Tyche

god

Τύχη

Goddess of fortune and chance

Tyche was the goddess of fortune and chance — embodying life's unpredictability.

The Myth

Worshipped increasingly in the Hellenistic period as Greeks grappled with randomness. Depicted with cornucopia, rudder, and wheel. Many cities had their own Tyche as patron. She represented the acknowledgment that not everything could be explained by divine justice.

Parents

Zeus and Aphrodite (or Oceanus and Tethys)

Children

None recorded

Symbols

wheel of fortunecornucopiarudderball

Fun Fact

The Wheel of Fortune — from Boethius to the TV show — originates with Tyche.

Words We Inherited

English words and phrases that trace back to this myth:

stochastic