National epic

A National epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation. In a broader sense, a national epic may simply be an epic in the national language which the people or government of that nation are particularly very proud of respectively.

Usually most national epics frequently recount the origin of a nation, a part of its history, or a crucial event in the development of national identity such as other national symbols.

List of national personifications[change]

Location	Image	Epic
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	File:Manasa Devi.jpg	The Triumph of the Snake Goddess (lit. Manasa)
File:Flag of India.svg India	File:Raja Ravi Varma - Mahabharata - Birth of Shakuntala.jpg	Mahabharata ("Poem of Greater India")
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine	File:Sughrat.jpg	The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	File:The Destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama.jpg	Hamzanama
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	File:Ellesmere Manuscript in Huntington Library.jpg	The Canterbury Tales (British Epic)
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	File:Kitab-ı Dede Korkut ala-lisan-i Ta'ife-i Oğuzhan, Dresden.jpg	Book of Dede Korkut
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	File:The Columbiad 1807.jpg	The Columbiad

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