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  2. O Fortuna - Wikipedia

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    It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman mythology. In 1935–36, "O Fortuna" was set to music by German composer Carl Orff as a part of "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi", the opening and closing movement of his cantata Carmina Burana. It was first staged by the Frankfurt Opera on 8 June 1937.

  3. 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.

  4. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    Owuo, Akan God of Death and Destruction, and the Personification of death. Name means death in the Akan language. Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa , one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead

  5. O Fortuna (Orff) - Wikipedia

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    "O Fortuna" is a movement in Carl Orff's 1935–36 cantata Carmina Burana. It begins the opening and closing sections, both titled "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi". The cantata is based on a medieval Goliardic poetry collection of the same name, from which the poem "O Fortuna" provides the words sung in the movement. It was well-received during its ...

  6. Carmina Burana - Wikipedia

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    The Wheel of Fortune from Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ n ə b ʊ ˈ r ɑː n ə /, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" [Buria in Latin]) is a manuscript of 254 [1] poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century.

  7. List of Roman deities - Wikipedia

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    Fontus or Fons, god of wells and springs. Fortuna, goddess of fortune. Fufluns, god of wine, natural growth and health. He was adopted from Etruscan religion. Fulgora, personification of lightning. Furrina, goddess whose functions are mostly unknown, but in archaic times important enough to be assigned a flamen.

  8. Category:Death goddesses - Wikipedia

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    Greek death goddesses (3 C, 8 P) L. Life-death-rebirth goddesses (5 C, 11 P) P. Persephone (7 C, 21 P) U. Underworld goddesses (6 C, 55 P) Pages in category "Death ...

  9. Wheel of Fortune (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna (Greek equivalent: Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel: some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls. The metaphor was already a cliché in ancient times, complained about by Tacitus , but was greatly popularized for the Middle Ages by its extended treatment ...