National personification

Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbary lion, are also national personifications of the two countries.

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 Polonia.

Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma, a female deity who personified the city of Rome and his dominion over the territories of the Roman Empire.[1]

Examples of representations of the everyman or citizenry in addition to the nation itself are Deutscher Michel, John Bull and Uncle Sam.[2]

Personifications by country or territory

Location Image Personification Animal used for the same purpose
 Albania Mother Albania Double-headed eagle
Americas Personification of the Americas American alligator
 Argentina Allegory of the Republic, Gaucho
 Armenia Mother Armenia
 Australia Little Boy from Manly Boxing kangaroo
 Austria Austria Double-headed eagle
 Bangladesh Bangamata[3] Bengal tiger[4]
 Belgium La Belgique, Manneken Pis[5][6] Brabantic Lion, Leo Belgicus
 Bhutan Thunder Dragon
 Brazil Efígie da República
 Brunei Awang Budiman[7][8]
 Bulgaria Mother Bulgaria Double-headed eagle
 Cambodia Preah Thong and Neang Neak
 Canada Mountie,[9] Johnny Canuck,[10] Canada Bereft (Vimy Memorial).

Canada was often personified as a young woman in 19th and early 20th century editorial cartoons, called simply "Canada", "Miss Canada", or sometimes "Mother Canada".[12]

Canadian beaver
 Chile Huaso, Roto, Señora Juanita, Angel of Liberty[13] Condorito
 China and  Taiwan Chinese dragon, Panda, hare[14]
 Colombia Juan Valdez
 Croatia Mother Croatia Dalmatian
 Cuba La República Tocororo
 Cyprus Liberty Cypriot Mouflon[15]
 Czechia Čechie, Czech Vašek, Honza, Svejk Czech lion
 Denmark Holger Danske, Mother Denmark Mute swan
 Dominican Republic Conchoprimo
 Egypt Mother of the World Sphinx
 El Salvador Salvador del Mundo Torogoz
 Estonia Kalevipoeg
 Europe Europa or Europa regina
 Finland Finnish Maiden Finnish lion
 France Marianne Gallic rooster
 Georgia Mother of a Georgian
 Germany Germania, Deutscher Michel Reichsadler, Bundesadler, Berliner Bär (Berlin), Bavarian Lion (Bavaria), Marcher Eagle (Brandenburg), Prussian Eagle (Prussia)
 Greece Hellas
 Haiti Ezili Dantor, Le Marron Inconnu, Katrin
 Hungary The Lady of Hungaria Turul
 Iceland The Lady of the Mountains
 India Bharat Mata Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian Elephant, Indian peafowl
 Indonesia Ibu Pertiwi Garuda Pancasila
 Iran,  Afghanistan and  Tajikistan Rostam[16][17][18] Lion and sun
 Ireland Ériu, Banba, Fódla, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, The Old Woman of Beare[19] Irish Hare[20]
 Israel Srulik Lion of Judah
 Italy Italia turrita Italian wolf[21][22]
 Japan yamato-hime Green Pheasant
 Kazakhstan Altin Adam Tulpar
Korea ( North Korea and  South Korea - despite mutual enmity, both states lay claim to the same historical heritage) Korean Tiger, Chollima
 Kyrgyzstan Manas Siberian ibex
 Latvia Milda, Liberty
 Lebanon Abu Abed
 Lithuania Lietuva
Benelux Low Lands or Benelux Leo Belgicus
 Malaysia Hang Tuah[24][25] Malayan tiger[26]
 Malta Melita Dolphin
 Mexico Mexican Motherland, La China Poblana Golden eagle
 Mongolia Genghis Khan Saker falcon
 Montenegro Fairy of Lovćen, Mother Montenegro Double-headed eagle
 Morocco Barbary Lion
 Netherlands Dutch Maiden Dutch Republic Lion, Leo Belgicus
   Nepal Gurkha, Sherpa Yeti[27]
 New Zealand Zealandia[28] Kiwi
 Nicaragua El Güegüense Motmot
 North Macedonia Mother Macedonia[30][31] Lioness
 Norway Mother Norway, Ola & Kari Nordmann, Nór
Palestine Handala
 Peru Peruvian Motherland, El Perú Libre Vicuña
 Philippines
La Madre Filipinas, Juan dela Cruz Philippine Carabao
 Poland Polonia White eagle
 Portugal Zé Povinho, Efígie da República, Guardian Angel of Portugal Rooster of Barcelos
 Rhodesia Cecil Rhodes Sable antelope, Zimbabwe Bird
 Romania România Lynx
 Russia Mother Russia, General Winter Russian bear
 San Marino Liberty, Saint Marinus
 Serbia Mother Serbia, Kosovo Maiden Serbian eagle
 Singapore Merlion
 Slovakia Jánošík
 Slovenia Kralj Matjaž
 South Africa The Lady of Good Hope Springbok
 Spain Hispania Hispanic Lion
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Matha (Mother Sri Lanka) Lion
 Suriname Mama Sranan (Mother Suriname), a 1965 sculpture by Jozeph Klas in the center of Paramaribo, of a mother figure holding five children representing Suriname's ethnic groups in her arms.[32]
 Sweden Mother Svea (Moder Svea)
  Switzerland Helvetia Cow[33]
 Thailand Siam Devadhiraj White elephant
 Turkey Ana Vatan (Turkish Motherland) Wolf
 Turkmenistan Oghuz Khagan Akhal-Teke
 Ukraine Cossack Mamay Ruthenian Lion
 United Kingdom Britannia Bulldog
 United States Columbia, Lady Liberty[35] Bald Eagle, American Buffalo, Timber rattlesnake (American Revolution)
 Uruguay Efigie de la República
 Uzbekistan Timur Snow Leopard
 Venezuela Juan Bimba (obsolete)
 Vietnam Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ Vietnamese Dragon, Lạc Bird

