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The living (roughly humanoid) embodiment of a fundamental abstraction. They are typically god-like in power, but have a much narrower focus. Athena does many things; Death only one. In non-magical series they resemble a [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]], but unlike them are an intrinsic part of the workings of the universe.
 
* Good - May be one of either the [[Dungeon Master]], often kept off-stage; a [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]] who is [[Sealed Good in Aa Can]]; or sometimes a [[God of Good]].
* Evil - Traditionally [[Satan]], though a generic [[God of Evil]] will also fit.
* Chaos - Either the ultimate [[Trickster]] or the [[Big Bad]].
* Order/Law - Enemy of Chaos, sometimes a [[Big Bad]].
* Fate - Commonly a [[The Hecate Sisters|trinity]] in fiction (maiden, mother, and crone).
* Death - Traditionally [[The Grim Reaper]], [[Enemies Withwith Death|sometimes]] a [[Big Bad]].
* Life/Nature - [[Mother Nature]]
* Time - Father Time
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Good & Evil and Order & Chaos come in pairs. A universe that has one will usually have both. [[Character Alignment|Some have all four.]]
 
Other less fundamental concepts can have an Anthropomorphic Personification, such as fear and panic, as can [[Nations Asas People|nations]] and [[Genius Loci|geographical features]].
 
This trope is [[Older Than Dirt]], and maybe even as old as religion itself.
Expect mortals in these settings to be [[Pals Withwith Jesus]] or [[Enemies Withwith Death]]. Killing or [[Tailor-Made Prison|imprisoning]] one of these concepts to discover [[The Problem Withwith Fighting Death]], it's not a good idea to mess with the beings embodying the [[Magical Underpinnings of Reality]]. Sometimes [[You Kill It, You Bought It|if you kill one of these entities you end up replacing them]].
 
This is very common in anime series, when various items come to life usually becoming completely human like creatures who seek to fulfill purpose which they had while being in item form, or taking revenge on humanity which disposed them.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Ballad of a Shinigami (Light Novel)|Ballad of a Shinigami]]'' and ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' both feature central characters who are ''[[Shinigami]]'', the Japanese equivalent of [[The Grim Reaper|Grim Reapers]], though the two series portray them quite differently.
** Can't forget about ''[[Full Moon O Sagashite (Manga)|Full Moon Oo Sagashite]]''.
** ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' is also about [[The Grim Reaper|Shinigami]]. The personifications of the characters' weapons also make appearances.
*** The Espada (powerful Hollows created by amalgamations of ex-human souls) are anthropomorphic personifications of facets of death as applied to the human experience. In [[You Are Number Six|numerical order:]]
*** [[Brilliant but Lazy|Coyote Starrk:]] Loneliness/Sloth
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*** [[All Your Powers Combined|Aaroniero Arruruerie:]] Greed/Gluttony
*** [[Hot-Blooded|Yammy Llargo:]] Rage/Wrath
* ''[[Binchou Tan (Anime)|Binchou Tan]]'' is about a group of [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of various natural substances and phenomena, all of whom appear as cute Japanese children.
* In the ''[[MacademiMagicians Wasshoi (Anime)Academy|Macademi Wasshoi]]'' world it is possible to personify any item (or it can personify itself) if the item collects some magic power. In fact, Falce's power is to turn items into living spirits.
* The manga ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' had personifications of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] whose names reflected on their appearances, personalities and powers. Lust took the form of a sexy woman, Gluttony could eat anything, Greed wanted to have everything he could, etc.
** Interestingly, it's later revealed that they are quite literally the "sins" of {{spoiler|Father}} given form. Which explains why he refers to them as "my avarice" or "my wrath", etc.
** In the anime, although the characters had those names and those qualities, they weren't actual personifications of anything. They were {{spoiler|artificial humans created through alchemy}}. The names and personalities may have been a theme of their creator, but they don't actually ''represent'' these sins.
** The entity known only as "the Truth" describes itself roughly as the personification of ''everything'': "I am the world, or the universe. I am all. I am one. And... I am ''you''." Some characters refer to it as God, but it is better understood as the personification of Truth: harsh, unforgiving, and immutable.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', as mentioned in the trope write-up, follows the [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of various countries through history, complete with [[National Stereotypes]]. For example, Germany is [[Germanic Depressives|strict]] and [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|ruthlessly]] [[Germanic Efficiency|efficient]], [[Eagle Land|America]] is an obnoxious, clueless [[Love Freak]] with a [[America Saves the Day|hero complex]], Japan is [[Japanese Politeness|a stiff]] and privately a bit of a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and [[Covert Pervert]], Russia is [[Husky Russkie|huge]], [[Psychopathic Manchild|completely fucking insane]] and [[Vodka Drunkenski|loves Vodka]], England [[Lethal Chef|can't cook]], and so on.
** However, it should be noted that they're not completely made out of stereotypes. For example, while you would expect England to have a [[Stiff Upper Lip]], he is actually a [[Tsundere]] [[The Woobie|Woobie]] [[Covert Pervert]]. History and economic/military strength also play a large role.
** This might be explained by the fact that individual countries have [[Alternative Character Interpretation|different stereotypes]] for each other, I noticed the [[Anime]] section of [[Stiff Upper Lip]] is surprising lacking in examples, perhaps there's a reason...
* In ''[[Getter Robo (Manga)|Getter Robo]]'', it's explained that everything has a conscience - the elements, time, space and so on, with Getter Robo itself being the living embodiment of {{spoiler|evolution}}.
* ''[[Ponyo Onon the Cliff By The Sea (Anime)|Ponyo Onby the Cliff By The Sea]]'' has the Grand Mamere, the anthropomorphic personification of the ocean.
