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

Location	Image	Personification	Animal used for the same purpose
22x20px Bangladesh	200px	Banga Mata (lit. Mother Bengal).^[1]	Bengal tiger^[2]
European Union	200px	Europa or Europa regina	Zeus as a white bull
Greece	200px	Hellas
India	200px	Bharat Mata ("Mother India")	Bengal tiger, Indian elephant
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	200px	Ériu, Banba, Fódla, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, The Old Woman of Beare^[3]
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine	200px	Handala
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	200px	Pak Watan - "A term of Endearment for Pakistan" which is "Mumlikat-e-Khudadad" ('God-Given State')	300px Himalayan Snow spotted Tiger
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)
United States	200px	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)

Britannia.jpg

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.
Mother Albania Tirana 2.JPG

Mother Albania. The partisan monument and graveyard on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania.
The Four Continents (America), Johann Joachim Kaendler and assistants, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05373.jpg

The Four Continents (America), Johann Joachim Kaendler and assistants, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05373
La Libertad en la cima de la Piramide de Mayo.jpg

La Libertad en la cima de la Piramide de Mayo
Mother Armenia Statue (55651114).jpeg

Mother Armenia Statue (55651114)
Wien 01 Austriabrunnen 07.jpg

Fountain de:Austriabrunnen in Vienna 1
La-Belgique-couronnant-ses-enfants-illustres-Jamar-1854.tif

Frontispice de La Biographie nationale (éd. Alexandre Jamar, 1854-56). Dessin de Henri Hendrickx (1817-1894) gravé par S. Hébert.
Rodrigues-republica-mab.jpg

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Georgi-Danchov-Svobodna-Bulgaria.jpg

A lithograph by Georgi Danchov - Zografina, "Free Bulgaria"

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