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The History of God
FIELD No. C753
Visual depiction of A compound eye of a dragonfly in extreme close-up

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. I · Animism

A compound eye of a dragonfly in extreme close-up

thousands of hexagonal facets

iridescent greens and blues, jewel 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 caribou herd migrating across autumn tundra

A caribou herd migrating across autumn tundra

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A family of elephants with a newborn calf at a waterhole at sunset

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 Visual depiction of A grey heron lifting from a reedy river at dawn

A grey heron lifting from a reedy river at dawn

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 Visual depiction of A Maiasaura mother watching over a nest full of hatchlings in a Cretaceous nesting colony

A Maiasaura mother watching over a nest full of hatchlings in a Cretaceous nesting colony

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 Visual depiction of A Pleistocene ice age landscape panorama — mammoths

A Pleistocene ice age landscape panorama — mammoths

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A short-faced bear standing at full height

A short-faced bear standing at full height

natural-animal