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National personification

Index National personification

A national personification is an anthropomorphism of a nation or its people. [1]

148 relations: Abu Abed, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, Allegorical representations of Argentina, Allegory of Hispania, Amaterasu, Anthropomorphism, Armenia, Arminius, Athena, Ériu, Čechie, Banba, Bandeirantes, Bangamata, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Barbary lion, Bavaria statue, Bengal tiger, Benito Mussolini, Berolina, Bharat Mata, Billy Yank, Brasília, Britannia, Brother Jonathan, Cailleach, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Carniola, Catherine Flon, China poblana, Chollima, Coat of arms of the Czech Republic, Columbia (name), Confederate States of America, Cossack Mamay, Cyrus the Great, Czech Vašek, Dangun, Deity, Deutscher Michel, Doña Juanita, Dutch Maiden, Dutch Republic Lion, Editorial cartoon, Efígie da República, Emad Hajjaj, Europa (mythology), Europa regina, Everyman, ..., Ezili Dantor, Fódla, Finnish Maiden, Gaucho, Germania (personification), Grace O'Malley, Guardian Angel of Portugal, Hammonia, Hang Tuah, Hellas (personification), Helvetia, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Hibernia (personification), Huaso, Ibu Pertiwi, Internet meme, Italia turrita, Italian Empire, John Bull, Johnny Canuck, Johnny Reb, Joy Bangla, Juan dela Cruz, Juraj Jánošík, Kangaroo, Kartlis Deda, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Kiwi, Korea, Kosovo Maiden, Lady of Hungaria, Lady of the Mountain, Latin, Le Vieux de '37, Leo Belgicus, Liberty (goddess), Lionel Gossman, List of national animals, Little Boy from Manly, Lovćen, Malayan tiger, María Clara, Marianne, Martín Fierro, Melita (personification), Merlion, Minerva, Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo, Mother Albania (statue), Mother Armenia, Mother Serbia, Mother Svea, Moya (surname), Mukti Bahini, Mural crown, Naji al-Ali, Nation, National emblem, Nór, New England, Ogier the Dane, Oj, svijetla majska zoro, Ola Nordmann, Online community, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Paramaribo, Personifications of Russia, Philippine eagle, Polandball, Polonia (personification), Preah Thong and Neang Neak, Propaganda, Rio Grande do Sul, Roma (mythology), Roman province, Rome, Roto, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Saint George, São Paulo (state), Scotia, Sebastianism, Siberian tiger, South Island, Southern man, Srulik, Statue of Liberty, Thailand, The Four Immortals, The Good Soldier Švejk, Uncle Sam, Ungnyeo, Union (American Civil War), User-generated content, Webcomic, Yangban, Zé Povinho, Zealandia (personification). Expand index (98 more) »

Abu Abed

Abu Abed is a fictional character that forms the centerpiece of many jokes in Lebanon, though he is known throughout the Arab world.

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Adam Dollard des Ormeaux

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (July 23, 1635 – May 21, 1660) is an iconic figure in the history of New France.

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Allegorical representations of Argentina

There are various allegorical representations of Argentina or associated in any way with Argentina.

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Allegory of Hispania

The allegory of Hispania is the national personification of Spain.

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Amaterasu

,, or is a deity of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion.

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Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.

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Armenia

Armenia (translit), officially the Republic of Armenia (translit), is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Arminius

Arminius (German: Hermann; 18/17 BC – AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who famously led an allied coalition of Germanic tribes to a decisive victory against three Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD.

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Athena

Athena; Attic Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā, or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athānā or Athene,; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē often given the epithet Pallas,; Παλλὰς is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Ériu

In Irish mythology, Ériu (modern Irish Éire), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland.

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Čechie

Čechie is the personification of the Czech nation, which was used in the 19th century as reaction on personification of competing nationalism represented by Germania or Austria.

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Banba

In Irish mythology, Banba (modern spelling: Banbha, pronounced), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is a patron goddess of Ireland.

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Bandeirantes

The Bandeirantes were 17th-century Portuguese settlers in Brazil and fortune hunters.

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Bangamata

Baṅgamātā (বঙ্গমাতা), Mother Bengal or simply বাংলা/ Bangla, a personification of Bengal, was created during Bengali renaissance and later adopted by the Bengali nationalists.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in what was then East Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh genocide.

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Barbary lion

The Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) is the nominate lion subspecies in North Africa.

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Bavaria statue

Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in Munich, southern Germany.

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Bengal tiger

The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the most numerous tiger subspecies in Asia, and was estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals by 2011.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Berolina

Berolina is the New Latin female personification of Berlin and the allegorical female figure symbolizing the city.

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Bharat Mata

Bharat Matā (Hindi, from Sanskrit Bhāratāmbā भारताम्बा; अम्बा ambā means 'mother') is the national personification of India as a mother goddess.