* "Mecha Musume" is a form of anime fanart in which a vehicle, is drawn as a [[Moe|cute girl]] essentially wearing parts of the vehicle in question. such as wearing a [[Humongous Mecha]] as [[Power Armor]], or a [[World War II]]-era fighter as wings with the tail as boots and the main fuselage over one arm. The series' ''[[Strike Witches (Anime)|Strike Witches]]'' and ''[[Sky Girls (Anime)|Sky Girls]]'' are based on this idea.
* In ''[[Hellsing (Manga)|Hellsing]]'' Seras has a dream in which she meets the Anthropomorphic Personification of her cannon, Hakonnen. Alucard has a familiar dream but his gun, Jackal, apparently couldn't decide which famous actor or assassin he should be personified, so he dropped the idea and manifested himself as two eyes and voice.
* The original Clown in the ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'' manga claimed to be the personification of insanity (specifically, the product of Asura's massive, maddening soul wavelength). It induces hallucinations in anyone within close proximity to it. The series does have Grim Reaper characters but they're not strictly shown to be ''personifications'' of death (perhaps closer to psychopomps due to their soul collecting, by proxy in Shinigami's case).
** The Great Old Ones appear to be this, though ''what'' they personify - aspects of human madness - isn't yet clear. What we do know is that they count {{spoiler|Eibon, Asura, and Shinigami (and Kid by extension)}} in their number.
*** Shinigami {{spoiler|and Death The Kid are [[Anthropomorphic Personification|personifications of Order, not death]], though in Kid's case it manifests as an OCD towards symmetry.}}
* In [[Stan Lee]] and Hiroyuki Takei's ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo (Manga)|Karakuridouji Ultimo]]'' the titular 100 Karakuridouji robots were created to see which force was greater - good or evil. As such, there is a team of Evil Doji based on the [[Seven Deadly Sins]], and a team of Good Doji based on Buddhism's Six Perfections. The leaders personify good and evil - [[Character Title|Ultimo]] and Vice.
* In ''[[Now and Then Here And There (Anime)|Now and Then Here And There]]'', a popular fan theory (partially backed up by [[Word of God]]) is that {{spoiler|Lala Ru is the personification of water, or even Earth itself.}}
* The anime ''[[Sentou Yousei Yukikaze]]'' has a spin-off in which the various fighter aircraft in the story are represented by cute girls.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' has Darkness...the personification of well, Darkness.
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' {{spoiler|Goddess!Madoka is the anthropomorphic personification of hope.}}
* In ''[[Kara noKarano Kyoukai (Literature)|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', {{spoiler|Ryougi Shiki's alternate personality}} is the personification of Akasha, the origin of everything. Simple version? [[God]]
** Also from the [[Nasuverse]] are the Ultimate Ones, embodiments of their respective planets. They are [[Nigh Invulnerable]], unstoppable monsters that can [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomp]] pretty much anything else in the setting. They are called the TYPES, and TYPE-MERCURY is currently the most powerful being shown in the continuum to date.
*** Although the Ultimate Ones [[Eldritch Abomination|don't really fit the 'anthro' part]], except for [[Humanoid Abomination|Brunestud of the Crimson Moon]].
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** The lost Endless, Destruction, explicitly abandoned his post in order to explore the possibilities of the flip side of the coin, creation. Also, they definitely don't take the same form to all beings. Humans see the Endless as humans; nonhumanoids generally don't. This is not unusual among [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]]. After all, a squid's idea of "personification" isn't going to agree with a human's. Dream appears to ''cats'' as a big, black cat. Of course, technically those aren't ''anthropo''morphic personifications.
** One ''Sandman'' story featured the anthropomorphic personifications of stars, specifically the suns of solar systems. In addition to our sun Sol (who is an awkward teenager of only a few billion years), there's also Rao of Krypton (a red giant), and the green sun of Oa, the Green Lantern Corps' home planet.
** A DC anthology book called ''World's Greatest Superheroes'' contains stories having some of their biggest names essentially representing virtuous things: [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] as peace, [[Batman]] as justice, [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] as hope, [[Wonder Woman]] as truth.
** ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Book)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' has the villain Time Trapper, personification of the theory that there's only one, unchangeable future. In one story they get rid of him by summoning Infinite Man, personification of theory that there's infinite possible futures and make them fight.
** [[Green Lantern (Comic Book)|Green Lantern]]'s enemy Nekron, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Blackest Night]]'', is not the Anthropomorphic Personification of death, as many people believe; but of the cold, dead cosmic void and absence of life (yes, there's a difference). But there ''is'' a(nother) personification of death in Nekron's servant Black Hand. And Black Hand is one of several [[Energy Being|Energy Beings]] that personify the emotional energies that the Green Lanterns and similar corps draw power from: the others embody rage (the Butcher), avarice (Ophidian), fear (Parallax), willpower (Ion), hope (Adara), compassion (Proselyte), and love (the Predator); and an embodiment of life that includes all emotions.
** In ''[[Shazam]]'' Captain Nazi claims to be this for, well, Nazis.
* In ''Jack of [[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'', "Literals" are embodiments of literary concepts. Revise embodies censorship, Bookburner embodies forgetting and destroying stories, and the Pathetic Fallacy is an embodiment of the pathetic fallacy, with the ability to bring inanimate objects to life, making him a sort of anthropomorphic personification of anthropomorphic personifications. {{spoiler|They recently introduced Eliza Wall, the youngest of four siblings, which makes her the ''[[Fourth Wall]]''}}
* As a child, [[Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)|Usagi Miyamoto]] once freed Aki-onna, the anthropomorphic personification of autumn. The monster who imprisoned her was trying to stop winter from coming.
* The Goddess of [[Britpop]] turns up in one story arc of ''[[Phonogram (Comic Book)|Phonogram]]''.
* The [[Wildstorm]] Universe has the 'Century Babies', which include Jenny Sparks, the anthropomorphic personification of the 'spirit' of the 20th Century. Her state of mind mirrors that of the 'spirit' of the current age e.g. she suffers depression during the Great Depression, is giddy for most of the Roaring Twenties, becomes much more cynical during the 80s. Jenny Quantum is the 'spirit' of the 21st Century.
