00 MAGIC WORDS Fortune (see also gold, money and treasure) The magic word fortune always retains some glamour in the ears of men. -- Alexandre Duman, The Man in the Iron Mask (1850) Origins: Fortune is of Latin origin. "Fortuna is the Roman personification of good luck and success."10 She is the "changeable goddess,"11 "mistress of human events."12 "She used Her special magic to create abundance wherever She smiled."1 Facts: In the Italian fairy tale "Fortunatus," the goddess Fortuna bestows a magic purse that yields ten pieces of gold whenever one reaches into it.14 Variations and Incantations: • Fortuna "By the power of Fortuna . . ." -- Deborah Gray, How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad (1996) In Literature: • "[I]t was that magical word 'fortune' that had made the most profound impact on her." -- Barbara Taylor Bradford, A Woman of Substance (1979) Frappa Wappa Facts: This is a magic phrase that "makes any object you choose grow larger," as discussed in Writing Prompts by Justin McCory Martin (2001). Friday Mystique: "Friday has always been a magical word, the sign on the border between work and leisure, between hard work and serious fun."15 10 K. Van Der Toom, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (1999) 11 Matthew S. Santirocco, Unity and Design in Horace's Odes (1986) 12 Benedetto Fontana, Hegemony and Power (199 ) 1 Nancy Blair, The Book of Goddesses (2002) 14 Michael Nerlich, Ideology of Adventure (1987) 15 Gordon Hughes and R.M. Fergusson, Ordering Lives (2000)