Tykhe, daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus or Hermes, is the spirit of originally fortune and chance, and then of prosperity in Greek folklore.
However, according to Hesiod, Tyche is an oceanide; daughter of the Sea Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
She is usually honoured in a more favourable light as Eutykhia, goddess of good fortune, luck, success and prosperity.
Tyche personified the combination of unexpected, random, circumstances that we call luck, fortune, chance or fluke can be good or evil. The element of ill fortune and bad luck is reflected by words such as disaster, misfortune and unlucky whereas good luck and fortune reflect success, and prosperity.
Indeed, paired with her sister Eudora, she and her sibling together represent a combination of Bounty and Luck...
Tykhe is represented with different attributes. Holding a rudder, she is conceived as the divinity guiding and conducting the affairs of the world, and in this respect she is called one of the Moirai (Fates); with a ball she represented the varying unsteadiness of fortune--unsteady and capable of rolling in any direction; with Ploutos or the horn of Amalthea, she was the symbol of the plentiful gifts of fortune...
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