** Axel Brass is the 'Mind' of 20th Century, possibly a personification of science or general use of technology as at the time when he was active, both World Wars had happened, but right after he got damaged and forced to guard a dangerous device in order to not let anybody use it to destroy the world, the Cold War had begun. Eliah Snow is the 'Ghost' of 20th Century, whatever that's supposed to mean. We don't know what the rest of the Century Babies encountered in Planetary symbolize.
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* Carrying on from the above, [[DC Comics]] has an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] [[Captain Patriotic]], Uncle Sam, the Spirit of America. According to his backstory, Uncle Sam has previously been known as Minuteman during [[The American Revolution]], then became Brother Jonathan between then and [[The American Civil War]], was split into Billy Yank and Johnny Reb during that war, and became Uncle Sam afterwards. [[Dork Age|He was also briefly the space-helmeted Patriot, but we don't talk about that]]. Interestingly, the reason America has an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] but most other countries don't is actually explained- he isn't a natural phenomenon, but, rather, the Founding Fathers specifically created him with a magic ritual to help with the Revolutionary War.
* Also in DC Comics, Kismet [[I Have Many Names|aka Ahti aka Sharon Vance aka Strange Visitor]] is the personification of the entire universe, similar to Marvel's version: Eternity. In fact, in ''[[JLA-Avengers]]'', the two ''fell in love''.
* The final arc of Grant Morrison's run on ''[[Doom Patrol (Comic Book)|Doom Patrol]]'' dealt with the Candlemaker, at first thought to be one of Dorothy Spinner's more sinister [[Imaginary Friend|imaginary friends]]. Turns out he's actually the personification of mankind's fears of nuclear holocaust. Yeah. Shit got real.
 
 
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== Fan Fics ==
* In ''[[The Captain of the Virtual Console (Fanfic)|The Captain of the Virtual Console]]'', The Thoughtless are this to [[Moral Guardians]] and ignorant gamers, and Selene is this to gamers' hopes and dreams. In Chapter 2, Gancena briefly sees a Thoughtless take the form of [[Earthbound|Giygas]].
* ''[[Queen of All Oni (Fanfic)|Queen of All Oni]]'' has the glimpses [[Ghost in Thethe Machine|inside Jade's mind]], and the Aspects ([[Anthropomorphic Personification|representations]] of different parts of her psyche) that inhabit it. The two most prominent are Hero (Jade's inherent good) and The Queen (her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]), although at least a dozen more have shown up or been mentioned.
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas (Film)|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' features the Anthropomorphic Personification of Halloween trying to take Christmas from [[Santa Claus]]; several other Personifications make cameo appearances. The villain is the personification of a holiday that everyone but him has completely forgotten about (apparently bug-themed) according to the [[Expanded Universe]].
* Death in ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' is one of the endless examples in which it takes human form.
** Actually, he takes the appearance of a man who recently died. We never see what Death actually looks like.
* Sam, the [[Creepy Child]] in ''[[Trick R'r Treat]]'', is the personification of Halloween. And probably also a [[Physical God]].
* Hexxus, the avatar of pollution, from ''[[Fern Gully]]'' resembles an anthropomorphic cloud of oilsmoke with [[Phlegmings|tendrils of tar connecting his upper and lower jaws]]
* According to director [[Ridley Scott]] and art designer [[HRH. R. Giger]], the [[Fan Nickname|Xenomorph]] in ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'' is meant to embody the fear of ''[[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]''.
* In ''[[Tron]]'', there are anthropomorphized programs that live in [[Cyberspace]]. Their faces usually look like the users that created them.
* The title character of ''Hesher'' (played by [[Joseph Gordon -Levitt]]) is implied to be the personification of a son's emotional turmoil following the death of his mother.
* ''[[The Santa Clause]] 2'' and ''[[The Santa Clause]] 3'' featured the Council of Legendary Figures, consisting of Mother Nature, Father Time, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Cupid. Jack Frost joins them in the third movie.
 
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== Literature ==
* Ender Wiggin from [[Ender's Game]] is (arguably) this for the human race: empathetic and yet capable of doing terrible things in the name of survival.
* The [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] series has plenty of these too, sprinkled in with the regular gods. In particular, Death is a main character of several books, as is his granddaughter, Susan. Other [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] are Time and the remaining three Horsemen of the Apocalypse [sic]. There were originally five Horsemen, but Kaos (who shows up in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'') [[The Pete Best|left before they became famous]]. There are also The Auditors of Reality which are portrayed as embodiments of order, bureaucracy, and the mechanics of the universe and are, instead of Death, portrayed as the opposite of life (which they hate). Unusually, these characters are referred to in the story as [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]], and Pratchett is largely responsible for popularizing the phrase.
** ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', another Discworld novel, centers on what happens when someone manages to bump off an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]. The book also goes into the purpose of such beings; according to Death, minor beliefs and incarnations such as the Hogfather help humans to establish the beliefs in justice, mercy, duty -- the things that make them truly human.
** [[Press Your Luck|And don't forget]] [[Born Lucky|the]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Lady]].
** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' when the Auditors forced Death to retire, a number of other Deaths sprang up to take his place, such as the Deaths of Mayflies, Trees, Fleas, Rats as well as a new one for Humans. When the original resumes his role, he sucks up all the rest except for the Deaths of Rats and Fleas. Additionally, Azrael the Death of Universes is presented as his own superior.
** ''Discworld'' largely plays this trope straight -- Death ''is'' an Anthropomorphic Personification, born of the theory that 'belief shapes form'; Death isn't a skeleton because of tradition, but because that's what people believe Death looks like.
*** However, in ''Pyramids'', a pharaoh is disappointed that Death doesn't appear as a giant scarab, as per Djelibeibian beliefs. Death wearily explains that he long since gave up trying to match everyone's personal expectations, and settled on the one form that was most common.
