…The ancient Roman god Janus was the guardian deity of gates, and because gates are the beginning and end of all things, he had two faces and heads facing in opposite directions. He was placed at the head of the gods in prayers and rituals, and in the Julian calendar, the first month of the year was called Januarius (January in English). On the other hand, there are frontal dicephalic figures such as the three-armed dicephalic figure drawn by Dürer and the two-armed dicephalic figure like the legendary Turkish archer (E. Holländer, "Strange Appearances, Abnormal Births and Bizarre Forms in 15th-18th Century Prints", 1922). … *Some of the terminology that mentions "January" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ローマの古神ヤヌスは門の守護神で,門はすべての物事の始まりであるとともに終りであることから,正反対の方向を向く二つの顔と頭があった。祈りや祭儀において神々の先頭におかれ,ユリウス暦では年の初めの1月をヤヌアリウスJanuarius(英語のJanuary)と称した。一方,前部二頭体にはデューラーの描いた三腕二頭体や伝説的なトルコ射手のような二腕二頭体などがある(E.ホーレンダー《15~18世紀版画に見られる怪異,異常出産および奇怪な形姿》1922)。… ※「January」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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