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Billy Yank

Billy Yank or Billy Yankee is the personification of the Northern states of the United States, or less generally, the Union during the American Civil War.

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Brasília

Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District.

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Britannia

Britannia has been used in several different senses.

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Brother Jonathan

Brother Jonathan is the national personification of New England.

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Cailleach

In Gaelic mythology (Irish, Scottish and Manx) the Cailleach is a divine hag, a creator deity and weather deity, and an ancestor deity.

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Canadian National Vimy Memorial

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War.

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Carniola

Carniola (Slovene, Kranjska; Krain; Carniola; Krajna) was a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia.

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Catherine Flon

Catherine Flon is regarded as one of the symbols of the Haitian Revolution and independence.

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China poblana

China poblana (Chinese Pueblan) is considered the traditional style of dress of women in Mexico, although in reality it only belonged to some urban zones in the middle and southeast of the country, before its disappearance in the second half of the 19th century.

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Chollima

A Chollima (also Qianlima, Senrima, or Cheollima, literally "thousand-mile horse") is a mythical winged horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian cultures.

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Coat of arms of the Czech Republic

The coat of arms of the Czech Republic displays the three historical regions—the Czech lands—which make up the nation.

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Columbia (name)

"Columbia" is a historical name used by both Europeans and Americans to describe the Americas, the New World, and often, more specifically, the United States of America.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Cossack Mamay

Cossack Mamay (in less significant variants also named as Cossack banduryst, Козак Мамай) is a Ukrainian folkloric hero, one of the standard characters in traditional Ukrainian itinerant puppet theater, the Vertep.

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Cyrus the Great

Cyrus II of Persia (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; New Persian: کوروش Kuruš;; c. 600 – 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great  and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire.

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Czech Vašek

Czech Vašek (literal. "Czech Václav") is a historical figure representing the national character of the Czech people used in time of national competition with German nationalism at the end of the 19th century.

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Dangun

Dangun or Dangun Wanggeom was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first ever Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Deity

A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.

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Deutscher Michel

Der Deutsche Michel (literally "the German Michael") is a figure representing the national character of the German people, rather as John Bull represents the English and Uncle Sam represents Americans.

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Doña Juanita

Doña Juanita (diminutive of Juana) is a name used for the average Chilean, and specially the older women from the countryside (in the manner of Britishman John Bull).

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Dutch Maiden

The Dutch Maiden (Dutch: Nederlandse Maagd) is a national personification of the Netherlands.

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Dutch Republic Lion

The Dutch Republic Lion (also known as States Lion) was the badge of the Union of Utrecht, the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and is a precursor of the current coat of arms of the Kingdom the Netherlands.

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Editorial cartoon

An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist's opinion.

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Efígie da República

The Efígie da República (Portuguese for Effigy of the Republic) is used as a national personification, both in Brazil and in Portugal, symbolizing the Republic.

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Emad Hajjaj

Emad Hajjaj (عماد حجاج) is a political cartoonist from Palestine.

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Europa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Europa (Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and after whom the continent Europe was named.

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Europa regina

Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen.

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Everyman

In literature and drama, the term everyman has come to mean an ordinary individual with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily and who is often placed in extraordinary circumstances.

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Ezili Dantor

Ezilí Dantor or Erzulie Dantó is the main loa or senior spirit of the Petro family in Haitian Vodou.

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Fódla

In Irish mythology, Fódla or Fótla (modern spelling: Fódhla or Fóla), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was one of the tutelary goddesses of Ireland.

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Finnish Maiden

The Maiden of Finland (Suomi-neito, Finlands mö) is the national personification of Finland.

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Gaucho

A gaucho or gaúcho is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.

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Germania (personification)

Germania is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole, most commonly associated with the Romantic Era and the Revolutions of 1848, though the figure was later used by Imperial Germany.

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Grace O'Malley

Grace O'Malley (c. 1530 – c. 1603; also Gráinne O'Malley, Gráinne Ní Mháille) was lord of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father Eoghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.

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Guardian Angel of Portugal

The Guardian Angel of Portugal (Anjo da Guarda de Portugal) is a title of Saint Michael the Archangel as the guardian angel of Portugal.

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Hammonia

Hammonia is the Medieval Latin female personification of Hamburg.

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Hang Tuah

Hang Tuah (Jawi) was a legendary warrior who lived in Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah in the 15th century.

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Hellas (personification)

Hellas or Ellada is the personification of the nation of Greece, emanating from the classical period.

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Helvetia

Helvetia is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially Confœderatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.

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Hetalia: Axis Powers

is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by Hidekaz Himaruya.

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Hibernia (personification)

Hibernia as a national personification representing Ireland appeared in numerous cartoon and drawings, especially in the nineteenth century.

