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Post by alexandria on Dec 28, 2020 4:23:42 GMT 10
January...Janus? In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. Janus Roman God Faces of January for New Beginnings Past 2020 and Future 2021 Roman sources indicate Juno (not Janus) as the tutelary deity of January. There is no corresponding Greek deity - which is unusual. However, I would bring Hekate (the pre-Olympian) into the arena as a possible influence, especially regarding doors (Hekate’s keys) and Her being able to perceive the past, present and future simultaneously. Janus was probably a newly constructed deity in that respect.
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Post by alexandria on Dec 28, 2020 4:46:09 GMT 10
We're so much more than just minions to a system! Here's something to beautifully muse over...Big LOVE! How Sacred Geometry is embedded in Your DNA - Secrets of Geometric Art
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Post by brillbilly on Dec 28, 2020 6:47:01 GMT 10
January...Janus? In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. Janus Roman God Faces of January for New Beginnings Past 2020 and Future 2021 Roman sources indicate Juno (not Janus) as the tutelary deity of January. There is no corresponding Greek deity - which is unusual. However, I would bring Hekate (the pre-Olympian) into the arena as a possible influence, especially regarding doors (Hekate’s keys) and Her being able to perceive the past, present and future simultaneously. Janus was probably a newly constructed deity in that respect. Was Juno not female and to do with birth/all aspects of life and june?.. Juno, in Roman religion, chief goddess and female counterpart of Jupiter, closely resembling the Greek Hera, with whom she was identified. With Jupiter and Minerva, she was a member of the Capitoline triad of deities traditionally introduced by the Etruscan kings. Juno was connected with all aspects of the life of women, most particularly married life. Ovid (Fasti, Book V) relates that Juno was jealous of Jupiter for giving birth to Minerva from his own head. After Flora gave her an herb, Juno gave birth to Mars. www.worldbook.com/behind-the-headlines/Mythic-Monday-Vigilant-Juno
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Post by alexandria on Dec 29, 2020 2:35:15 GMT 10
brillbilly - My apologies, I thought that your question mark signified that you were asking the question. I see now that you applied it for another purpose.
Yes, it seems to me that it should be so and is was what I was taught in school. However, I am simply remembering something I once read regarding the different aspects of Juno in relation to the Roman calendrical system. It may be that I have muddled it with the agricultural year in that respect, possibly...However, I cannot be 100% sure that the month was named after Janus. Although it is widely believed that Janus lends his name to the month of January, it must be remembered that March was originally the beginning of the Roman year and that Januarius, may be derived from janua, ‘a gate,’ or Janus, ‘the god of entrances’.
Also, both Juno and Janus appear to have been celebrated during more than one month in the Roman year. (They are both important figures within the Kalends but Juno even moreseo, of course) There was also debate upon whether Juno lends her name to the month of June. For instance, in the case of both May & June - that they may have been named after the divisions of the Roman (male) citizen body - the maiores (elders) and iuniores (juniors) and not necessarily from the goddesses Maia and Juno. (It is my understanding that the name 'Junius' is masculine in gender)
Furthermore :
Because of the fact that the construction and conditions of deity has been used as a control mechanism for so very long I am always cautious regarding interpretations - most especially when they appear most obvious - as is very often the case where an error regarding (possible) etymology is concerned. There is also the fact that calendrical systems are relative in and of themselves and that they have evolved over time to incorporate facets of deity beyond the natural order of the originals - which would have been Moon-based or lunisolar in nature, some time before the rise of the Solar calendar that we use in order to keep track of the days and months by today.
For anyone who may be interested, here is a little concerning the intricacies of the Roman calendrical system - it is not as cut and dried a topic as one might think! : Calendarium
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Post by Rareclan on Dec 29, 2020 2:39:44 GMT 10
Men giving birth, awesome.
The Etruscan's had a 90 year cycle, can't remember if I know, that In that 90 years they had seasons or months.
It's all Chinese whispers, speaking of which, they have a 60 year cycle.
Adopted ~ Adapted over the years until monotheism was forced upon whomever Is ruled over.
Even then there was an Agenda,
Orgy month
Sacrifice month
Orgy month
War month
Aqueduct month
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Post by brillbilly on Dec 29, 2020 21:52:17 GMT 10
@ alexandria..please dont feel you had to apologize as i took no offense. You summed up the intricacies of the Roman calendrical system,and as you pointed out.. it is not as cut and dried a topic as one might think! That is and always will be the dilemma as calendrical systems are not static,Just taking a look and the system i'm under the Gregorian calendar,leap years skip an hour add an hour yet many people think it was always that way,well we here have tried to go all the way back to the Sumerians and their teachings of great precessional cycles,and never has it been easy. Rareclan..you did make me laugh with these beauties Even then there was an Agenda, Orgy month Sacrifice month Orgy month War month Aqueduct month
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Post by Rareclan on Feb 5, 2021 23:29:42 GMT 10
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Post by brillbilly on Feb 6, 2021 8:14:01 GMT 10
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Post by brillbilly on Apr 8, 2021 5:37:03 GMT 10
Just Musing
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Post by Rareclan on Jun 9, 2021 12:50:09 GMT 10
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