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Janus (Roman deity)

LC control no.no2018067372
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingJanus (Roman deity)
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Variant(s)Jān̦u (Roman deity)
Ianvs (Roman deity)
Ianus (Roman deity)
Chan (Roman deity)
Yanus (Roman deity)
Янус (Roman deity)
Ιανός (Roman deity)
Ianos (Roman deity)
Jano (Roman deity)
Xano (Roman deity)
야누스 (Roman deity)
Yanusŭ (Roman deity)
Giano (Roman deity)
יאנוס (Roman deity)
Janas (Roman deity)
Јанус (Roman deity)
ヤーヌス (Roman deity)
雅努斯 (Roman deity)
Yanusi (Roman deity)
Ya nu si (Roman deity)
Other standard no.http://dbpedia.org/resource/Janus
Q167685
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q167685
4961086
http://viaf.org/viaf/4961086
981360
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/981360
http://ta.sandrart.net/-person-886
118775979
http://d-nb.info/gnd/118775979
0034336
Associated countryRome
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inBurchett, Bessie Rebecca. Janus in Roman life and cult, 1918.
Līgo dziesmas : Latviešu klasiskās līgo un Jān̦u dziesmas jauktajam korim, 2004.
Encyclopædia Britannica online, May 17, 2018 (Janus, Roman god; Janus, in Roman religion, the animistic spirit of doorways (januae) and archways (jani))
GreekMythology.com, May 17, 2018 (Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology, and presided over passages, doors, gates and endings, as well as in transitional periods such as from war to peace. He was usually depicted as having two faces looking at opposite ways, one towards the past and the other towards the future. There was no equivalent of Janus in Greek mythology.)
   <https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Roman/Janus/janus.html>
Wikipedia, May 17, 2018 (Janus; In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (Latin: IANVS (Iānus)) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings) Aragonese page (Chan) Azerbaijani page (Yanus [in roman]) Belarusian page (Янус = I︠A︡nus) Bulgarian page (Янус = I︠A︡nus) Greek page (Ιανός = Ianos) Spanish page (Jano) Galician page (Xano) Korean page (야누스 = Yanusŭ) Italian page (Giano) Hebrew page (יאנוס = Yanus) Lithuanian page (Janas) Macedonian page (Јанус = Janus) Japanese page (ヤーヌス = Yānusu) Chinese page (雅努斯 = Yanusi)
Invalid LCCNsh 94005019