* In [[Terry Pratchett (Creator)|Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', Pestilence retired after the invention of penicillin and was replaced by Pollution. Apart from [[Lady of War|War being a woman]], the rest of the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horse''persons'' of the Apocalypse]] follow more or less their models from Revelation... except that they ride motorcycles.
** The book also featured the four 'lesser' horsemen, who were just normal bikers who, after seeing the real deal, decided that being a group of symbolic figures was much cooler than being a biker.
* Plenty of them in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[American Gods]]''. For example, we have all the new gods, who represent modern crazes like technology and the media (and slightly older crazes like the railroad). We also have "the buffalo man," who represents America itself.
* Each book in [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Incarnations of Immortality]]'' series focuses on the life and career of one [[Anthropomorphic Personification]], and his (or her, or their) relationships with the other Personifications that oversee a strange [[Magitek]] variation on our own world. His [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] have an unusual twist, though; they're offices that specific humans hold.
* Students of Christian literature remember the [[Anvilicious|Anviliciously]] named characters from John Bunyan's famous allegory ''[[The PilgrimsPilgrim's Progress (Literature)|The Pilgrims Progress]]''. With its protagonist named Christian and his sidekicks Faithful and Hopeful and such highlights as Christian being evangelized by a guy named Evangelist, saved from disaster by a man named Help, given worldly wisdom from Mr. Worldly Wiseman, tempted by a prostitute named Wanton, attacked by enemies named Envy and Superstition...
* A more recent example from Christian literature, the Frank Peretti novels on spiritual warfare names almost all of the demons using this trope. But unlike ''Pilgrim's Progress'', ''This Present Darkness'' and ''Piercing the Darkness'' are spiritual warfare as thrillers.
* Several of [[Simon R. Green]]'s series, including the ''[[Nightside]]'' and ''Haven'' novels, feature entities referred to as "Transient Beings". These entities seem to be Not-''Necessarily''-Anthropomorphic Personifications, in that some appear human-like while others are downright bizarre, yet they all embody some greater concept or ideal.
* One ''Short and Shivery'' story is about two girls (one kindly, one greedy) who encounter the fairy godfather-like [[An Ice Person|Jack Frost]] "The Ruby-Nosed". Unfortunately for the greedy girl, Jack is the anthropomorphic personification of winter and the story takes place in Russia. "Come here, and I'll give you diamonds!"
* [[Meaningful Name|Lord Foul]] from the ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant|Thomas Covenant]]'' books is the anthropomorphic personification of hatred (or Despite), generally believed to have been born from [[God|the Creator's]] cast-off self-loathing. As the title character has plenty of self-loathing himself, Foul quickly becomes scarily proficient at messing with him in ways that involve varying degrees of horror.
* ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' has Peeves (and supposedly other poltergeists), who is an embodiment of chaos.
** Dementors are the personification of depression.
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' has Father Time. He's asleep underground, but wakes up at [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]].
* While never confirmed, one of the more plausible fan theories about the identity of Tom Bombadil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' is that he is the anthropomorphic personification of the Earth itself.
* James Stoddard's duology, ''The High House'' and ''The False House'', features Old Man Chaos and Lady Law. ''Both'' of them are Big Bads who want to take over the universe.
* Almost everybody in ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]'' is a personification of some concept or another. It starts in the Doldrums, where Milo almost gets trapped by incarnations of boredom, continues through the rest of his journey as he meets King Azaz of Dictionopolis and his feuding brother the Mathemagician of Digitopolis and everyone in between, and ends in the Mountains of Ignorance where Milo and his entourage make their way past such monsters as the [[Golden Mean Fallacy|Triple Demons of Compromise]] and the [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Senses Taker]] to rescue the princesses Rhyme and Reason.
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* ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' features "Want" and "Ignorance", mankind's [[Creepy Child|creepy children]].
** Also, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Christmas Present claimed to have over 1800 brothers, one for each year since the birth of Christ.
* Robin Goodfellow in ''[[An Elegy for Thethe Still Living-living]]'' claims to be an anthropomorphic personification of the [[Trickster Archetype]], sort of a universal soul of all tricksters. From the same work, Masoch behaves rather like an anthropomorphic personification of death.
* The Fae Queens in the [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden books]] are, among other things, the [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of Summer and Winter. The reader is told that a change in the balance of power between them would affect the world's climate, and on two occasions in the series, [[Spring Is Late|winter becomes longer and more severe]] due to their intercession.
** Demonreach is [[Genius Loci]]. But certain characters have indicated that the island creature might be something more.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Fourth Doctor dealt with the White Guardian, [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of order, and the Black Guardian, [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of chaos. Seemingly, the White Guardian functioned as the [[Dungeon Master]], guiding the Doctor and his companions on a quest to get the Key to Time, while the Black Guardian tried to trick and corrupt them. However at the end the Doctor realized the Black Guardian had been impersonating the White Guardian all along.
* An embodiment of Death appeared in the ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' episode "Dead Man Walking".
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' is about a [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] of [[The Grim Reaper|Grim Reapers]].
* Even [[Professional Wrestling]] has had a couple of examples: [[WWE (Wrestling)|WWE]] wrestler [[The Undertaker]] is made out to be an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of death, though how much of this is actual supernatural power and how much of this is simply theatrics and mind games tends to vary with the tone WWE is taking at that time. A more bizarre example is Goldust, who, when he first debuted, was portrayed as a strange sort of [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of movies. Then they decided to turn him into [[Gorgeous George|just a creepy, possibly-gay dude who liked to quote movies and run around in gold facepaint.]]
* We do not talk about the [[Coupling|Melty Man]].
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', the Four Horsemen (in addition to their rather unpleasant traditional duties) happen to wear the keys to Lucifer's prison as jewelry. It's implied that, except for Death (who claims to be possibly older than God himself and says he will eventually reap Him) their power actually resides in the rings, opening up the possibility that their roles might conceivably be passed along to someone else.
