Anthropomorphism

[Hina Muqadas]

The representation of the Deity, or of a
polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and
affections.

[Marquetta]

The root word of [anthro].
Anthropomorphism - [Ascribing] human characteristics to [non-human] things.

[Ernesto]

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In this illustration by Milo Winter of the [Aesops] [fable], The North Wind and the Sun, an anthropomorphic North Wind tries to strip a traveler of his cloak.
[Anthropomorphism] is any [attribution] of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or [deities]. The term was coined in the mid 1700s.12 Examples include animals and plants and forces of nature such as winds, rain or the sun depicted as creatures with human motivations, and/or the abilities to reason and converse. The term derives from the combination of the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), human and μορφή (morphē), shape or form.
As a literary device, [anthropomorphism] is strongly associated with art and storytelling where it has ancient roots. Most cultures possess a long-standing fable tradition with anthropomorphised animals as characters that can stand as commonly recognised types of human behavior. In contrast to this, such religious doctrines as the Christian Great Chain of Being propound the opposite, [anthropocentric] belief that animals, plants and non-living things, unlike humans, lack spiritual and mental attributes, immortal souls, and anything other than relatively limited awareness.

[Tanya Shivari]

The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.