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The History of God
FIELD No. 934A
Visual depiction of A family of elephants with a newborn calf at a waterhole at sunset

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Vol. I · Animism

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

adults sheltering the tiny calf

warm orange sky reflected in water, muted warm palette, fine line work, 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 chamois bounding in long leaps across an impossibly steep mountain face

A chamois bounding in long leaps across an impossibly steep mountain face

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A fiddler crab male on a tropical mudflat waving its enormous single claw at rivals

A fiddler crab male on a tropical mudflat waving its enormous single claw at rivals

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A grizzly bear catching a leaping salmon in a mountain stream

A grizzly bear catching a leaping salmon in a mountain stream

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A manta ray gliding through a cleaning station on a reef

A manta ray gliding through a cleaning station on a reef

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A poison dart frog perched on a giant wet leaf in dense jungle undergrowth

A poison dart frog perched on a giant wet leaf in dense jungle undergrowth

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sidewinder rattlesnake moving in S-curves across smooth sand dunes at dusk

A sidewinder rattlesnake moving in S-curves across smooth sand dunes at dusk

natural-animal