This figure fathered the nymph Canens with Venilia
This figure fathered the nymph Canens with Venilia. An altar to this god was one of two featured in the rite of the Tigillum Sororium. Carna once tried to hide from him in a bush but this god raped her and transformed her into the goddess Cardea. This god shared his kingdom with Saturn when Saturn fled from Greece, and he caused a hot spring to erupt to fend off an attack by the Sabine men against Rome. In times of peace his temple's doors were closed, but in times of war they were perpetually open. For 10 points, name this two-faced god to whom the beginning of the year is dedicated.
This figure fathered the nymph Canens with Venilia. An altar to this god was one of two featured in the rite of the Tigillum Sororium.
{Janus} [or {Ianus}]