Diana (Artemis) is the Greek Goddess of hunting, forests and even agriculture and some animals like the deer. I 'm a little confused because you use "she" and "he", her & him in the same sentence and I 'm not sure if you 're talking a male or female. Who is Reveille? I minored in classical history and have read a lot of Mythology. Is this a French version of an ancient Greek or Roman god/godess? I have a 12 volume encylopedia on Greek Mythology alone and don't recall that name but I 'm sure it's not the original greek name of the god or goddess.
Don't forget, Diana is just the Latin name for the Greek Goddess Artemis. The Greeks came up with the gods first, and about 700yrs later the Romans adapted them, their religion, mythology, beliefs, and other things like architecture, philosophy, arts and warfare techniques. The main reason the Romans adapted all this stuff from the Greeks was because most of Southern Italy (Sicily) was colonized by the Greek city states like Athens (Syracuse was a very big Athenian city in Sicily), Sparta, and Corinth, so they came in contact with each other a lot.
Anyway here 's a simple version and pretty accurate:
"Artemis, the sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Leto, is the virgin goddess of the hunt who also assists in childbirth. In the Iliad Book 21, she appears like a tearful child who goes crying to her father when her stepmother Hera boxes her ears, but among mortals she is more self-assured. Artemis is an archer with golden arrows, who also dances with the Charites. She takes her virginity and modesty seriously and punishes any infraction. This sometimes leads to conflict with the goddess of love, Aphrodite. When the Greeks under Agamemnon were halted at Aulis on their way to Troy it was because Agamemnon had offended the goddess with a boast that he was as good a marksman as Artemis. The winds were returned so the ships could sail after appropriate sacrifice was made to her. In this case, the sacrifice was Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia. In some versions, Artemis replaces Iphigenia with a deer at the last minute. The Roman equivalent of Artemis is Diana."
By the way, Agamemnon was the leader of the combined Greek forces that fought the Trojans for 10yrs because Paris of Troy had "kidnapped" Helen from Sparta. This war did actually take place around 900BC so it's not mythology - I did a paper on it in school, but the stuff about the gods were just their religion and what they believed in. The Greeks had quite an imagination.
There is a lot more to Artemis/Diana and many stories in Greek Mythology that are actually very interesting. Some as many greek myths resemble vendetas. The gods fought amongst themselves a lot (like mortals) or had a score to settle with one or more mortals that they either punished or favored. Most of these "myths" were well written and documented by the ancient greeks. The Wikipedia on line has a lot of good (95+%) accurate info on Artemis/Diana. Go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis
You should also be aware that the Romans adapted all this stuff from the Greeks and translated it to Latin but not without throwing in some of their own versions or changing some of it slightly. It is sometimes known as Roman Mythology" but it's nothing more than the Greek version with some slight variations. I will leave you with this excerpt from Wikipedia: "Diana was usually depicted for educated Romans in her Greek guise."
So we have Leto to thank for her charms that Diana was born and was stamped on our guns