Ianuarius "Ianuarius" and "Februarius" were supposed to have been added by Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, originally at the end of the year. It is unclear when the Romans reset the course of the year so that January and February came first. "Ianuarius" is conventionally thought to have taken its name from Janus, the dual-faced god of beginnings, openings, passages, gates and doorways, but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Many Roman festivals and religious observances reflect the Romans' agrarian way of life in their early history. Agricultural calendars "(menologia rustica)"
Doorways in the Sand surreal nightmare back to his normal world. However, at the end of "Doorways" Zelazny revises the rabbit hole again. Fred imagines all the doorways in the sand that will lead to all the exotic places he and Speicus will visit and experiences that they will have throughout the galaxy: “Behind me the beach was suddenly full of doorways, and I thought of ladies, tigers, shoes, ships, sealing wax. . . .” Zelazny's literary biographers have disagreed over the basic profile of his protagonists. Krulik writes: More than most writers, Zelazny persists in reworking a persona composed of a single literary