Fortuna Viscata is one of the odder aspects of the Roman Luck-Goddess Fortuna. Her title, Viscata, means "glue", specifically bird-lime, a sticky substance made from the bark of the holly tree (or from mistletoe) that was used to catch birds. Fortuna Viscata is the Goddess who entices or brings good things from afar and fixes them permanently in an individual's life. Also, as "Sticky Fortune" She entangles and fixes mankind in the circumstances of Fate, from which there is little hope of escape.
