Iana (goddess) Roscher includes Iana among the "indigitamenta", the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals. Iana (goddess) Iana is the name of an ancient Roman goddess associated with arches and the moon, usually identified as either a form of Diana or the female counterpart of Janus. Varro (1st century BC) uses the name in his agricultural treatise, in a passage of dialogue in which the interlocutors explain that some farming tasks should be done when the moon is waxing, while the waning phase facilitates others, such as harvesting, shearing sheep, and
The Goddess of Spring Goddess of Spring" was among the first string of short films in which they used human characters. It provided much-needed experience for the upcoming major motion picture that Disney was designing. According to film historians, the animation skill level between "The Goddess of Spring" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" appears to have a twenty-year gap between the two; comparatively, it was only three years. The development in that span of time was monumental and is reflected in the major motion picture. Although feature-length cartoons were initially disregarded, the animation advancements attributed to "The Goddess of Spring", as they