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The History of God
FIELD No. DFF9
Visual depiction of A brown bear mother with two cubs at a berry patch on a hillside in late summer

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Vol. I · Animism

A brown bear mother with two cubs at a berry patch on a hillside in late summer

rich colours of autumn approaching

warm afternoon light, muted warm earthy 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.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of A pair of whooping cranes performing their elaborate mating dance in shallow coastal marsh

A pair of whooping cranes performing their elaborate mating dance in shallow coastal marsh

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sea snake hunting across a coral reef

A sea snake hunting across a coral reef

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Tiktaalik crawling onto land from a shallow Devonian river

A Tiktaalik crawling onto land from a shallow Devonian river

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of An Ankylosaurus swinging its club tail at a theropod on a Cretaceous plain

An Ankylosaurus swinging its club tail at a theropod on a Cretaceous plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A colony of Adélie penguins on a rocky Antarctic shore

A colony of Adélie penguins on a rocky Antarctic shore

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A flock of Gallimimus running in panic across an open Cretaceous plain

A flock of Gallimimus running in panic across an open Cretaceous plain

natural-animal