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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.
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.
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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 ...
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).
Articles relating to the goddess Fortuna, 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. She is identified with the Greek goddess Tyche.
Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin. In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (/ ˌ k ɔːr n (j) ə ˈ k oʊ p i ə,-n (j) uː-/; from Latin cornu 'horn' and copia 'abundance'), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts.