National personification

A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political 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, Hispania, Helvetia and Polonia. Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma, a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state, and who was revived in the 20th century as the personification of Mussolini's "New Roman Empire". Examples of representations of the everyman or citizenry in addition to the nation itself are Deutscher Michel, John Bull and Uncle Sam. File:Vespasian. Judaea Capta commemorative (CNG 303440).jpg|''Iudaea Capta'', "Conquered [[Judaea]]", commemorative coin issued by the [[Roman emperor]] [[Vespasian]] (left) after the [[First Jewish–Roman War|Jewish War]] File:4 Gift Bringers of Otto III.jpg|An early example of national personification in a [[Gospels of Otto III|gospel book]] dated 990: [[Sclavinia]], [[Germania]], [[Gallia]], and [[Roman Empire|Roma]], bringing offerings to Emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]]. Image:Allegorie Pacificatie van Gent.jpg|In this Allegory depicting the 1576 [[Pacification of Ghent]] by [[Adriaen van de Venne|Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne]], the seated women represent a short-lived unity among the embattled provinces of what would become the present-day Belgium and Netherlands File:Friedrich Overbeck 008.jpg|''[[Italia und Germania]]'' (1828) by [[Johann Friedrich Overbeck]]. File:Naval-race-1909.jpg|1909 cartoon in ''[[Puck (magazine)|Puck]]'' shows (clockwise) US, Germany, Britain, France and Japan engaged in naval race in a "no limit" game.

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Columbia (personification)

Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə; ), also known as Miss Columbia, is a female national personification of the United States. It was also a historical name applied to the Americas and to the New World. The association has given rise to the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University; "Hail, Columbia"; Columbia Rediviva; and the Columbia River.

Personification

Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person. In the arts, many things are commonly personified. These include numerous types of places, especially cities, countries, and continents, elements of the natural world such as the months or four seasons, four elements, four cardinal winds, five senses, and abstractions such as virtues, especially the four cardinal virtues and seven deadly sins, the nine Muses, or death.

Marianne

Marianne (maʁjan) has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls and law courts. She is depicted in the Triumph of the Republic, a bronze sculpture overlooking the Place de la Nation in Paris, as well as represented with another Parisian statue on the Place de la République.