Fortune
Overview
General concepts
- LuckLuckLuck or fortuity is good fortune which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense...
, a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's controls - WealthWealthWealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem...
, an abundance of items of economic value - ProphecyProphecyProphecy is a process in which one or more messages that have been communicated to a prophet are then communicated to others. Such messages typically involve divine inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of conditioned events to come as well as testimonies or repeated revelations that the...
, the prediction of future events- Fortune, the predictions made in the process of fortune-tellingFortune-tellingFortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination...
- Fortune, the printed slip of text contained in a fortune cookieFortune cookieA fortune cookie is a crisp cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and oil with a "fortune" wrapped inside. A "fortune" is a piece of paper with words of faux wisdom or a vague prophecy...
- Fortune, the predictions made in the process of fortune-telling
- Fortune, an alternative spelling of FortunaFortunaFortuna can mean:*Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck -Geographical:*19 Fortuna, asteroid*Fortuna, California, town located on the north coast of California*Fortuna, United States Virgin Islands...
, the Roman goddess of luck (cf. the Greek TycheTycheIn ancient Greek city cults, Tyche was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny....
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People:
- Amos Fortune (citizen of Jaffrey)Amos Fortune (Citizen of Jaffrey)Amos Fortune was a prominent African-American citizen of Jaffrey, New Hampshire in the 18th century. Born free in Africa and brought to America as a slave, Fortune purchased his freedom at the age of sixty and moved to Jaffrey to start a tanning business...
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