** This is confirmed when Death tells Dean that he wants him to take his job for one day, and the only way to do that was to put on his ring. Ostensibly this was to teach Dean a lesson about the natural order of things and why Death ''hates'' the angels and demons who mess around with it on a daily basis (especially [[Bratty Half-Pint]] Lucifer).
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', The First is basically the very idea of evil itself.
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== Music ==
* The fact that "The Dirty Glass" by the [[Dropkick Murphys (Music)|Dropkick Murphys]] is [[Anti-Love Song|a breakup song addressed to a pub]] is obscured by the fact that the pub not only sings back, but actually has the first word.
* "Homecoming" by [[Kanye West (Music)|Kanye West]] is a love song to Windy, essentially the anthropomorphic personification of Chicago.
* The fat giant killed by The Guy in [[Music/Music/Disturbed|Music]]'s "Land of Confusion" video is either Anthropomorphic Personification of big corporations, industry, economy, rich elites, [[Greed]] or just all of it, people still discuss that matter.
* The [[Vocaloid|Vocaloids]] are the Anthropomorphic personifications of software. Specifically, each one represents a particular voice synthesis program designed for the use of singing. They take the form of [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] [[Idol Singer|Idol Singers]].
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== Religion and Myth ==
* [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] in the [[The Bible (Literature)|Book of Revelations]] are often treated this way. If a series has a Death, the rest will probably show up in at least one episode.
* [[Japanese Mythology]] is utterly ''ripe'' with these, along with a number of other Asian cultures.
* Several minor Greek gods, called daimones, are largely abstract personifications of concepts such as fear, strife, mercy, hubris, insolence, battle-cries, tumult, and good reputation.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In the ''[[Nobilis (Tabletop Game)|Nobilis]]'' (Back in print in a third edition, though only in PDF format for now), the ''[[A God Is You|Player Characters]]'' are Anthropomorphic Personifications, and powerful ones at that: the core book contains helpful hints on what happens should one of the players decide to re-locate [[Big Applesauce|New York City]], shoot down the Sun, or unleash a viral version of their personality capable of infecting the entire planet... and those things aren't even very difficult.
* In ''[[Mage: The Awakening (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Awakening]]'', the Astral Realms are seen as the home of the anthropomorphic personifications of individual, human, and universal concepts. Includes beings such as the daimons (the personification of an individual's desire for self improvement), the goetic demons (personifications of dark, repressed feelings and desires), every god ever worshipped, and the most powerful beings in the Realms, the Aeons (the personifications of the fundamental magical facets of reality). Among the most memorable personifications are Anubis, Death (most popularly taking the form of a scythe-wielding skeleton, a faceless cloaked and hooded figure, or an attractive woman dressed in black (possibly inspired by Death of the Endless)), Martians, typhonides (personifications of humanity's self-destructive tendencies) and the personification of teenage rebellion (often appearing as James Dean).
** In the ''[[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]]'' in general, [[Our Spirits Are Different|spirits]] are Anthropomorphic Personifications of things... although sometimes for ''very'' loose definitions of "anthropomorphic."
*** Geists of ''[[Geist: The Sin Eaters (Tabletop Game)|Geist: The Sin Eaters]]'' are part ghost, and part Anthropomorphic Personification of some aspect of Death. This allows them to overcome some of the limitations ghosts usually have in the ''[[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]]''... and also causes them to overlap with spirits -- the book goes into this briefly, but ultimately decides it's unimportant since Sin-Eaters don't really deal with spirits.
** ''[[Changeling: The Lost (Tabletop Game)|Changeling: The Lost]]'' has it that [[The Fair Folk]] gained power by managing to make [[Magically-Binding Contract|Contracts]] with concepts such as dreams, beasts, stone, death, and the edge of a blade (how these are different from spirits is never really explained, but it's likely a matter of the crazy-ass fae mindset). The founders of the changeling Great Courts -- Mother Susan, Sam Noblood, Clay Ariel, and Snowflake John -- managed to use this to their advantage by making various deals with the seasons for protection from the Gentry.
** The Umbra of the [[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]] was inhabited almost entirely by spirits of things or concepts, from huge, powerful ones like Luna (Anthropomorphic Personification of the moon and everything that goes with) through weaker but still impressive types like Stag (Anthropomorphic Personification of deers, obviously, but also mythically connected concepts like male virility, the hunt etc) down to fairly pathetic ones like the Anthropomorphic Personification of that pebble over there.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' had (along with gods, who were often in some sense [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] themselves) entire species dedicated to concepts. Usually the [[Character Alignment|Nine Alignments]] (From [[Lawful Good]] to [[Chaotic Evil]]: Archons, Guardinals, Eladrin, Modrons, Rilmani, Slaadi, Baatezu, Yugoloth, Tanar'ri).
* [[D 20D20 Modern]] features a class of enemy known as "Platonics", creatures of Shadow who are the embodiment of an allegiance or ideal. They typically work behind the scenes, promoting their causes without making their natures known. A platonic of Healing would work as a cancer researcher, for instance. But if you manage to get a Platonic angry... Well, you're going to have some trouble...
* Many of the Nightmares from ''[[Don't Rest Your Head]]'' are Anthropomorphic Personifications of [[The Heartless|the worst sort]], embodying concepts ranging from unfeeling bureaucracy, to hatred, to sleazy journalism. The fact that they're mostly [[Body Horror|humans transformed by severe insanity]] only makes it worse.
* The Archangels and Demon Princes of ''[[In Nomine (Tabletop Game)|In Nomine]]'' are, for all intents and purposes, [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]]. They all but embody the concepts they and their servants try to promote and see reality through that lens.
** There are also lesser angels and demons that personify concepts that fit under the sphere of influence of the Archangel or Demon Prince they serve, for example the Archangel of Lightning (which also encompasses technology in addition to its' literal meaning) is served by the Angel of Networks, and the Demon Prince of Fire is served by the Demon of Explosives, who is served by the Demon of Unexpectedly Short Fuses.
