Janus Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (; ("Iānus"), ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. It is conventionally thought that the month of January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Janus presided over the beginning and ending of conflict, and hence war and peace. The gates of a building in Rome named after him (not a temple, as it
Doorways in the Sand contingent on the results of the analysis, it would be an exercise in redundancy to detail the various hypotheses which may have to be discarded."<br> "In other words, you are not going to tell me?"<br> "That pretty well sums it up." In "Doorways" as in "The Courts of Chaos" the evocations of and homage to Lewis Carroll's works provide many of the gags and mad humor. Lewis Carroll is mentioned by name in the novel. Here are some of the many allusions to "Alice" in "Doorways": "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" and "Doorways" begin on warm May afternoons. On page one