An ever-popular comic character is Mother Ginger, the enormous woman, traditionally portrayed by a man, who conceals a whole brood of children beneath her skirts.

Schiller's Elizabeth and Mary are traditionally portrayed by actors as a 16th-century odd couple.

In paintings, Mary is traditionally portrayed in blue.

Christ after his Resurrection is traditionally portrayed dressed in white.

These kinds of characters (see also the grave diggers from Hamlet) were traditionally portrayed by clowns, which most Elizabethan theatres had in their employ.

St Patrick is traditionally portrayed in the vestments of a bishop, and his mitre and garments are often decorated with a cross pattée.

As traditionally portrayed in Hollywood films, men are more likely to cut in than women.

Modern documentaries suggest that there may not have been a "Last Stand", as traditionally portrayed in popular culture.

Mao is traditionally portrayed in dignified style - serene, thoughtful, usually with one arm raised in a gesture of imperial benevolence.

Dragons, monsters, trolls and witches are all traditionally portrayed as denizens of the deep.