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Janus-faced heads on a staff are reported to be carried by certain masked performers. The two faces looking in opposite directions symbolize the supernatural ability of the gle to see in all directions. [3] Like feast ladles, these heads are considered powerful spiritual objects that act as receptacles for du. Some are created as portraits of ...
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.
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 .
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.
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 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.
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".