![]() ![]() Goddess of Luck, Chance and Good Fortune
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TYCHE (Τύχη) is the goddess of Luck, Chance and Good Fortune. Her antithesis is Nemesis, goddess of balance vengeance. Her Roman counterpart is Fortuna. She was usually honoured in a more favourable light as Eutykhia, goddess of good fortune, luck, success and prosperity. | ||||||||||||||
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History and Myths
In ancient times, Tyche was worshipped as the deity who presided over city and individual prosperity. Today, Tyche is known as Lady Luck, being called on for contests, competitions, and gambling. Her symbol was the horn of plentiful, now sometimes used at (American) Thanksgiving. It was filled with nuts, berries, fruits and all the other gifts she would bestow on you. Holding a rudder, she was conceived as the goddess guiding and conducting the affairs of the world, and in this respect she was sometimes called one of the Fates; with a ball she represented the varying unsteadiness of fortune—unsteady and capable of rolling in any direction.
Vital Statistics
Titles Goddess of Luck
Goddess of Chance Goddess of Good Fortune Lady Luck Goddess of Individual and City Prosperity Gender Female
Status Immortal
Species Goddess
Affiliation Olympians
Weapon Unknown
Home Unknown
Roman Form Fortuna
Appearance Varies
Family
Father Mother Spouse(s) N/A
Siblings Hermaphroditus [ sibling ]
Adrestia, Harmonia, Beroe, [ maternal half-sisters ] Anteros, Deimos, Phobos, Golgos, Priapus & Eros [ maternal half-brothers ] Palaestra & Angelia [ paternal half-sisters ] Pan, Agreus, Nomios, & Phorbas [ paternal half-brothers ] Demigod Children Immortal Children N/A
Lover(s) N/A
Other N/A
Scope/Powers
Patron Of Good Luck / Chance / Fortune / Individual & City Prosperity
Symbols The Wheel / Wings / Sceptre / Cornucopia / Ship Rudders / Blindfold
Sacred Animals N/A
Sacred Plants N/A
Assumed Powers Powers of Tyche
Trivia
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God/Goddess of the Month Awards
Tyche won the God/Goddess of the Month Poll competition for September 2013. Tyche won the God/Goddess of the Month Poll competition for June 2020. |