What is a natural-formation-as-proud-person metaphor?

What is a natural-formation-as-proud-person metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which some natural formations are represented as proud persons.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	The Danube flows proudly underneath. Proud mountains surrounded the town on all sides.

Generic
	A natural-formation-as-proud-person metaphor is a kind of
	Conventional metaphors in English

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: natural-formation-as-proud-person metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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