* In ''Gestalt: The Hero Within'', a campaign setting for the ''[[Champions]]'' roleplaying game, every single superhero and supervillain on the planet (including the Player Characters) is an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of one concept or another (from Acting to Zoology, and pretty much anything and everything in between), and possess powers and abilities appropriate to their concept.
* In ''[[Exalted (Tabletop Game)|Exalted]]'', The Primordials exist as personifications of certain defining themes or concepts, which they incorporated into Creation in multiple ways. Likewise, each Primordial possesses souls that act as personifications of qualities or expressions of their Primordials (and each of ''those'' souls have other souls that act as the same for them). For some examples, you have Cecylene, who established the laws of Creation; She Who Lives in Her Name, tellingly titled "The Principle of Hierarchy"; and the Ebon Dragon, the incarnation of [[Card-Carrying Villain|dickery]].
** The Incarna fit too, being the Anthropomorphic Personifications of the Sun, the Moon and the five closer planets.
* The [[Our Titans Are Different|Titans]] in [[Scion (Tabletop Game)|Scion]] would fit in this trope, being Light, Darkness, Water, Fire. etc.
* In [[Unknown Armies]], each member of the Invisible Clergy is one of these, personifying a sometimes simple, sometimes complex idea of what a human being can be. The very concepts of things like [[The Fool]], [[The Hecate Sisters|The Mother]] and [[The Trickster]] (among others) are represented by ascended mortals in the Clergy. Really abstract conceptions of non-human things (Good/Evil, Elements, Animals, Geographical Things, etc.) do not have similar representation. It's a very [[Humans Are Special|human-centric]] cosmos.
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== Video Games ==
* Cosmos and Chaos from ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' are Good and Evil Personified as Gods. Their appearance also reflects this, Cosmos is a blonde woman white that sorta glows, while Chaos is a big ass demon surrounded by fire. Sadly neither of them tend to do much for most of the game aside give orders to the [[Heroes]] or [[Villains]]. Though Chaos serves as the final boss for the heroes, Cosmos does not do the same for the Villains.
** This is actually an aversion. Chaos isn't so much "evil" as fatalistic & bored. Cosmos is definitely good, but they're actually supposed to be incarnations of--well, cosmos & chaos. Even then, it's stated at the end that the forces will continue to exist even if they do not.
*** A better example would be Zeromus, from ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|FFIV]]''. He's the incarnation of hate given form after the man behind the curtain dies.
**** Also, Necron, the [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] from ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|FFIX]]'', is revealed in the Ultimania to be the personification of death.
* Many examples in ''[[Runescape (Video Game)|Runescape]]''.
** The Queen of Snow and Queen of Sunrise are personifications of winter and spring respectively. The former once tried to [[Spring Is Late|make the world stay in winter]] because she cannot comprehend the beauty of spring.
** Death is, well, the personification of death.
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** The gods: Guthix (balance), Saradomin (order), Zamorak (chaos), Armadyl (peace), Bandos (war).
*** The Menaphite Pantheon: Tumeken (sun), Elidinis (water), Amascut (destruction), Het (health), Scabaras (isolation), Apmeken (sociability).
* Dark Genie and Dark Element from the ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]]'' games are personifications of hate.
* Pretty much every [[Big Bad]] in the ''[[Persona (Videovideo Gamegame)|Persona]]'' series is a representation of some evil that exists within mankind, considering the game's emphasis on the human mind this is understandable. Particular emphasis on the "destructive and creative side" of Jung's collective unconscious - each has its own personification in [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Nyarlathotep]] and [[Humans Are Good|Phil]][[God and Satan Are Both Jerks|emon]].
** The Arcana Shadows of ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'' are the reversed form of the first 12 major trumps in [[Tarot Motifs|Tarot]] personified. Death, the 13th major trump, is personified by {{spoiler|Nyx}}.
** There are also the Shadows from ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'', which represent what their respective characters would rather not have anyone know about.
* Sheogorath from the ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series is a rare good-guy personification of chaos. Granted, though, he ''is'' the god of madness, so it's not surprising that he would fill this role.
** Sheogorath only comes across as good in the Shivering Isles expansion to Oblivion. Other games clearly depict him as dangerous and a psychopath. (The Dark elves refer to him as one for the four pillars of the house of trouble) Even the Shivering Isle shows he's but a hair away from killing you for no reasons. The main reason he comes across as good is because he attempts to teach you an Aesop on how both order and chaos are necessary in the world, and that too much of either makes the world a very dreary place.
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** Actually, every god in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' in an Anthropomorphic Personification of something, and a good chunk of the lore is how they interact, and how some personify more than one thing. For example, Auriel/Alduin represents Time as a consuming force (with the third aspect of Akatosh being Time as an Everlasting Force) and Lorkhan/Shor as Space. Auriel also embodies invincibility and legitimacy while Shor is human endeavor. They do not get along.
* Get a mental picture of the Anthropomorphic Personification of slapstick humor in the form of a 2-D sprite. Now, click [http://super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Game_%26_Watch_%28SSBB%29 here]. They look the same, don't they?
* Lately it appears that most Legendary [[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]], especially ones introduced in later games are taking on these sorts of roles.
** An example is the Lake Trio from ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'', personifications of Emotion, Willpower, and Knowledge.
*** Sinnoh's Dragon trio is essentially time, space, and antimatter. Cresselia and Darkrai are also dreams and nightmares. Arceus is hinted to be god.
* Blick Winkel in ''[[Ever 17]]'' is the personification of the perspective of the fourth dimension. Which means that mostly he just chills out and watches interesting stuff that happens in our world. If you can get his attention, he's capable of {{spoiler|using his host's emotions to give himself the emotional drive to use time travel and pass messages.}} It's unknown if he's really anthropomorphic but his only appearances are in the form of a young boy. {{spoiler|He's also possibly the future self of said boy, and also possibly retains the form when reverting back to a non corporeal form as everyone recognized him when he was no longer in Hokuto.}}
* ''[[Moe Moe Niji Taisen]]'' features the moetan versions of [[World War Two]] tanks and planes as cute girls who invoke [[Defeat Byby Modesty]] via [[Clothing Damage]].
