Quirinus is a god that incarnates the quirites, i.e. the Romans in their civil capacity of producers and fathers. He is surnamed Mars tranquillus (peaceful Mars), Mars qui praeest paci (Mars who presides on peace). His function of custos guardian is highlighted by the location of his temple inside the pomerium but not far from the gate of Porta Collina or Quirinalis, near the shrines of Sancus and Salus. As a protector of peace he is nevertheless armed, in the same way as the quirites are, as they are potentially milites soldiers: his statue represents him is holding a spear. For this reason Janus, god of gates, is concerned with his function of protector of the civil community. For the same reason the flamen Portunalis oiled the arms of Quirinus, implying that they were to be kept in good order and ready even though they were not to be used immediately. Dumézil and Schilling remark that as a god of the third function Quirinus is peaceful and represents the ideal of the pax romana i. e. a peace resting on victory.
JOANNE??? YOU STUPID BITCH,
ok ok ok so what im saying here is not only is quirinus a name also slapped on janus, u know.
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (/ˈdʒeɪnəs/ JAY-nəs; Latin: Iānus) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces
& according to the hp wiki,
The name "Quirinus" is possibly derived from the Sabine word quiris meaning "spear". Quirinus was a Sabine and a Roman god who was later identified with Mars.
The name was also borne by several early saints. Quirinus is also used as an epithet for the Roman god Janus, a god with two faces similar to Quirrell after he was possessed by Voldemort. This could be a clue to the malevolence of his character. Janus was the god of beginnings, and Quirrell was the first one to find Voldemort in Albania, thereby beginning the Dark Lord's return to power, in a way, and was the first Dark Wizard that Harry ever directly confronted.
ok lmao joanne janus was not just the god of beginnings, doing a quick google search is enough to tell you that. & on top of “quirinus, the peaceful mars”, there’s nothing that would actually link to quirinus being a dark wizard. this wa sa really shitty excuse for halfassing research & being a horrible ableist bitch. janus quirinus is a protector of civilians; a peaceful victory.
similarly, quiri is usually a pacifist, but nonetheless knows how to defend himself & is more than capable of fighting & doing a lot of damage. he’s named aptly because being peaceful doesn’t mean being weak. quirinus is a protector of peace; that isn’t the makings of a dark wizard. anyway once again joanne can’t do research & just halfasses & makes up reasons to make a character evil ( & considering quiri is autistic coded, that’s a bad look joanne ) & i have to fix it.
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