贾纳斯

贾纳斯简介...

贾纳斯简介

双面亚努斯（Ianus），被认为原产于意大利，是开始/结束之神。一年中的第一个月，Januarius的“一月”，是以Januarius命名的。每个月的第1个月可能是献给他的。

杰纳斯基础

雅努斯通常是第一个接受祭品的神。领事们在他那个月的最后一天——一月——就职。

贾努斯和萨利安牧师

手持神圣的盾牌，萨利安牧师向杰努斯唱了一首赞美诗。这首赞美诗包括被翻译为：

"Come forth with the cuckoo [in March] Truly all things dost thou make open. Thou art Janus Curiatius, the good creator art thou. Good Janus is coming, the chief of the superior rulers." - "The Salian Hymn to Janus"

Rabun Taylor（引文如下）雄辩地描述了Janus缺乏连贯性的故事：

"Janus, like so many ancient gods who lacked the grace of a story, was a messy concrescence of scraps fallen from the table of memory. His incoherence was the cause of some puzzlement in the Roman Imperial era, and so he was periodically subjected to reassessments by master yarn-spinners like Ovid or by cosmologists and philosophers seeking to find profound symbolism in his duality."

过渡时期的上帝：战争、和平、十字路口

雅努斯不仅是一位开端和过渡的神，而且还与战争/和平联系在一起，因为除了和平时期，他的神殿的大门是敞开的。他可能是一位河流穿越之神。

奥维德论亚努斯神话

奥维德是奥古斯都神话故事的讲述者，他提供了一个关于雅努斯早期所带来好处的故事。

[227] "'I have learned much indeed; but why is the figure of a ship stamped on one side of the copper coin, and a two-headed figure on the other?' 'Under the double image,' said he, 'you might have recognized myself, if the long lapse of time had not worn the type away. Now for the reason of the ship. In a ship the sickle-bearing god came to the Tuscan river after wandering over the world. I remember how Saturn was received in this land: he had been driven by Jupiter from the celestial realms. From that time the folk long retained the name of Saturnian, and the country, too, was called Latium from the hiding (latente) of the god. But a pious posterity inscribed a ship on the copper money to commemorate the coming of the stranger god. Myself inhabited the ground whose left side is lapped by sandy Tiber's glassy wave. Here, where now is Rome, green forest stood unfilled, and all this mighty region was but pasture for a few kine. My castle was the hill which the present age is accustomed to call by my name and dub Janiculum. I reigned in days when earth could bear with gods, and divinities moved freely in the abodes of men. The sin of mortals had not yet put Justice to flight (she was the last of the celestials to forsake the earth): honour's self, not fear, ruled the people without appeal to force: toil there was none to expound the right to righteous men. I had naught to do with war: guardian was I of peace and doorways, and these,' quoth he, showing the key, 'these be the arms I bear.'" Ovid Fasti 1

众神之首

杰纳斯也是一位占卜师和调解人，也许这就是他在祈祷中被列为众神之首的原因。泰勒说，作为祭祀和占卜的创始人，杰纳斯可以通过他的两张脸看到过去和未来，因此他是世界上第一位牧师。

祝你好运

这是罗马的传统，在新年给上帝蜂蜜、蛋糕、香和酒，以购买有利的迹象和好运的保证。黄金比劣质硬币带来更好的结果。

"Then I asked," Why, Janus, when I placate other gods, do I bring incense and wine to you first?" "So that you may gain entry to whatsoever gods you wish," he replied, "through me, who guard the threshold." "But why are glad words spoken on your Kalends? And why do we give and receive best wishes?" Then the god, leaning on the staff in his right hand, said, "Omens are wont to reside in beginnings. You train your anxious ears on the first call, and the augur interprets the first bird he sees. The temples and ears of gods are open, no tongue intones wasted prayers, and words have weight." Janus had finished. I was not silent for long, but tagged his final words with words of my own. "What do your dates and wrinkled figs mean, or the gift of honey in a snow-white jar?" "The omen is the reason," said he - "so that the sweetness replicates events, and so that the year should be sweet, following the course of its beginnings." Translation of Ovid Fast. 1.17 1-188 from Taylor's article)

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