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Dan deangle mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Dan feast ladle (wunkermian), from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Janus-faced staff, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Dan art is created by the Dan people of Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Janus Films, a film distribution company founded in 1956, takes its name from the god and features a two-faced Janus as its logo. [269] The Janus Society was an early homophile organization founded in 1962 and based in Philadelphia.
Bronze statuette of Culsans, ca. 300–250 BCE, with inscription along left thigh (Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca, Cortona) Culsans (Culśanś) is an Etruscan deity, known from four inscriptions [2] [3] and a variety of iconographical material which includes coins, statuettes, and a sarcophagus. [4]
The ancient Roman god Janus was two-faced, literally - with one looking forward and another backward, representing transitions and duality. Scientists have observed a white dwarf star - a hot ...
Ianuarius, Januarius, or January, fully Mensis Ianuarius ("month of Janus") and abbreviated Ian., was the first month of the ancient Roman calendar, from which the Julian and Gregorian month of January derived. It was followed by Februarius ("February"). In the calendars of the Roman Republic, Ianuarius had 29 days.
The word "bifrons" literally means "two-faced" in Latin, and is also a prominent epithet of the ancient Roman god Janus, which suggests that Bifrons may be a corrupted and demonized form of Janus. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to Rudd, Bifrons is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Ariel.
Two-faced god of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman god Janus. Cul is Etruscan for "door." [16] [circular reference] Eita: Greek Hades seen on the Golini Tomb with Persephone (here Phersipnei) [17] See Aita above Enie: Greek Enyo, one of the Graeae. [18] Eris: The goddess Eris. [19] Erus: The god Eros. [19] Esplace: The ...
Frank and Louie, sometimes referred to as Frankenlouie [1] (September 8, 1999 – December 4, 2014), was a diprosopus (also known as "janus" or "two-faced") cat known for his unusual longevity. He was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving janus cat in 2012.