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Huaso

A huaso is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the American cowboy or Mexican charro, the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul and the Australian stockman.

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Ibu Pertiwi

Ibu Pertiwi (Mother Earth) YKIP is a national personification of Indonesia, the allegory of Tanah Air (land and water), the Indonesian Motherland.

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Internet meme

An Internet meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase, or piece of media that spreads, often as mimicry or for humorous purposes, from person to person via the Internet.

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Italia turrita

Italia Turrita is the national personification or allegory of Italy, characterised by a mural crown (hence turrita or "with towers" in Italian) typical of Italian civic heraldry of Medieval communal origin.

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Italian Empire

The Italian Empire (Impero Italiano) comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions, dependencies and trust territories of the Kingdom of Italy and, after 1946, the Italian Republic.

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John Bull

John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works.

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Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck is a Canadian cartoon hero and superhero who was created as a political cartoon in 1869 and was later re-invented, most notably as a Second World War action hero in 1942.

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Johnny Reb

Johnny Reb or Johnny Rebel is the national personification of the Southern states of the United States, or less generally, the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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Joy Bangla

Joy Bangla (জয় বাংলা) is a salutation, slogan, and war cry most commonly used in People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal to indicate Nationalism towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of Bengal and Bangamata (also known as Bangla Maa or Mother Bengal).

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Juan dela Cruz

Juan dela Cruz is the national personification of the Philippines, often used to represent the "Filipino everyman." He is usually depicted wearing the native salakot hat, Barong Tagalog, long pants, and tsinelas (local term for the popular flipflops).

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Juraj Jánošík

Juraj Jánošík (first name also Juro or Jurko,; baptised January 25, 1688, died March 17, 1713) was a famous Slovak highwayman.

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Kangaroo

The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").

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Kartlis Deda

Kartlis Deda (ქართლის დედა; Mother of a Kartli or Mother of a Georgian) is a monument in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

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Kathleen Ni Houlihan

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, "Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan") is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman.

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Kiwi

Kiwi or kiwis are flightless birds native to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Kosovo Maiden

The Kosovo Maiden or Maiden of the Blackbird Field (Косовка девојка / Kosovka devojka) is the central figure of a poem with the same name, part of the Kosovo cycle in the Serbian epic poetry.

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Lady of Hungaria

Hungaria is a national symbol of Hungary, an allegory and a portrayal of the nation.

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Lady of the Mountain

The "Lady of the Mountain" (Fjallkona) is the female incarnation (national personification) of Iceland.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Le Vieux de '37

Le Vieux de '37 (French for "The Old One of '37", more accurately translated as "The Old Man of '37") is the name under which is known an illustration by Henri Julien created in approximately 1880 to illustrate Le vieux patriote, a poem from Louis Fréchette.

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Leo Belgicus

The Leo Belgicus (Latin for Belgic Lion) was used in both heraldry and map design to symbolize the former Low Countries (current day Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and a small part of northern France) with the shape of a lion.

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Liberty (goddess)

Liberty is a loose term in English for the goddess or personification of the concept of liberty, and is represented by the Roman Goddess Libertas, by Marianne, the national symbol of France, and by many others.

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Lionel Gossman

Lionel Gossman (born 1929) is a Scottish-American scholar of French literature.

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List of national animals

This is a list of national animals.

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Little Boy from Manly

The Little Boy from Manly was a national personification of New South Wales and later Australia created by the cartoonist Livingston Hopkins of The Bulletin in April 1885.

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Lovćen

Lovćen (Montenegrin: Lovćen, Ловћен) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro.

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Malayan tiger

The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a tiger population that inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula, and has been classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2015.

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María Clara

María Clara, whose full name is María Clara de los Santos, is the mestiza heroine in Noli Me Tángere, a novel by José Rizal, the national hero of the Republic of the Philippines.

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Marianne

Marianne is a national symbol of the French Republic, a personification of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.

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Martín Fierro

Martín Fierro, also known as El Gaucho Martín Fierro, is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández.

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Melita (personification)

Melita is the personification of Malta or the Maltese people.

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Merlion

The Merlion (Malay: Singa-Laut) is the official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish.

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Minerva

Minerva (Etruscan: Menrva) was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, although it is noted that the Romans did not stress her relation to battle and warfare as the Greeks would come to, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy.

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Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo

Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador.

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Mother Albania (statue)

Mother Albania is a 12 m statue located at the National Martyrs Cemetery of Albania (Dëshmorët e Kombit) in Albania, dedicated in 1971.

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Mother Armenia

Mother Armenia (Մայր Հայաստան) is a female personification of Armenia.

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Mother Serbia

Mother Serbia (Мајка Србија / Majka Srbija, Србија мати / Srbija mati; Mutter Serbien), Serb Mother (Serbian: Српска мајка / Srpska majka) or Mother of All Serbs (Serbian: Мајка свих Срба / Majka svih Srba), is a national personification of Serbia, which is the nation-state of Serbs.

