ORIGIN: Roman
TYPE: Goddess of good fortune.
INFORMATION: A deity who particularly appealed to women, partly in an oracular context. She is depicted carrying a globe, rudder, and cornucopiae. She probably evolved from the model of the Greek goddess Tyche. Her main symbol is the wheel of fate which she may stand upon and Renaissance artists tended to depict her thus. Among her more celebrated sanctuaries in Rom, the temple of Fortuna Redux was built by Domitian to celebrate his victories in Germany. She is depicted in a well-known stone carving in Gloucester Museum, England, holding her three main attributes.