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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134934" /> ==
 
<p> (n.) [[A]] Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to [[Janus]] the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the [[Temple]] of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. </p>
Janus <ref name="term_45690" />
       
<p> in Roman mythology, was a god, concerning whose original signification the most contrary views were held. The most commonly accepted view is that he was a deified king of ancient Italy. About his worship in Rome the following is related: Numa dedicated a sanctuary to his honor, which was opened in time of war and closed in time of peace. This goes to show that he was a god of war, as also his by-name "Quirinus." He is represented with a double face, sometimes with four heads. In his right hand he carried a staff (the symbol of augury), in his left a key (god of doors, for Janua signifies door). On his fingers the number three hundred was written on one hand, the number sixty-five on the other, designating him the god of the year. </p>
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75402" /> ==
 
<p> [[A]] very ancient [[Italian]] deity who presided over the beginning of the several divisions of time, as well as the beginning of all enterprises, in connection with which he was worshipped; he had two heads, or faces, one of which looked behind into the past and the other before into the future, and this power of penetrating into both it is said [[Saturn]] endowed him with as a reward for receiving him on earth when he was driven out of heaven. </p>
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<ref name="term_45690"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/janus+(3) Janus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_134934"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/janus Janus from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_75402"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/janus Janus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Janus [1]

in Roman mythology, was a god, concerning whose original signification the most contrary views were held. The most commonly accepted view is that he was a deified king of ancient Italy. About his worship in Rome the following is related: Numa dedicated a sanctuary to his honor, which was opened in time of war and closed in time of peace. This goes to show that he was a god of war, as also his by-name "Quirinus." He is represented with a double face, sometimes with four heads. In his right hand he carried a staff (the symbol of augury), in his left a key (god of doors, for Janua signifies door). On his fingers the number three hundred was written on one hand, the number sixty-five on the other, designating him the god of the year.

References

  1. ↑ Janus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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