- and representation,
figures known as
mascots are now
often emplo**** to
personify sports teams, corporations, and
major events such as the World's Fair...
- matres) is an
allegorical Latin phrase meaning 'nourishing mother'. It
personifies a
school that a
person has
attended or
graduated from. The term is related...
- diseases. In the African-Brazilian
religion Umbanda, the orixá
Omolu personifies sickness and
death as well as healing. The
image of the
death is also...
-
Ancient Gr****: Ζῆλος, romanized: Zêlos, lit. 'zeal') was the
daimon that
personifies dedication, emulation,
eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal. The English...
- an
embodiment or incarnation. In the arts, many
things are
commonly personified, including: places,
especially cities, countries, and continents; elements...
- Te Uira is an atua who
personifies lightning in Māori mythology. Te Uira's
child Te Kanapu,
grandparent of Whaitiri, is also a
personification of lightning...
- as a
place of
savagery and
tropical wilderness. At this time,
America personified predominantly possessed elements ****ociated with hot,
tropical environs...
-
Father Time is a
personification of time. In
recent centuries he is
usually depicted as an
elderly bearded man,
sometimes with wings,
dressed in a robe...
-
elected House of Commons, the
appointed House of
Lords and the
Crown (as
personified by the monarch). The main
business of
parliament takes place in the two...
- Rule Britannia, and the two
personifications were
often combined as a
personified "British Liberty". A
large monument,
originally called the "Column of...
