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  2. Tyche - Wikipedia

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    Tyche (/ ˈ t aɪ k i /; Ancient Greek: Τύχη Túkhē, 'Luck', Ancient Greek: [tý.kʰɛː], Modern Greek:; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny.

  3. List of fortune deities - Wikipedia

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    Lakshmi: Goddess of wealth, fortune and luck. Kubera: God of wealth; Ganesha: God of wisdom, luck and good beginnings; associated with wealth and fortune. Alakshmi: Goddess of misfortune. Agni: God of fire, wealth and food(in the vedas).

  4. Fortuna - Wikipedia

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    Fortuna (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance.

  5. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía) Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Themis: Θέμις (Thémis) Goddess of divine law and order. Descendants of the twelve ...

  6. Lists of Greek mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Olympians; Aphrodite; Apollo; Ares; Artemis; Athena; Demeter; Dionysus; Hephaestus; Hera; Hermes; Hestia; Poseidon; Zeus; Chthonic deities; Hades; Persephone; Erinyes ...

  7. Caerus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Caerus / ˈ s ɪər ə s, ˈ s iː r ə s / (Greek: Καιρός, Kairos, the same as kairos) was the personification of opportunity, luck and favorable moments. He was shown with only one lock of hair. His Roman equivalent was Occasio or Tempus.

  8. Nemesis - Wikipedia

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    As the goddess of proportion and the avenger of crime, she is often depicted wielding a measuring rod (tally stick), a bridle, scales, a sword, and a scourge, and she rides in a chariot drawn by griffins. The poet Mesomedes wrote a hymn to Nemesis in the early second century AD, where he addressed her:

  9. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Sailors believed that certain symbols and talismans would help them in facing certain events in life; they thought that those symbols would attract good luck or bad luck in the worst of the cases: Sailors, at the constant mercy of the elements, often feel the need for religious images on their bodies to appease the angry powers that caused ...