In Etruscan mythology, Nortia was the goddess of fate and luck. Her attribute was a nail, which was driven into a wall in her temples during the New Year.
All Wikipedia text
is available under the
terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
Search Encyclopedia
Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
... supercillious sophisticate. His most famous role is that of the cranky professor forced to stay immobile because of a broken leg in 1942's The Man Who Came to ...