National personification
A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation ; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda .
Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva /Athena , and often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province . Examples of this type include Britannia , Germania , Hibernia , Helvetia and Polonia .
A national personification is not the same as a national animal , and many countries have both, quite distinct from each other. The division is not, however, always watertight - for example, in some cartoons it is the national animal rather than the human personification which is used to represent a country.
Personifications by country or territory
Country
Personification
Mother Albania
The gaucho , Martín Fierro
Mother Armenia (Mayr Hayasdan ; lit. "Mother Hayastan")
Efígie da República
Bai Ganio
Preah Thaong and Neang Neak
Mountie , Quebec : Le Vieux de '37 (as heros : Adam Dollard des Ormeaux "used during the two World Wars as a military example", Big Joe Mufferaw and Louis Cyr "as strong men and good workers"), Johnny Canuck
El Huaso , La Carmela , Doña Juanita (an average Chilean woman from the countryside)
Holger Danske
Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito)
Marianne
Germania , Arminius/Hermann der Cherusker , Deutscher Michel [1]
Athena , "Greece " of Delacroix
The Lady of the Mountains (Fjallkonan )
Erin , Kathleen Ni Houlihan , Hibernia
Bharat Mata
Ibu Pertiwi
Srulik
Italia Turrita
Pak Belang or other name Harimau Malaya
Miguel Hidalgo , Adelita
Hans Brinker (outside the Netherlands), Jan Modaal or Jan met de pet (Average Joe ), `de Nederlandse Maagd ` ("the Dutch Virgin"), Frau Antje Germany as a representation of the Dutch ) (Zeeland : Zeeuws Meisje )
Ola Nordmann , Kari Nordmann , hist. Nór
Handala
The chalán , The Motherland
Juan dela Cruz , Joseng Masipag , Gabriela , Inang Bayan , Maria Clara
Polonia
Zé Povinho , Eu nacional
Ecaterina Teodoroiu
Mother Russia
Van Der Merweu Khabazela (Khabazela is a clan name of Mkhize )
Hispania
Mother Svea , Svensson
Helvetia , Herr und Frau Schweizer , Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann, Max Muster
Britannia , John Bull , Colonel Blimp (: Jock Tamson , Sawney ) (: Dame Wales , Deffroad Cymru, the Awakening of Wales
Lady Liberty , Uncle Sam , historically Brother Jonathan and Columbia
Juan Bimba
Pictures
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Image:Britannialion.jpg|Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I .
Image:Image Germania (painting).jpg|Germania Germany , from 1848.
Image:matha.png|Bharat Mata symbolizes India
Image:Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 017.jpg|Delacroix , Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1827)
Image:Srulik0.jpg|The Israeli Srulik .
Image:Handala.gif|The Palestinian Handala .
Image:Triple Entente.jpg|1914 poster showing Marianne , Mother Russia and Britannia .
Image:China imperialism cartoon.jpg|Famous French political cartoon from the late 1890s.
Image:Moder Svea Nygatan march 2007.JPG|Statue of Mother Svea representing Sweden on a building in Stockholm .
Image:John Bull - World War I recruiting poster.jpeg|World War I recruiting poster featuring John Bull .
Image:Cartaz Revolucionário 1.jpg|Constitutionalist Revolution recruiting poster, showing a Bandeirante with the dictator of Brazil , Getúlio Vargas , in his hand.
Image:Walescw.jpg|Deffroad Cymru, the Awakening of Wales (1911)
See also
References
↑ John Bull and Marianne - see image in Entente Cordiale page External links
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