<Li> Donald Duck's cousin Gladstone Gander, created by Carl Barks in 1948, is known for his extreme good fortune that causes him to be given anything he wants without any effort . There have been different versions how he got so lucky, Carl Barks tells in his story Luck of the North that Gladstone was born under a lucky star, while Don Rosa tells that he inherited his luck from his mother, who got it from a distelfink symbol when she was born . In many Italian comics, Gladstone is extremely lucky because the goddess Fortuna is in love with him . </Li> <Li> In Larry Niven's novel Ringworld, the character Teela Brown was the incredibly lucky result of a centuries - long breeding program initiated by the alien Pierson's Puppeteers directed to just such an outcome . The consequence of her state was that she had led such a charmed and worry - free life that she was emotionally immature and unprepared for "harsh reality ." </Li> <Li> The premise of the 2001 Spanish thriller film Intacto is that luck can be amassed and transferred as any other commodity and fortune flows from those who have less to those who have more . </Li> <Li> In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince, Harry drinks a potion called Felix Felicis, also known as' Liquid Luck' . It makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt will have an extremely good chance of being successful . </Li>

One of the characters in this story believes that luck is what causes you to have money