With the nymph Venilia, this deity fathered the talented singer Canens, and in some stories this deity sits with the Horae at the gate of heaven and chooses who comes in.
With the nymph Venilia, this deity fathered the talented singer Canens, and in some stories this deity sits with the Horae at the gate of heaven and chooses who comes in. In another story, this deity was a mortal from Thessaly who married Camese and fathered the god Tiberinus. Identified with the Etruscan deity Ani, this figure married the Italian goddess Juturna and fathered Fons in one story. This figure's temple remained open in times of war and closed in times of peace. Depicted with two faces looking in different directions, for 10 points, identify this god of doorways and beginnings who lends his name to the first calendar month.
With the nymph Venilia, this deity fathered the talented singer Canens, and in some stories this deity sits with the Horae at the gate of heaven and chooses who comes in.
{Janus}