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Action not qual to word / deception?

Hey there, can someone clarify exactly what you mean by action not equal to word (action != word)? Does that mean the Janus head refers to the act of deception, or that deception is when your actions are not equal to what you said, or what? Thanks.
- Jsan 23:38, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Hypocrisy?

Janus head typically refers to hypocrisy; that is, when you say one thing and do another. -- X-G, 30 Jun 2004 01:07 UTC

Clean Shaven face?

Does anyone have a source for the clean shaven face of Janus? Also, I've never heard of the greek origin Myth before, and I don't think Ovid mentioned it in his Fasti either..

Popular culture?

how about a section "Janus in popular culture"? so far that James Bond villain (in one of the latest films of that franchise) comes to mind. There's also Janus Chess, a chess variant using a piece called Janus (wikilink got me to this page) (clem 10:00, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC))

Do you mean two-faced?

I've never heard Janus Headed used as a comment for deception, I'm pretty sure you meant Two-Faced... Robgea

Shakespeare used the term "Janus-faced" in one of his plays referring to "two-facedness." I'm unsure of the specific work, but I want to go with Othello.

Janus and "endings"

Augustine acknowledges Janus as the god of origins with Terminus as the god of endings.

Help on a Janus project

Hi I have a project in school and my god given to me was Janus. I have to make a product that would represent Janus and I was wondering if anyone can help me. The only thing I've come up with is a door but it sounded bland and if it was to be a door, what kind of attributes would it have? Thanks in advance.

Well if your're making a 3D model than a gate is easily more impresive than a door but maybe you could have one side light and the other dark, to represent beginnings and endings. It's sounds like a hard project so good luck!

Do you go to a high school in corona? if you do im doing the same exact project as you, but id say that ^ is good advice, or a lie detector would be a good idea

"Fight the Skies" in Popular Culture

This link to a myspace band seems rather out-of-place in the list. If anyone thinks it should be there, feel free to put it back. 86.131.53.100 05:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pronounciation?

How is Janus pronounced? Is it Jay-nuss, or Ya-nuss? Aaadddaaammm 07:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd imagine it's pronounced Ja-nus, as it says that the month of January is named after him on the main article. Colbarr 12:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. It's Jay-niss: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?janus001.wav=Janus

Jay-niss is the accurate modern pronunciation, but I've seen a claim that the ancient pronunciation was something more like Yah-niss. I doubt this is accurate though. Probably confusion from the ancient Roman spelling: IANVS (the i would be pronounced like a j). Also could be confusion from the eastern European name Janos (Yah-nos or Yah-nosh, I think). That name is just a form of John; no connection to Janus as far as I know. 23:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Titus Pullo

I removed the wording

who has a penchant for praying directly to whatever god interests him at the moment

bcz (whatever you may have been taught playing Dungeons & Dragons) that is how polytheism works: you pray to the god having dominion over your current problem, even if you have more of a "personal relationship" with others. Similarly, when Pullo is treated for a depressed skull fracture, the physician recommends to Vorenus a specific sacrifice to a specific god. Read up on your Christian saints, & you'll find they similarly have dominion over (to me surprising combinations of) various things like lost objects or lost causes or travel or specific relationships among relatives. If "interests him at the moment" means "depending on his situation" it's unremarkable behavior; if it means "at random", it's original research in the absence of verifiability that Pullo is known to fans for that.
--Jerzy•t 03:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baptism

Any corelation between janus and baptism.

Jana

I believe the link to Janus' wife Jana is wrong...

Popular Culture

I can find no evidence of a Janus Tallon in Star Wars, there is no article on him at the starwars wiki. 86.130.51.215 (talk) 23:08, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]