ID: 901000179 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000179	Record Type: Character/Person

	Fortuna (Roman deity)

Note: In Roman religion, goddess of chance or lot who became identified with the Greek Tyche; the original Italian deity was probably regarded as the bearer of prosperity and increase. As such she resembles a fertility deity

Names:

	Fortuna (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Roman iconography> (P)
		........<Roman characters> (P)
		............Fortuna (Roman deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Tyche
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Tyche (Greek deity)) [901002378]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
	.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... fortune
	.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Fortuna (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2017008682
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 96A23 (story of) Flora

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Flora," accessed 4 July 2017
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)