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Personal Narrative: The Greek Goddess Of Good Luck

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Have you ever tried to find fortune? If you have then look no further, Hello, I am Tyche the Greek goddess of good luck and fortune. I am the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, but sometimes people say I am the daughter of Zeus, and I have one offspring named Ploutos. My Roman name is Fortuna, and I am usually found walking around holding a cornucopia and an orb. Some people in my path are very fortunate and others aren´t. I only like to give people who work hard for what they want, good luck, but when other people just wish or pray for luck and don´t do any actions to promote it will usually give bad luck. On very few occasions I like to randomly surprise people with getting lucky for something and when I do that I use the orb I carry round. I then roll the orb on the ground and whichever way it rolls determines what kind of luck you have. The people who I usually give bad luck to …show more content…

According to Robert Graves in the book The Greek Myth:1 pages 125 ¨Tyche is altogether irresponsible in her awards, and runs about juggling with a ball to exemplify the uncertainty of a chance:¨. Many people always get my sister and I mixed up because we look alike almost like twins. Trust me, you don´t want to get us mixed up, many people call Nemesis the downfall between us. My sister and I do have one thing in common, we both hardly ever show up when someone calls, we prefer to surprise. My symbols represent me in a way that they can only explain, which they are the cornucopia, orb and the rudder. Today you all know the cornucopia as something we celebrate with at Thanksgiving, but I was the one who introduced it to you all. It means a symbol of the plentiful gifts of fortune. Then earlier, I already told about the orb it decides primarily what direction of luck the participant has in their future. Lastly the rudder I believe that the divinity was dividing and conducting the affairs of the world, which had a lot to do with the

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