Janus

Roman · deity · primordial · deity

Two-faced Roman god of beginnings, gates and transitions; no Greek equivalent.

Domains

beginnings and doorways

Powers

Opens and closes all gates, doors and beginnings
Sees at once what is past and what is to come

Epithets

Bifrons
Geminus
Patulcius et Clusius
Ianus Pater
Ianus Quirinus
Consivius

Sources

Ovid, Fasti 1.63-100

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