National personification

Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I.

A National personification are concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces/phenomena, such as seasons and weather in relation to personae characteristics of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political mascots and cultural depictions.

List of national personifications[change]

Location	Image	Personification	Animal used for the same purpose
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	File:Bharat Mata by Abanindranath Tagore.jpg	Banga Mata (lit. Mother Bengal).^[1]	Bengal tiger^[2]
File:Flag of Europe.svg European Union	File:Enlèvement d'Europe by Nöel-Nicolas Coypel (detail).jpg	Europa or Europa regina	Zeus as a white bull
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	File:Theodoros Vryzakis, Grateful Hellas (1858).jpg	Hellas
File:Flag of India.svg India	File:Bharat Mata (6333841995).jpg	Bharat Mata ("Mother India")	Bengal tiger, Indian elephant
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	File:Edmund Dwyer Gray Hibernia.png	Ériu, Banba, Fódla, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, The Old Woman of Beare^[3]
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine	File:Handara - panoramio.jpg	Handala
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	File:The Destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama.jpg	Pak Watan - "A term of Endearment for Pakistan" which is "Mumlikat-e-Khudadad" ('God-Given State')	File:White leopard.jpg Himalayan Snow spotted Tiger
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	File:Britannia-Statue.jpg	Britannia (United Kingdom), John Bull (England), Dame Wales (Wales)	The Lion and the Unicorn (England and Scotland), Bulldog (United Kingdom), Welsh dragon (Wales)
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	File:Unclesamwantyou.jpg	Uncle Sam (government personification), Lady Liberty, Columbia, Johnny Reb (The South, obsolete), Billy Yank (The North, obsolete), Brother Jonathan (New England, obsolete)	Bald Eagle, Timber rattlesnake (American Revolution, obsolete)

Related pages[change]

National emblem, for other metaphors for nations.

References[change]

↑ Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. APH Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 8176484695. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
↑ "NATIONAL SYMBOLS". Bangladesh Tourism Board. Bangladesh: Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
↑ O'Rourke Murphy, M. & MacKillop, J. (2006). An Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama.

[1] Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. APH Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 8176484695. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

[visitbangladesh.gov.bd2-2] "NATIONAL SYMBOLS". Bangladesh Tourism Board. Bangladesh: Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2015-09-10.

[3] O'Rourke Murphy, M. & MacKillop, J. (2006). An Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama.

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