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National personification |
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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.
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 Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. |
 Bharat Mata symbolizes India |
 Delacroix, Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1827) |
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 The Palestinian Handala. |
 1914 poster showing Marianne, Mother Russia and Britannia. |
 Famous French political cartoon from the late 1890s. |
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 Statue of Mother Svea representing Sweden on a building in Stockholm. |
 World War I recruiting poster featuring John Bull. |
 Brazilian Constitutionalist Revolution recruiting poster, showing a Bandeirante with the dictator of Brazil, Getúlio Vargas, in his hand. |
 Zé Povinho, caricature a Portuguese working class man of the 19th century |
 In this 1804 French print, the woman with the Menorah represents the Jews being emancipated by Napoleon Bonaparte |
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