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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.
Its title alludes to the two faces of the Roman god Janus, after whom the month of January was named. Biographer Andrew Wilson, in his 2003 publication Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith claims the title is 'appropriate for the janus-faced, flux-like nature of her protagonists'.
The Janus branch of the Cahill family in The 39 Clues; Janus word or auto-antonym, a word with multiple meanings in which one is the reverse of another; Janus, a French poetry magazine published in Paris by Elliott Stein from 1950 to 1961; Janus (1971-2007), a British fetish magazine of erotic spanking and caning imagery.
Numa built the Ianus geminus (also Janus Bifrons, Janus Quirinus or Portae Belli), a passage ritually opened at times of war, and shut again when Roman arms rested. [54] It formed a walled enclosure with gates at each end, situated between the old Roman Forum and that of Julius Caesar, which had been consecrated by Numa Pompilius himself.
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.
A Spanish observer at the wedding of Mary I of England and Philip of Spain in 1554 mentioned that women in London wore masks, antifaces, or veils when walking outside. [5] [6] Masks became more common in England in the 1570s, leading Emanuel van Meteren to write that "ladies of distinction have lately learned to cover their faces with silken masks and vizards and feathers".
The Oloju Meji, the double faced mask. Eleru, or head with a superstructure. This headdress has various topics such as the Ritual Bowl Carrier, occupations, religion, portraits, and satire. Followed by the Onidofoyi headdress, or the two human heads connected by snakes mask. The Ori Eye or bird head mask and the Ori Eranko, or the animal head ...
The term Janus-faced molecule is derived from the ancient Roman god, Janus. Janus is depicted as having two faces; one facing the past and one facing the future. [1] This is synonymous to a Janus molecule having two distinct purposes: a beneficial and a toxic purpose depending on its quantity.