Fortuna

Fortuna (), sometimes anglicized as Fortune, is the goddess of luck or fortune in Roman religion. She came to represent life's capriciousness, and was a goddess of fate. In antiquity she was also known by the epithet Automatia (; , "she who does what she will"). Her Greek equivalent is Tyche.

Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη Túkhē, 'Luck', , ; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the daughter of the Titans Tethys and Oceanus, and she brings positive messages to people relating to external events outside their control.

poem from the Carmina Burana

opera by Claudio Monteverdi

Nortia is the Latinized name of the Etruscan goddess Nurtia (variant manuscript readings include Norcia, Norsia, Nercia, and Nyrtia), whose sphere of influence was time, fate, destiny, and chance.

concept in medieval and ancient philosophy referring to Fate

Translation of a Latin proverb

painting by Salvator Rosa

opera by Francesco Cavalli

Roman goddess, Fortune the "leader back"