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
Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God or Thomasina is a 1957 novel by Paul Gallico about a cat, owned by a child whose strict father must learn that love is powerful enough to help others. The book was adapted for the 1963 Disney film "The Three Lives of Thomasina". Andrew MacDhui, a widowed veterinary surgeon working in Scotland, has a young daughter, Mary Ruadh, who is attached to her pet ginger cat called Thomasina (the narrator of the story). Although Mary loves Thomasina, her father MacDhui only tolerates the cat.