personifications in English

noun
1
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
In those cultures, many scholars and many books would say the same: All these gods are then personification of some nature or phenomenon.
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1. One reason for this is that texts and images which are considered Allegories very often contain personifications

2. Many of the heroes and gods of these tabloid genealogies were in turn apparent personifications of astronomical bodies and phenomena observed anciently.

3. The Allegories of Germania Mint introduce a very intriguing collection of the legendary female personifications of prominent historical lands and nations

4. In these fantasy stories gods are Anthropomorphic personifications who exist simply because people believe in them. People's attitudes about an animal tend to be affected by the animal's Anthropomorphic …

5. Further, Allegorical fictions (4) tend to rely heavily on the use of personifications, generally of vices (e.g., Incontinence, Despair) and virtues (e.g., Continence, Hope), "ladies" (abstractions in Latin generally take the feminine gender, e.g., continentia, spes) who perform physical actions in battle with other "ladies," as in …