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A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda . In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength ...
The personification of Columbia fell out of use and was largely replaced by the Statue of Liberty as a feminine symbol of the United States. [ 16 ] After Columbia Pictures adopted Columbia as its logo in 1924, she has since appeared as bearing a torch similar to that of the Statue of Liberty , unlike 19th-century depictions of Columbia.
The Armada Memorial in Plymouth depicting Britannia. The image of Britannia (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n i ə /) is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. [1]
Germania as personification is usually depicted as a robust woman with long, flowing, reddish-blonde hair and wearing armour. She often wields the Reichsschwert ( imperial sword ), and possesses a medieval-style shield that sometimes bears the image of a black eagle on a gold field .
Marianne (pronounced) has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls and law courts.
This work is a personification of the Odyssey; an ancient Greek epic attributed to the bard Homer.It is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of literature and, along with the Iliad, one of the two founding poems of European civilization.
Dante has several personification characters, but prefers using real persons to represent most sins and virtues. [35] In Elizabethan literature many of the characters in Edmund Spenser's enormous epic The Faerie Queene, though given different names, are effectively personifications, especially of virtues. [36]
National personification: Amaterasu [citation needed] Amaterasu: National founder: Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇 Jinmu-tennō) Emperor Jimmu: National dish: Sushi, Japanese curry, ramen: Sushi, [3] [4] [5] National liquor: Sake: Sake [6] National fruit: Japanese persimmon: Japanese persimmon [7] National currency: Japanese yen: Japanese Yen coins ...