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Janus was a two faced Roman god of doorways, and of beginnings and ends. In the earliest days of the universe, Janus was created by Ouranos as a love-gift for Hecate. But Janus (as Hecate called him) was appalled by life in the Underworld and jumped into the river Styx and was carried to the Upper World. During the war between the gods and the Titans Janus gave shelter to his half-brother, Saturn, but was forced to hand him over to the gods, which he did in exchange for a promise of mercy. Afterwards, Jupiter made Janus a god, making him two-faced in punishment for his treachery and removing his power of motion, and
Janus forever stood as Heaven's doorkeeper. Another account says Jupiter punished Janus by putting him in charge of the moment when the old years ends and the new year starts, endlessly repeating, thereby giving Janus immortality without the freedom to enjoy it.
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Jason was the rightful king of Iolcus. He was smuggled out of Iolcus by Cheiron. When Jason returned to claim his birthright, Pelias sent him to fetch the golden fleece from Colchis.
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In Greek mythology, Jocasta was the daughter of Menoeceus, sister of Creaon and the wife of Laius the king of Thebes by whom she bore Oedipis. After unwittingly murdering Laius she unwittingly married and had incest with her son Oedipus, bringing a plague on Thebes, and bearing him two sons: Eteocles and Polynices and two daughters: Antigone and Ismene. Her father sacrificed himself to rid Thebes of the plague. Jocasta hanged herself when she learned the truth of her marriage to Oedipus.
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Jove is an alternative, poetic, name for the Roman god Jupiter in the form of the chief of the gods.
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Juno was the Roman name for the Greek goddess Hera. Juno was a goddess of women and marriage and the wife of Jupiter.
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Jupiter was a Roman god based upon a fusion of the Etruscan god Tinia and the Greek god Zeus. In Roman mythology, Jupiter was supreme ruler of the universe, responsible for all kinds of weather, especially lightning and rain, and the stories surrounding him are mainly borrowed from Greek stories about Zeus.
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In Roman mythology, Juturna was a goddess of springs, rivers, aqueducts and fountains. The matron of architects and sculptors.
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In Roman mythology, Juventas was a goddess of increase and blessings. She was representative of the eternal youth and solidarity of a species.
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