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Show January Named For Ancient God The name January is derived from the two-faced god, Janus. He ! Was originally the god of light and j day. However, he gradually became be-came the god of the beginning of j things. ; The beginning of the year was tacred to Janut and a festival in hit honor culled Angonia was celebrated. cele-brated. At the beginning of any Importers Im-porters or cabs were at the Waver- ' vice was sought. Janus was worshiped as the guardian of trade and shipping and . he was the Inventor of agriculture. |