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Mother Svea

Mother Svea or Mother Swea (Swedish: Moder Svea) is the female personification of Sweden and a patriotic emblem of the Swedish nation.

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Moya (surname)

Moya is a Spanish surname.

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Mukti Bahini

The Mukti Bahini (মুক্তি বাহিনী translates as 'Freedom Fighters', or Liberation Forces; also known as the Bangladesh Forces) is a popular Bengali term which refers to the guerrilla resistance movement formed by the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the War of Liberation that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971.

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Mural crown

A mural crown (corona muralis) is a crown or headpiece representing city walls or towers.

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Naji al-Ali

Naji Salim Hussain al-Ali (ناجي سليم العلي; born c. 1938 – 29 August 1987) was a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of the Arab regimes and Israel in his works.

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Nation

A nation is a stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

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National emblem

A national emblem is an emblem or seal that is reserved for use by a nation state or multi-national state as a symbol of that nation.

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Nór

Nór (Old Norse Nórr) or Nori is firstly a mercantile title and secondly a Norse man's name.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Ogier the Dane

Ogier the Dane (Ogier le Danois, Ogier de Danemarche, Holger Danske) is a legendary knight of Charlemagne who appears in many Old French chansons de geste, in particular, as the chief protagonist in La chevalerie Ogier (ca. 1220) which belongs to the Geste de Doon de Mayence ("cycle of the rebellious vassals").

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Oj, svijetla majska zoro

"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" (Montenegrin Cyrillic: „Ој, свијетла мајска зоро”, trans. "Oh, Bright Dawn of May") is the official national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004.

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Ola Nordmann

Ola Nordmann is a national personification of Norwegians, either for individuals or collectively.

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Online community

An online community, also called an internet community, is a virtual community whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image enshrined within the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

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Paramaribo

Paramaribo (nickname: Par′bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District.

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Personifications of Russia

Since medieval times personifications of Russia are traditionally feminine, and most commonly are maternal.

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Philippine eagle

The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is an eagle of the family Accipitridae endemic to forests in the Philippines.

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Polandball

Polandball, also known as countryballs, refers to user-generated visual art, typically manifesting as online comics, where countries are personified as (typically) spherical personas decorated with their country's flag, interacting in often broken English named Engrish (with the exception of countryballs that speak English natively).

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Polonia (personification)

Polonia, the name for Poland in Latin and many Romance and other languages, is most often used in modern Polish as referring to the Polish diaspora.

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Preah Thong and Neang Neak

Preah Thong (Kaundinya I) and Neang Neak (Queen Soma) are symbolic personas in Khmer culture.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.

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Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul (lit. Great Southern River) is a state located in the southern region of Brazil.

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Roma (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion, Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state.

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Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) was the basic and, until the Tetrarchy (from 293 AD), the largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside Italy.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Roto

Roto, f. rota, (literally "broken") is a term used to refer to Chilean people and in particular to the common Chilean.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), "Royal Gendarmerie of Canada"; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as "the Force") is the federal and national police force of Canada.

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Saint George

Saint George (Γεώργιος, Geṓrgios; Georgius;; to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.

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São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus.

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Scotia

Scotia is a Latin placename derived from Scoti, a Latin name for the Gaels.

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Sebastianism

Sebastianism is a Portuguese messianic myth, based on the belief that King Sebastian of Portugal, disappeared in the battle of Alcácer Quibir, will return to save Portugal.

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Siberian tiger

The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), also called Amur tiger, is a tiger population inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Southern man

In New Zealand, the southern man is a stereotypical male from the more rural south island, well used to the solitude and conditions of open mountain or hill country, and completely out of his depth in the city.

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Srulik

Srulik (שרוליק) is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Four Immortals

The Four Immortals (Vietnamese: Tứ bất tử, chữ Hán: 四不死) refers to the four chief cult figures in the pantheon of genii worshiped by the Vietnamese people of the Red River Delta region.

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The Good Soldier Švejk

The Good Soldier Švejk (also spelled Schweik, Shveyk or Schwejk) is the abbreviated title of an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Jaroslav Hašek.

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Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson.

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Ungnyeo

Ungnyeo (웅녀 / 熊女), Sino-Korean for "bear woman," was a bear that became a woman.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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User-generated content

User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is any form of content created by users of a system or service and made available publicly on that system.

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Webcomic

Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app.

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Yangban

The Yangban (양반, 兩班), were part of the traditional ruling class or gentry of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.

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Zé Povinho

Zé Povinho is the cartoon character of a Portuguese everyman created in 1875 by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.

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Zealandia (personification)

Zealandia is a national personification of New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_personification

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