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 .

Columbia (/kəˈlʌmbiə/; kə-LUM-bee-ə) is the 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 ...

Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series, and depicted as one of many Deaths. His jurisdiction is specifically the Discworld itself; he is only a part, or minion, of Azrael, the universal Death. Death has appeared in every Discworld novel, with the exception of The Wee Free Men and Snuff.

Die Personifikation gilt als eine der am leichtesten zu erkennenden Stilfiguren. Die Personifikation wird in einer Sprache dann besonders erleichtert, wenn die Wörter für Personen und für die personifizierten Gegenstände, Tiere, Symbole und so weiter die gleiche syntaktische bzw. grammatische Struktur aufweisen.