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	Personification	Animal used for the same purpose
Bangladesh	Banga Mata (lit. Mother Bengal).^[1]	Bengal tiger^[2]
European Union	Europa or Europa regina	Zeus as a white bull
Greece	Hellas
India	Bharat Mata ("Mother India")	Bengal tiger, Indian elephant
Ireland	Ériu, Banba, Fódla, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Hibernia, The Old Woman of Beare^[3]
Palestine	Handala
Pakistan	Pak Watan - "A term of Endearment for Pakistan" which is "Mumlikat-e-Khudadad" ('God-Given State')	Himalayan Snow spotted Tiger
United Kingdom	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	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 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. 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
La Libertad en la cima de la Piramide de Mayo
Mother Armenia Statue (55651114)
Fountain de:Austriabrunnen in Vienna 1
Frontispice de La Biographie nationale (éd. Alexandre Jamar, 1854-56). Dessin de Henri Hendrickx (1817-1894) gravé par S. Hébert.
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A lithograph by Georgi Danchov - Zografina, "Free Bulgaria"

↑ 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.