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A. Audin connects the figure of Janus to Culśans and Turms (Etruscan rendering of Hermes, the Greek god mediator between the different worlds, brought by the Etruscan from the Aegean Sea), considering these last two Etruscan deities as the same. [249] This interpretation would then identify Janus with Greek god Hermes.
Janus, dual-faced god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings, for whom January is named; Mercury, messenger god and psychopomp; equivalent to the Greek Hermes and shares several of his functions, such as being a god of commerce, travelers, merchants, and thieves; Portunus, god of keys, doors, and livestock
In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus (/ k w ɪ ˈ r aɪ n ə s / kwi-RY-nəs, [2] Latin: [kᶣɪˈriːnʊs]) is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, as Janus Quirinus. [3]
This figure is more easily likened to representations of Janus, but some scholars have questioned the bust’s identification as Culśanś. [15] Culśanś also differs from Janus in most of his representations, in that he wears a special cap. [14] Some scholars have compared it to a petasos, the traveller’s hat worn by the Greek god, Hermes.
Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology.He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation.
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 ...
According to Cicero and Hyginus, Caelus was the son of Aether and Dies ("Day" or "Daylight"). [7] Caelus and Dies were in this tradition the parents of Mercury. [8] With Trivia, Caelus was the father of the distinctively Roman god Janus, as well as of Saturn and Ops. [9]
Fontus or Fons (pl.: Fontes, "Font" or "Source") was a god of wells and springs in ancient Roman religion. A religious festival called the Fontinalia was held on October 13 in his honor. Throughout the city, fountains and wellheads were adorned with garlands. [1] Fontus was the son of Juturna and Janus. [2]