personification; simulation of a person
Refers to the act of attributing human traits to non-human entities, or creating a human-like representation. Often used in compound words like 擬人化 (personification).
In this story, animals are personified.
Personification is a technique often used in literature.
擬人法 refers specifically to the literary technique of personification in rhetoric, whereas 擬人 is the general root word for personification used in various compounds.
From 擬 (gi, 'imitate') + 人 (jin, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of personification.