per·son·i·fi·ca·tion noun \pər-ˌsä-nə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ : a person who has a lot of a particular quality and who is the perfect example of someone who has that quality.
Definition of ANTHROPOMORPHISM : an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics
Here are a few examples of personification and anthropomorphism.
Here are a few examples of personification and anthropomorphism.
I really like the happy owl myself.
Anthropomorphism and personification are used commonly in literature such as books, comic books (and yes i count comic books as literature!), and poetry. Personification and Anthropomorphism can also be used in movies, like call of the Wild, Dances with Wolves, Life of Pi etc. One of the more famous books that features also of anthropomorphism is Alice in Wonderland, it has the White Rabbit, the March Hare, even the Dodo bird.
The earliest recorded source of anthropomorphism is Aesop's fables which teach moral lessons through human like animals. People use personification and anthropomorphism everyday. "Oh she sings like a lark. He smells like a pig. That's one foxy lady." and so on and so forth. Pieces of wood with knots in them look like faces and ink splats become animals, like a butterfly (see Short Circuit for this reference). I bet even you (yes you fair citizen) personify and anthropomorphize things all around you with out even knowing it.
The earliest recorded source of anthropomorphism is Aesop's fables which teach moral lessons through human like animals. People use personification and anthropomorphism everyday. "Oh she sings like a lark. He smells like a pig. That's one foxy lady." and so on and so forth. Pieces of wood with knots in them look like faces and ink splats become animals, like a butterfly (see Short Circuit for this reference). I bet even you (yes you fair citizen) personify and anthropomorphize things all around you with out even knowing it.