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Janus

deity sky Roman single tradition · 11

Janus is mentioned as the father of Canens. No further information about Janus is provided in this text.

↻ synthesized from 11 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Roman mythology dates from approximately 500 BCE to 500 CE.

Relationships

co occurs with
Venilia, Picus, Circe, Covella, Diana Lucifera, Diana Iana, Saraswati, Armaiti, Anâitâ, Hercules, Hestia, Ptah, Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Her[e]cle, Aphrodite Urania, Jana, Hausos, Anog Ite, Isimud, Two-Face, Sharp-Elbows, Iana, *Dyēus, Portunus, Proserpina, Cardea, Forculus, Lima, Limentinus, Jaya-Vijaya, Skanda, Lugal-irra, Meslamta-ea, Alexiares, Anicetus, Hebe, Ha, Heng, Om, Ops, Lua, Consus, Faunus, Gaia, Zeus, Agni, Vayu, Amon, Mars, Ares, Dionysus, Heracles, Osiris, Hephaestus, Ikenga, Diana, Mercury, Bacchus, Horse-Face, Ox-Head, Vajrapāṇi, Castor, Pollux, Jupiter, Cronus, Saturn
parent of
Canens
allied with
Juno, Portunus, Vesta, Iuppiter
syncretized with
Culśanś, Sol, Apollo, Apasam Kamuy, Bangpūtys
consort of
Juturna

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Mentioned by

and 12 more

Sources

wikipedia (11)
  1. Canens (mythology)
  2. Juno (mythology)
  3. Janus
  4. Sol (Roman mythology)
  5. Anpao
  6. Iana (goddess)
  7. Interpretatio graeca
  8. Vesta (mythology)
  9. Liminal deity
  10. Saturn (mythology)
  11. Nio (Buddhism)

Source passages

“A nymph from Latium, she was the daughter of Janus and Venilia.”

#9029 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She is closely associated with Janus, the god of passages and beginnings who is often named Iunonius after her.”

#9755 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“So in IE religions there is an introducer god (such as Vedic Vâyu and Roman Janus) and a god of ending, and a nurturer goddess who is often also a fire spirit (such as Roman Vesta, Vedic Saraswati and Agni, Avestic Armaiti and Anâitâ) who show a sort of mutual solidarity.”

#11805 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Macrobius reports that Nigidius argued that Sol was to be identified with Janus and that he had a counterpart, Jana, who was Luna. As such, they were to be regarded as the highest of the gods, receiving their sacrifices before all the others. Such speculations appear to have been restricted to an erudite elite and had no impact”

#17298 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Janus, two-faced Roman god whose focus is on doorways, endings, and beginnings in general”

#17728 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001