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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)

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References[change]

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