Tyche

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TYCHE

~Greek Goddess of Fortune, The Prosperity of a City, and Destiny~

Daughter of Aphrodite and either Zeus or Hermes. She was often credited for events for which nothing else, like weather conditions or politics, could be attributed.

She is often considered to mostly give good luck. However, it was thought that if she were too favorable to someone they'd give a visit from Nemesis, the Goddess of Fair Distribution, who would deliver them some bad luck to balance it out.

An Aesop fable about Tyche tries to impart the lesson that while she is the Goddess of Fate every man is actually responsible for his own fate. The story tells of a man traveling a long way. Once he's too tired to walk any longer he spots an old well and leans against it for some much-needed rest. Just as he was about to fall into the water Tyche appeared before him, woke him from his slumber, and said "Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves."



I had no clue what to do to represent her. I know the "Lucky" shirt is a little on the nose, but I really wanted to do either her or a God of medicine. She's tough to depict though as things like a ship rudder, cornucopia full of gold, and city wall shaped crown aren't exactly things that are easy to find.

I've had a cold all week, and I'm hoping I'll get better by tomorrow cause my friend's best friend is coming into town and I'm super excited to meet him. I won't get to spend much time with all of them due to some differences of hobbies, but I'm at least hoping he'll play pool or just tell stories about what my friend was like growing up.

At this point though no amount of medicine has made me feel any better, so luck is kinda what I need to be able to hang out tomorrow night. I hope you all also have plenty of luck in your lives. And thank you for reading.

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FLICKR

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AVATAR CREDITS

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Head: Lilly Bento Head (Catwa)
Body: Lara Body (Maitreya)
Skin: Kyla Catwa Applier - Albina (Boataom)
Body Blush: Shawty so Kawaii (Caise)

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CLOTHING CREDITS

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Hair: Molly - Vibrant (Pr!tty)
Eyes: Lana ~ Brown (S0NG)
Eyeshadow: Soiree Eyeshadow (Alaskametro<3)
Highlighter: Bebe - Sirena (The Horror!)
Lipstick: Holo Metallic Lipstick (Izzie's)
Nailpolish: Holosexual Mani (#Adored)
Shirt/Dress: Not 10am Tee Dress (Vinyl)
Leggings: Lyra Leggings (Alaskametro<3)
Glasses: Audri Glasses (Fetch)
Necklace: Infinitum Necklace (Michan)
Bracelet: Infinity Bracelet - Gold (Ninety)
Purse: Leather Bag VIP Gift (Tentacio)