Fortuna
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Summary
Fortuna is a Roman deity[1]. She draws 5,039 Wikipedia views per month (roman deity category, ranking #17 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Child: Copia[3]
- Sex or gender: female[4]
- Commons category: Fortuna[5]
- Said to be the same as: Tyche[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fortuna[7]
- Commons gallery: Fortuna[8]
- Depicted by: Statua della Fortuna[9], Fighting between Fortitude and Fortuna[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The American Cyclopædia[17], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Pauly–Wissowa[20]
- Different from: Fortuna[21]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Fortuna include Wheel of Fortune[22], an allegory[23]; she[24], a pseudorandom number generator[25]; Emmeloord[26], a place with town rights and privileges[27], in Netherlands[28]; and 19 she[29], an asteroid[30].
Why It Matters
Fortuna has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] She is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for her include Wheel of Fortune[22], an allegory[23]; she[24], a pseudorandom number generator[25]; Emmeloord[26], a place with town rights and privileges[27], in Netherlands[28]; and 19 she[29], an asteroid[30].