Heart shaped votives wishing good luck to new marriages at Kasuga Wakamiya Shrine in Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Stone lanterns and heart-shaped votives wishing good luck to new marriages at Kasuga Wakamiya Shrine in Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Good luck messages written on wooden prayer tablets, Shimogamo Shrine, Tadasu no Mori, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Temple wishing good luck to new marriages, Kasuga Shrine, Kyoto, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Temple wishing good luck to new marriages, Kasuga Shrine, Kyoto, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Decorative good luck rakes for sale at the Tori-no-Ichi Festival held annually in November at Otori Shrine, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Shrine at edge of lake, near Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), to help bring good luck when fishing, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Decorative good luck rakes for sale at the Tori-no-Ichi Festival held annually in November at Otori Shrine, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Decorative good luck rakes for sale at the Tori-no-Ichi Festival held annually in November at Otori Shrine, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Meoto Iwa, Mie Prefecture

Heian Shrine, Kyoto

Kyoto, Japan

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Folk art particular to the Cuzco area are the small bulls or 'toritos' placed on roofs of new homes to bring good luck to inhabitants, Cuzco, Highlands, Peru