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Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person. It is, in other words, considered an embodiment or an incarnation. [1] In the arts, many things are commonly personified. These include numerous types of places, especially cities, countries, and continents, elements of the natural world such as the trees or four ...
Columbia (personification) Personified Columbia in an American flag gown and Phrygian cap, which signifies freedom and the pursuit of liberty, from a World War I patriotic poster. Columbia (/ kəˈlʌmbiə /; kə-LUM-bee-ə), also known as Lady Columbia, Miss Columbia is a female national personification of the United States.
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people (s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. Some personifications in the Western world often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province. Examples of this type include Britannia, Germania, Hibernia, Hispania, Helvetia and ...
Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible.
Italia turrita (pronounced [iˈtaːlja turˈriːta]; lit.'Turreted Italy') is the national personification or allegory of Italy, in the appearance of a young woman with her head surrounded by a mural crown completed by towers (hence turrita or "with towers" in Italian). It is often accompanied by the Stella d'Italia ('Star of Italy'), from ...
In religion and mythology. In religion and mythology, anthropomorphism is the perception of a divine being or beings in human form, or the recognition of human qualities in these beings. Ancient mythologies frequently represented the divine as deities with human forms and qualities.
Bust of Marianne sculpted by Théodore Doriot, in the French Senate. Marianne (pronounced [maʁjan]) 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 ...
Germania (/ dʒərˈmeɪniə /; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːnia]) is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. Like many other national personification symbols, she appeared first during the Roman Era. [1] During the Medieval era, she was usually portrayed as one of the lands or provinces ruled by the emperors of the Holy Roman ...