Fortuna
The tutelary deity of Praeneste was Fortuna, whose oracle was renowned.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Republican and Imperial eras of Rome.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Magna Mater, Mars Camulus, Penates, Silvanus, Agathe Tyche, Lares Compitales, Uni, Hercules, Ceres, Neptune, Juno Regina, Latona, Saturnus, Great Mother of the gods, Nurtia, Sol Invictus, Libertas, Marianne, Dutch Maiden, Leo Belgicus, Cybele, Ēostre, Liber, Libera, Ullr, Othinus, Mythothyn, Ollerus, Aphrodite, Lares, genius loci, Genius, Victory, Astarte, Apollo, Minerva, Jupiter, Vesta, Juno, Venus, Vulcan, Diana, Mars, Mercury, Nemesis, Saturn
- allied with
- Mater Matuta
- syncretized with
- Tyche, Nortia, Fortuna Conservatrix, Rozhanitsa
Mentioned by
- Aphrodite
- Lares
- genius loci
- Genius
- Victory
- Astarte
- Apollo
- Minerva
- Jupiter
- Vesta
- Juno
- Venus
- Vulcan
- Diana
- Mars
- Mercury
and 4 more
Sources
- doi:10.5209/geri.14907peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“The tutelary deity of Praeneste was Fortuna, whose oracle was renowned.”
#9075 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“She was also likely associated with Fortuna, goddess of good fortune, due to the closeness of their temples in Rome and the dates of their festivals.”
#15997 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Similar honors were paid to other divinities in subsequent times: Fortuna, Saturnus, Juno Regina of the Aventine, the three Capitoline deities”
#19884 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She is mentioned in one of Juvenal's satires and identified with the Roman goddess Fortuna, and Martianus Capella lists her along with other goddesses of fate and chance such as Sors, Nemesis, and Tyche.”
#27114 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Roman art it (called a gubernaculum) was the usual attribute of Fortuna, or "Lady Luck", representing her control of the changeable fortunes of life.”
#32834 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001