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4-leaf clover[edit]

I removed this from the lead paragraph:

It was considered the ultimate good luck if one was to discover and set aflame a four leaf clover in her honor. It was said she used the smoke from this "lucky flame" to fabricate her own unique ambrosia. Different poems tell of the effects including both immortality and life long good fortune. In contrast, it was said the ultimate bad luck was the consumption of the clover by the discoverer. It was said that was utter disregard for the godess's divinity.

First it seems like trivia and not appropriate for the Wikipedia:Lead section. But more so, how significant is it, how widespread was this 4-leaf clover myth, was it regional in time and place, or was it widespread? Some more context and a source needed. -- Stbalbach 14:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Depictions[edit]

I was doing some cursory research on winged scuptures in mythology and came across this article, however there is no discussion on traditional depictions of Fortuna. The pictures offer some clues, but I don't want to infer anything incorrectly. Is there anyone who knows more about this subject? --Jhlynes 14:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Page move[edit]

Any objections to a page move to Fortuna? Regards, Ben Aveling 01:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Astrological predictions based on Fortuna point[edit]

Al Barauni, the famous Arab historian and Astomer has done extensive work on the astological prdictive part of this title -Fortuna -. Should it not be covered under this artcile?--Nvvchar (talk) 11:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See the eleventh-century historian Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī.--Wetman (talk) 11:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Confederacy of Dunces?[edit]

Is a subsection about Toole's book really necessary? --96.237.75.2 (talk) 00:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fortuna Temples[edit]

Know that Fortuna Was a Goddess of Gambling too. Were her temples (this is a serious question) Places of Gambling ? Thanks! Fortus Fortuna Adjuvat! /Fortune Favors the Bold!,"X"AMMornAug16,200921stcent.Dated,Dr.Edson Andre' Johnson D.D.ULC>IMPVictorianus (talk) 18:08, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

from: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fortune&searchmode=none L. fortuna, from fors (gen. fortis) "chance, luck," from PIE base *bhrtis-. Often personified as a goddess

also, the Turkish word "fırtına"(= tempest, windstorm) comes from Fortuna... Böri (talk) 12:38, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Occultism and Satanism[edit]

The Wheel of Fortune and the idol named Fortune itself are closely linked with a set of acquatic deities which mask as much as demons. Someone says "She buffets you like a rock in the middle of the sea" ([1]), while the Fortune recalls the water deity Mami Wata and the Beast from the sea mentioned in REvelation 13:1-10.

Describing gods as Sabine[edit]

There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome#Describing gods as Sabine which relates to recent edits here and in other articles. NebY (talk) 18:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]