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Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. [1] The term was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. The concept is often associated with scientific and technological breakthroughs, where accidental discoveries led to new insights or inventions.
"be more fortunate than Augustus and better than Trajan" ritual acclamation delivered to late Roman emperors Felicitas, Integritas et Sapientia: Happiness, Integrity and Knowledge: The motto of Oakland Colegio Campestre school through which Colombia participates of NASA Educational Programs felix culpa: fortunate fault
Fortuna (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance.
Felix culpa is a Latin phrase that comes from the words felix, meaning "happy," "lucky," or "blessed" and culpa, meaning "fault" or "fall". In the Catholic tradition, the phrase is most often translated "happy fault", as in the Catholic Exsultet. Other translations include "blessed fall" or "fortunate fall". [1]
Tyche (/ ˈ t aɪ k i /; Ancient Greek: Τύχη Túkhē, 'Luck', Ancient Greek: [tý.kʰɛː], Modern Greek:; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny.
Used to mean the sacred and infinite in Japanese. A prime example is using the number 8 to refer to Countless/Infinite Gods (八百万の神, Yaoyorozu no Kami) (lit. Eight Million Gods). See 8#As a lucky number. Aitvaras: Lithuania [5] Acorns: Norse [6] Albatross: Considered a sign of good luck if seen by sailors. [7] [8] Amanita muscaria: German
Fortune telling is the unproven spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. [1] The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination.
The earliest known mention of the term or its meaning is found on a document written in cuneiform script that reports on the mythical Tablet of Destinies. It probably refers to a political treaty between three groups of Sumerian gods (cf. the Epic Athra Hasis ), whereby only the leader has the power to restore the things he once determined to ...