ABSTRACT
The concept whereby something which is not human is endowed with human characteristics for the purpose of rhetorical play or storytelling. One example might be ‘Brum’, the eponymous car from the children’s television series. Usually encountered in children’s books, films, television or cartoons, anthropomorphism can enable the child reader to empathize more fully with a non-human character or characters. The concept whereby something which is not human is endowed with human characteristics for the purpose of rhetorical play or storytelling. One example might be ‘Brum’, the eponymous car from the children’s television series. Well developed in Celtic and rural cultures, an established tradition of stories and superstitions has accrued historically around fairies in these cultures, most of which warn of human punishment at their hands. In fantasy writing maps are used typically as a visual aid to facilitate the reader following the journey of characters when the terrain to be covered is both wholly imagined and of epic scale.
