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In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus) was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings. His most prominent remnant in modern culture is his namesake, the month of January, which begins t...
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Janus is an ancient Roman, composite, obscure god who is associated with doorways, beginnings, and transitions. A usually two-faced god he looks to the future and the past. The concepts of January and janitor are both based on aspects of Janus.
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Janus comes to mind- January is named for him.
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Unbound MEDLINE | journal articles related to Janus, Roman god of doorways.. Search by keyword, journal, author or by EBM filters diagnosis, treatment, prognosis or etiology. Evidence-based medicine search filters. ... Lyketsos GC ; Janus, Roman god of doorways. [Letter]; Am J Psychiatry 1999 Sep; 156(9):1473.
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From the Roman god of doorways and beginnings comes 'Janus-faced', meaning to have two contrasting aspects. ... The name of the Roman god Janus comes from Latin ianua, an entrance gate. He was the god of doorways and gateways; as doors can be passed in either direction, he came to represent both the past and the future.
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Janus - Roman God of doorways and gates ... God of doorways and gates ... Originally a god of the Sun, he was purely a Roman deity. January is taken from his name. Unlike the Chinese Door Guardians, the Men-Shen, Janus’s influence reaches out over thresholds, harbours, departures and arrivals.
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Meanings Of Names Question: How Did The Months Get Their Names? ... January -- Janus's (Roman god of doorways); February -- month of Februa; March -- Mars' (Roman god of war); April -- Aphrodite's (Greek goddess of love); May -- Maia's (Goddess of spring); June -- Juno's (wife of the Roman god Jupiter ) ; July --
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The old God janus must have smiled to himself on both sides of his faces to see so many mere mortals attempting to take on the attributes of a God and venturing to decipher the past or foretell the future. Old God Janus's principal temple in the Roman Forum had two doorways;
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