pool or well. The Greeks referred to"
"Usil Usil is the Etruscan god of the sun. This name appears on the bronze liver of Piacenza, next to ""Tiur"", the moon. Another iconic depiction features Usil rising out of the sea, with a fireball in either outstretched hand, on an engraved Etruscan bronze mirror in late Archaic style, formerly on the Roman antiquities market. On Etruscan mirrors in Classical style, Usil appears with a halo. Usil has been syncretised with the Roman Sol and Greek Helios. However, while Usil is depicted as male in some artwork, there are also feminine depictions. In particular, there is a possible equation"
"the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the day is named from the Pali word for Saturn, and the color associated with Saturday is purple. In Pakistan, Saturday is Hafta, meaning the week. In Eastern Indian languages like Bengali Saturday is called Shonibar or শনিবার meaning Saturn's Day and is the last day of the Bengali Week in the Bengali calendar. In Islamic countries, Fridays are considered as the last or penultimate day of the week and are holidays along with Thursdays or Saturdays; Saturday is called ""Sabt"" (cognate to Sabbath) and it is the first day of the week in"
"Beaivi Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje, is the Sami name of the Sun or might refer to the Sami Sun-deity. The Sami Sun-deity is mostly depicted female but sometimes also as male. In Sápmi, north of the Polar circle, where the Sun during the winter-period, does not even reach the horizon, it is not hard to believe, that the Sun was appreciated and played a major role in the cultic coherence. Buorre beaivi means good day in Northern Sámi but doesn't have to associate with the Sun-deity. Beaivi is the spring and sun goddess of fertility and sanity was"
"been proposed as possibly solar in character. In Irish, the name of the sun, ""Grian"", is feminine. The figure known as Áine is generally assumed to have been either synonymous with her, or her sister, assuming the role of Summer Sun while Grian was the Winter Sun. Similarly, Étaín has at times been considered to be another theonym associated with the sun; if this is the case, then the pan-Celtic Epona might also have been originally solar in nature, though Roman syncretism pushed her towards a lunar role. The British Sulis has a name cognate with that of other Indo-European"
"Ha-neul Ha-neul, also spelled Ha-nul, is a Korean unisex name. Unlike most Korean given names, which are composed of two single-syllable Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja, Ha-neul is an indigenous Korean name: a single two-syllable word meaning ""sky"". As a name, it may loosely be interpreted as an exhortation to ""spread your dreams high like the sky"". It is one of a number of such native names (called 고유어 이름, ""goyueo ireum""), along with others such as Seul-ki (""wisdom"") and Sora (""conch shell""), which have become more popular in South Korea in recent decades. In some cases, parents"
"word for Sun, ""Sunce"", is of neutral or feminine gender, never masculine (however, there is Russian epic character Vladimir Beautiful Sun which has the same place as Arthur in English culture.) Also, in Baltic mythology, which is most akin to Slavic, Sun is a female deity, Saule, while the Moon is a male one. The same pattern can be observed in folklore of many Slavic nations, where the Sun is most often identified with mother or a bride, and Moon with father or husband, their children being the stars. Where exactly this leaves Dažbog as a possible male solar deity"
"French sol The sol, later called a sou, is the name of a number of different coins, for accounting or payment, dating from Antiquity to today. The name is derived from the solidus. Its longevity of use anchored it in many expressions of the French language. The ""solidus"" is a coin made of 4.5 g of gold, created by emperor Constantine to replace the ""aureus"". Doing honour to its name, the new currency earns the reputation of unalterability, crossing almost unchanged the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire, the great invasions and the creation of throughout Europe; not"