Janus (Gott)
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- Name (English)
- Janus (Gott)
- Short name
- Janus
- Short Description
- "In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (/ˈdʒeɪnəs/ JAY-nəs; Latin: Iānus) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces. 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 and peace. The gates of a building in Rome named after him (not a temple, as it is often called, but an open enclosure with gates at each end) were opened in time of war, and closed to mark the arrival of 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 and gateway god, he was concerned with travelling, trading and shipping." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
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Janus
Das Bild in braunem Grund ist...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Spielstein mit Januskopf, 2. Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert
In das stark vertiefte Feld...
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Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA -
Römische Münze, Nominal As, Prägeherr Münzmeister Quintus Titius, Prägeort Rom, Original
Darstellung Vorderseite:...
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Image: Museumsgesellschaft Bad Dürkheim e.V. - CC BY-NC-SA -
Quadrigatus (Didrachme)
Quadrigati werden...
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Image: Museum August Kestner - CC BY-NC-SA -
Janus, der Zweigesichtige (Gemme)
Die Darstellung des Janus...
Object information
Image: Museum August Kestner - CC BY-NC-SA
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