* In ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'' and its sequel ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Radiant Dawn]]'' the society worships a goddess named Ashera and is in fear of an evil goddess sealed in the titular emblem. As it turns out, Ashera is the embodiment of Order, while the sealed goddess, Yune, is not evil, but the embodiment of Chaos. Neither is intrinsically good or evil, they are, after all, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Order and Chaos]]. In the past, heroes fought with Ashera against Yune, because she was trying to spread chaos, but in the present, its reversed, Yune assists the heroes in stopping Ashera, who wants to freeze the world into perfect stillness, order.
* In ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]'', Giygas isn't even an anthropomorphic personification, he IS evil. Not just an evil being, but evil itself.
** One of Giygas' titles is "The Literal Definition of Fear".
* Due to its extensive [[Rule of Symbolism]], ''[[Silent Hill]]'' was bound to cover this trope. Perhaps the most potent examples are [[Silent Hill 2|Pyramid Head]], who represents frustrated sexual urges, and [[Silent Hill 3|Valtiel]], who represents a woman's primal fear of an obsessive [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|stalker]].
* ''[[Eien no Aselia]]'' has a somewhat strange example in the last enemies you face in the game, which are Eternity Swords given humanoid form. Eternity swords are not normal swords and appear to be sort of mystical or cosmic in nature.
** And even before that the swords, when taken together with the spirits who wield them, are still rather close to being personifications. E.g. [[Team Mom]] Esperia's weapon is called "Devotion" and the hero wields "Desire". (The game has H-scenes, including a [[Bad End]] where he is consumed by his sword and attacks everyone.)
*** The game also subverts this trope with Nelie. She is a [[Genki Girl]], despite wielding the sword "Silence".
* Let's not forget Scythe from the ''[[Fable (Videovideo Gamegame series)|Fable]]'' series, a personification of Will (the raw form of magic) and ai to Theresa for some odd reason.
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'', Darth Nihilus is a [[Humanoid Abomination]] that personifies Hunger. He feeds on the life force of those he faces, and his entire goal is to [[Omnicidal Maniac|devour all life in the universe]] to satiate his endless hunger.
* {{spoiler|Angra Mainyu}} from ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]''. Some poor shmuck from a village in the middle of nowhere was chosen to bear all of the sins of the rest of humanity and [[Human Sacrifice|tortured and killed]] so that the rest of the village could [[The Scapegoat|feel better about themselves.]] This technically met the qualifications of becoming a Heroic Spirit, {{spoiler|but said villager was, quite fairly, annoyed at [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|humanity]] after what he had gone through, and he ended up corrupting the Grail with his wish and turned it into an [[Artifact of Doom]]}}. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It, Villagers]].
* It is revealed in the ''[[Darksiders (Video Game)|Darksiders]]'' series that War and his horsemen brothers Death, Strife, and Fury, aside from being the harbingers of the apocalypse, once belonged to a race of beings that were [[A Ps]] of their names.
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'', {{spoiler|Black Battler and Eva-Beatrice}} are those to the ''theories'' about their respective characters being the culprits.
* Parsee from ''[[Touhou Project]]'' has essentially [[Abstract Apotheosis|become]] the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of [[Green-Eyed Monster|jealousy]].
 
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* ''[[A Moment of Peace]]'': There are gods personifying [http://www.amomentofpeace.net/comic.php?num=85 in-between places], [http://www.amomentofpeace.net/comic.php?num=88 trust and betrayal], and [http://www.amomentofpeace.net/comic.php?num=86 stories].
* ''[[Dominic Deegan|Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire]]'': The "Storm of Souls" arc centers around a match between two champions who become the personifications of Chaos and Balance.
* The "Holiday Wars" arc of ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'' is about Bun-Bun murdering his way through a long list of [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of various holidays - starting with Easter and Groundhog Day, working his way up through Halloween and Thanksgiving, before facing off against his archnemesis, Christmas (in the form of [[Santa Claus]], of course).
* ''[http://www.sincomics.com/ The Sins]'' is a [[Web Comic]] following the antics of the personification of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Vices and Virtues also feature occasionally.
* ''[http://www.sacredpie.com Sacred Pie]'' features the personifications of Order and Chaos. Order wears white and Chaos wears black, but don't let the colors fool you; neither of them are what you might call "good".
* ''[http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]'' has evil spirits called "vices" that are essentially personifications of various kinds of negative personality traits, such as apathy or deception.
* ''[http://indepos.comicgenesis.com/ Indefensible Positions]'' features Robert E. Lee as the avatar of Chaos and Ulysses S. Grant as Order, the existence of other avatars is speculated on but never confirmed. {{spoiler|However Lee suggested that Debbie may be a minor avatar of bliss}}
* ''[[Jack (Webcomicwebcomic)|Jack]]'' uses anthropomorphic personifications of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] (including the titular character, who is not only [[The Grim Reaper]], but the personification of the sin of Wrath), based on what the characters did while they were alive. Being a [[Furry Comic]], in this case they not only can they be "confused with [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]", they ''are'' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Funny Animals]].
* In ''[[Sonichu]]'', the eventual [[Big Bad]] of the series turns out to be Count Graduon...a living breathing high-school graduation. No seriously. The writer was upset that he didn't receive an award for his artwork at his graduation -- or any award at all -- so he created Graduon. Over five years later.
* ''[[Life and Death (Webcomic)|Life and Death]]'', of course.
* ''[[Periodus (Webcomic)|Periodus]]'', with one for every element on the periodic table. Gah.
* ''[[Grayling]]'' features the personifications of death, life, order, and chaos, among others, as its main characters.
* ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' is a webcomic about the Scandinavian and Nordic lands(Not necessarily the countries, as certain islands are considered cast members despite never being independent nations) As well as their interactions with other countries.
* ''[[A BeginnersBeginner's Guide to Thethe End of Thethe Universe]]'' personifies humanity as -- who else? -- [[The Everyman]].
* ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'' has [http://jephjacques.com/post/8333786306/happy-birthday-qc one that Jeph drew for the 8th anniversary]
* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', every universe is {{spoiler|a giant frog that the Dersite agents call Bilius Slick.}} {{spoiler|And the [[Big Bad]] Jack Noir is the physical manifestation of the cancer that's plauging the kids' universe.}}
* ''[[TaylorsTaylor's Polynomials (Webcomic)|Taylors Polynomials]]'' personifies mathematical equations, including polynomial and trigonometric functions.
 
 
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** The "-tan" concept has become extremely popular, to the point where a short modern history of Afghanistan and the surrounding area is shown through the rather pitiable adventures of a small girl named [http://rubbersoul1967.googlepages.com/afghan-tan Afuganisu-tan]. Despite the strange concept, the comic is actually rather educational.
** TV Tropes has one too: [[Trope-tan]].
* The [[Legion of Net .Heroes (Literature)|Legion of Net Heroes]] has as many as are in the comic books it parodies. Two that are especially important are Master Workload and Lord MUDD, the personifications of Work and Play, respectively, and parodies of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s Master Order and Lord Chaos. Since there's no way writing, reading, or doing anything related to the Legion can be considered Work, Master Workload has been used many times as a cosmic-level [[Big Bad]].
* [http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s229/Aangfish/Fanb0ys/for%20Image%20Threads/Internetpersonified.jpg?t=1256528465 This picture] personifies a number of popular sites on the internet: [[Face BookFacebook]], [[Twitter]], [[My Space]], [[That Other Wiki]], [[Deviant ART]], [[YouTube]], [[Google]], and [[The Imageboard That Must Not Be Named]]. Pretty spot on, all told.
** Speaking of [[The Imageboard That Must Not Be Named]], many of its individual boards have their own personifications. [http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8008/1276184072778.png /an/], [http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/831/1276184440270.jpg /k/] and [http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8823/1276184800807.jpg /x/], for instance.
* In the [[Dominion and Duchy]] setting, there seem to be twelve Elemental Manifestations, covering things like Light, Darkness, Twilight, Order, Chaos, Neutrality and Balance and several others.
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* YouTuber Kevin Brueck has [[Biting the Hand Humor|portrayed YouTube itself as]] [[The Ditz]] on the [[YouTube]] channels [http://www.youtube.com/user/kevinbrueck kevinbrueck], [http://www.youtube.com/user/kevinbrueck2 kevinbrueck2], [http://www.youtube.com/user/wickedawesomefilms wickedawesomefilms], and [http://www.youtube.com/user/wickedawesometv wickedawesometv].
* {{spoiler|The Internet}}, who takes on the form of author Gladstone (the only other person in the room and also a very [[Unreliable Narrator]]) in the serialized novel ''If The Internet Disappeared'' on [[Cracked]].
* The Lady of Angels from [[Behind the Veil (Roleplay)|Behind the Veil]], representing the city of Los Angeles and manifesting as a woman with constantly changing features.
* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' picture booru, [http://www.shimmie.katawa-shoujo.com Shimmie], has Timewarp-tan, a [[Moe Anthropomorphism]] of a function that moves game backgrounds. Yeah.
 
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* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has a few: Fright Knight represents Halloween, Clockwork of Time, Nocturn of Dreams, Vortex of weather, and Undergrowth of nature.
** And Technus for technology, Skulker for the hunt, and the Box Ghost for... boxes.
* The Avatar in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is the spirit of the planet the series takes place on born into human form. There are other [[Anthropomorphic Personifications]]; most notably, The Ocean Spirit and The Moon Spirit (Sokka's ex-girlfriend).
* Much like TRON, ''[[Re Boot]]'' is set inside the world within your computer. As a result most of the characters are an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of different programs and functions which the user takes for granted. Of special note are the viruses, especially Hexadecimal who self titles herself as ''The Queen of Chaos''.
* ''[[Star Wars: theThe Clone Wars]]'': Season three had a three-part arc involving characters known only by their titles, the Father, the Daughter, and the Son, they are the anthropomorphic personification of, respectively; {{spoiler|The balance of the force, the Light side, and the Dark side}}.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has Discord. His body is literally made up of mismatched limbs and he's described as "the Spirit Of Chaos and Disharmony".
* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin: the Animated Series]] has many of these. Most notable are Mirage as "Evil Incarnate" and a one shot character called [[Trickster|Chaos.]] Chaos also mentions another one:
{{quote| '''Chaos:''' I never liked fate. Predestination goes against the grain. Besides, he cheats at cards.}}
 
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{{quote| ''As individuals, they can be intelligent, rational, emotional and empathetic. As a mass, a group, they are devoid of humanity and mercy.''}}
** "The disappearance of the conscious personality, the predominance of the unconscious personality, the turning of feelings and ideas in an identical direction by means of suggestion and contagion, the tendency to immediately transfer the suggested ideas into acts; these, we see, are the principle characteristics of the individual forming part of the [Anonymous]. He is no longer himself, but has become an automaton who has ceased to be guided by his will."
* Cassia is the goddess of [[Chess (Tabletop Game)|Chess]].
* In the Middle Ages, the Church invented Synagoga and Ecclesia. Synagoga was the anthropomorphic personification of Judaism (from the Church's point of view). She wore a blindfold and a broken crown, and held a broken staff and a pair of tablets. Ecclesia was the anthropomorphic personification of Christianity, and stood proudly with a shiny crown and staff.
* According to the 1978 Spanish constitution, the King of Spain is also the personification and embodiment of the country.
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