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Fortuna, rielaborazione romana da originale greco del IV secolo ac. con testa non pertinente, da tor bovicciana (ostia), inv. 2244
A statue of Fortuna

Fortuna was the goddess of fortune, luck and fate in Roman mythology. Fortuna could bestow good or bad luck onto people. She was sometimes represented veiled and blind. She was a daughter of Jupiter and like him, she could also be bountiful and generous to everybody.

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  • CarminaBurana wheel

    Fortuna governs the circle of the four stages of life, the Wheel of Fortune, in a manuscript of Carmina Burana

  • HumiliationValerianusHolbein

    The humiliation of Emperor Valerian by king Shapur I of Persia (260) passed into European cultural memory as an instance of the reversals of Fortuna. In Hans Holbein's pen-and-ink drawing (1521), the universal lesson is brought home by its contemporary setting.

  • Lunar eclipse al-Biruni

    illustration by Al-Biruni (973-1048) of different phases of the moon, from the Persian Kitab al-tafhim

  • ForutuneWheel

    Lady Fortune in a Boccaccio manuscript

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fortuna (mitología) para niños

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