See also

References

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  2. ^ Eric Hobsbawm, "Mass-Producing Traditions: Europe, 1870-1914," in Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, eds., The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, 1983), 263-307.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. APH Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 8176484695. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
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  9. ^ McGill, Robert (2017). War Is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780773551589. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  10. ^ Barber, Katherine (2007). Only in Canada You Say: A Treasury of Canadian Language. Oxford University Press Canada. p. 70. ISBN 9780195427073.
  11. ^ Légaré, André (2008). "Inuit identity and regionalization in the Canadian Central and Eastern Arctic: a survey of writings about Nunavut". Polar Geography. 31 (3–4): 99–118. Bibcode:2008PolGe..31...99L. doi:10.1080/10889370701742845. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
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  13. ^ "CHILE: 50 AÑOS DEL GOLPE. EL ÁNGEL DE LA LIBERTAD". Rascacielos. September 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  14. ^ "网民为什么会把中国称为"兔子"" [Why do Internet called China a "hare"?]. The Paper (in Chinese). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Animals in Cyprus". AZ Animals. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  16. ^ Hassanabadi, Mahmoud. "Rostam: A Complex Puzzle: A New Approach to the Identification of the Character of Rostam in the Iranian National Epos Shāhnāme".
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  22. ^ Blashfield, Jean F. (2009). Italy. Scholastic. p. 33. ISBN 9780531120996.
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  25. ^ Melanie Chew (1999). The Presidential Notes: A biography of President Yusof bin Ishak. Singapore: SNP Publications. p. 78. ISBN 978-981-4032-48-3.
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  27. ^ Subba, Sanghamitra (29 January 2020). "Love it or hate it, it's abominable".
  28. ^ Phillips, Jock. "South African War memorial, Waimate".
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  30. ^ A Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia, 1881, Our mother Macedonia became now as a widow, lonely and deserted by her sons. She does not fly the banner of the victorious Macedonian army
  31. ^ Bulgarian graphic representation of Bulgaria, East Rumelia and North Macedonia
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Further reading

  • Lionel Gossman. "Making of a Romantic Icon: The Religious Context of Friedrich Overbeck's 'Italia und Germania.'" American Philosophical Society, 2007. ISBN 0-87169-975-3. [1]

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