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Fortuna
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fors Fortuna, Muliebris, Virilis, Vortumna, Lady Fortune, Primigenia, Respiciens, Annonaria
römische Glücks- und Schicksalsgöttin
Fortuna is the Roman goddess of luck and fortune who symbolized both the unpredictability of life and the concept of fate. She was so important to Roman religion that she also carried the epithet Automatia, meaning "she who does what she will," and had a Greek counterpart in the goddess Tyche.
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- Deity.type
- Roman
- Deity.image
- Fortuna, inv. 2244 - Braccio Nuovo, Museo Chiaramonti - Vatican Museums - DSC00920.jpg
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of Fortune, Chance, Luck, and Fate
- Deity.abode
- Rome
- Deity.symbol
- Globe, Cornucopia, Wheel, ball, Wreath
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Tyche
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Article · Deutsch
Fortuna (lat. „Glück“, „Schicksal“; Fors Fortuna: „Macht des Schicksals“; Beiname Antias) ist die Glücks- und Schicksalsgöttin der römischen Mythologie, sie entspricht der Tyche in der griechischen Mythologie. In der bildenden Kunst wird Fortuna häufig mit signifikanten Attributen dargestellt, dem Lebens- oder Schicksalsrad, einem Füllhorn, einem Ruder oder auf einer Kugel rollend.
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