Janus

Details

Instance of

Roman deity, liminal deity

Sex or gender

male

Father

Saturn, Caelus

Mother

Entoria, Hecate

Spouse

Juturna, Venilia

Child

Canens, Fontus, Crano

Sibling

Hymnus, Felix, Faustus

depicted by

Two-faced Janus

described by source

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia

different from

Janus

domain of saint or deity

sowing, beginning, gate, transition, time, dualism, corridor, doorway

iconographic symbol

walking stick, key, 365

partially coincident with

Iana

work location

Ancient Rome

worshipped by

ancient Roman religion, Roman mythology

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