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Fortuna
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Fortuna (fôrt`nə), in Roman religion, goddess of fortune. Worshiped under several forms, she appears to have originally been a goddess of fertility. She was later identified with Tyche, the Greek goddess of chance, and like her was represented with a ship's rudder and a cornucopia.
Fortuna
goddess of chance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 58]
See : Chance


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