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
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh		Banga Mata (lit. Mother Bengal).^[1]	Bengal tiger^[2]
European Union		Europa or Europa regina	Zeus as a white bull
Greece	File:Theodoros Vryzakis, Grateful Hellas (1858).jpg	Hellas
File:Flag of India.svg 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]
22x20px Palestine	200px	Handala
Pakistan		Pak Watan - "A term of Endearment for Pakistan" which is "Mumlikat-e-Khudadad" ('God-Given State')	300px 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	File:J. M. Flagg, I Want You for U.S. Army poster (1917).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)

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)
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.
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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.