/ˈdʒeɪnəs/
*pronounced [ˈjaː.nus]*
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*latin* –>
ianus
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[in ‘ancient roman’ ‘religion’ + ‘myth’, ‘janus‘ is the god of…]
‘beginnings’
‘gates’
‘transitions’
‘time’
‘door-ways
‘passages’
‘endings’
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(he is usually depicted as having 2 faces, since he looks to the ‘future’ and to the ‘past’)
(it is conventionally thought that the month of ‘january’ is named for ‘janus’ (‘ianuarius’), but according to ancient roman farmers’ almanacs ‘juno’ was the ‘tutelary deity’ of the ‘month’)
(‘janus’ presided over the ‘beginning’ and ‘ending’ of ‘conflict’, and hence ‘war’ + ‘peace’)
(rhe doors of his ‘temple’ were open in time of ‘war’, and closed to mark the ‘peace’)
(as a god of ‘transitions’, he had functions pertaining to ‘birth’ and to ‘journeys’ and ‘exchange’, and in his association with ‘portunus’, a similar ‘harbor’ + ‘gateway’ god, he was concerned with (‘traveling’ / ‘trading’ / ‘shipping’))
(‘janus’ had no ‘flamen’ or ‘specialized priest’ (sacerdos) assigned to him, but the “king of the sacred rites” (rex sacrorum) himself carried out his ‘ceremonies’)
(‘janus’ had a ubiquitous presence in ‘religious ceremonies’ throughout the year, and was ritually invoked at the beginning of each one, regardless of the ‘main deity’ honored on any particular occasion)
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(the ‘ancient greeks’ had no equivalent to ‘janus’, whom the ‘romans’ claimed as distinctively their own)
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