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The History of God
FIELD No. 02C5
Visual depiction of A Brontotherium — giant rhinoceros-like mammal — in combat on an Oligocene plain

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Vol. I · Animism

A Brontotherium — giant rhinoceros-like mammal — in combat on an Oligocene plain

massive Y-shaped horns

warm gold and dust palette, loose brushwork, sharp focus, 4K detail

Organization
Animistic Animal Spirits
Time period
Pre-history – present (animism is continuous)
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how natural-animal has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

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A great crested newt swimming through pondweed in a clear garden pond

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 Visual depiction of A leopard draped lazily over an acacia branch at dusk

A leopard draped lazily over an acacia branch at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Parasaurolophus calling through its hollow crest in a Cretaceous forest

A Parasaurolophus calling through its hollow crest in a Cretaceous forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A secretary bird stomping a puff adder to death on open grassland

A secretary bird stomping a puff adder to death on open grassland

natural-animal