- “Janus, I invoke your spirit. Hear my plea. Seize the night for your own reason. Come, appear and show to us that which is infinite power.”
- ―Ethan Rayne (translation)[src]
Janus was a Roman god of the division of self, such as male and female, light and dark.[1]
History
On Halloween 1997, Ethan Rayne invoked Janus in a ritual using a sculpture of his head, representing him with two faces facing in opposite directions, that invoked. The spell caused those who wore costumes bought at his shop to transform into whatever they represented. Giles undid the spell by breaking Janus statue.[1]
Behind the scenes
- In ancient Roman religion, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings.
Appearances
Canonical
- "Halloween" (Only statue)
- "Tabula Rasa" (Only statue)
- "Doublemeat Palace" (Only statue)
Other
- The Angel Chronicles, Volume 2 (Only statue)
- Sons of Entropy (Only mentioned)
- The Evil That Men Do (Only mentioned)
- Queen of the Slayers
- Boys and Their Toys, Part One (Only statue)
- Boys and Their Toys, Part One (Only statue)