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Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. [1] The term was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. The concept is often associated with scientific and technological breakthroughs, where accidental discoveries led to new insights or inventions.
Felix culpa is a Latin phrase that comes from the words felix, meaning "happy," "lucky," or "blessed" and culpa, meaning "fault" or "fall". In the Catholic tradition, the phrase is most often translated "happy fault", as in the Catholic Exsultet. Other translations include "blessed fall" or "fortunate fall". [1]
Fortunate Atubiga (born 1950), Ghanaian politician; Fortunate Chidzivo (born 1987), Zimbabwean long-distance runner; Fortunate Mafeta Phaka (born 1987), South African environmental scientist, author, television producer and science communicator; Fortunate Thulare (born 1994), Botswanan footballer
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.
"Fortunate" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture Life and was released on the film's soundtrack. The song was written, composed, produced and arranged by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Award and Best R&B/Soul Single (Male) at Soul Train Music Awards.
The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology.
The Fortunate Fall is the debut and only novel by Cameron Reed (writing at the time under the name Raphael Carter), published by Tor Books in 1996. The title comes from the Christian theological concept of felix culpa .
Maddox is a mainly male name in use in English speaking countries derived from a Welsh surname meaning "son of Madoc". [1] The name Madoc means "fortunate" and is derived from the Welsh word mad. [2] Madoc or Madog was a legendary Welsh prince who in Welsh folklore sailed to the New World three hundred years before Christopher Columbus.