Janus is the first example I'll make of a deity that's not found in the Greek pantheon, but was very important in Rome, nearly as Jupiter himself. Worshiped as Father of the Gods, God of Gods, Peaceful, Creator and Procreator, he is most famous as Janus Bifrons, with two faces, one of a youth and one of an old man, looking forward and behind. First King of Latium, he lived on the Janiculum mount (one of the Seven Hills of Rome) and granted civility to the first denizens of that region.
Janus was the protector of doors (ianuae) and passages, lord of beginnings and endings, of past and future. He isn't related to any other deity, has no father and mother; as the lord of Time, he always was and always will be. The beginning of years was consecrated to him, and so the month of January bears his name.
Janus (N)
Favored Weapon: Double spear
Domains: Artifice, Community, Knowledge, Repose, Travel
Subdomains: Aeon, Ancestors, Home, Memory, Portal, Toil
Druidic Domains: None
Inquisitions: Conversion, Fate, Oblivion
Mysteries/Spirits: Ancestors, Lore, Time
Witch Patron: Ancestors, Boundaries, Devotion, Fate, Peace, Portents, Time, Wisdom
Alternate Channeling: Cities, Fate, Knowledge, Rulership
Clergy: bards, clerics, oracles, inquisitors, shamans, witches
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