Personification/Abstractions

personification

figure of speech that endows animals, ideas, abstractions, or objects with human form, personalities or intelligence

anthropomorphism

figure of speech ascribing human attributes to animals, viewing animal behavior in human terms, ascribing human attributes to gods or God

zoomorphism

figure of speech that ascribes animal attributes to humans, portrays one species of animal like another species of animal, creates patterns using animal imagery

"The roar of the ocean", sin lurking like a beast waiting to devour Cain in Genesis

reification

the treatment of abstractions as concrete things; Truth is a deep well

prosopopoeia

type of personification in which the abstraction is capable of speech and often does speak