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The History of God
FIELD No. 652A
Visual depiction of A gelada baboon feeding on grass on a high Ethiopian plateau cliff edge

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Vol. I · Animism

A gelada baboon feeding on grass on a high Ethiopian plateau cliff edge

brilliant red chest patch

golden mane, vast gorge below, warm ochre and deep blue sky 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 Early Homo sapiens using a bow and arrow to hunt a deer in a temperate forest

Early Homo sapiens using a bow and arrow to hunt a deer in a temperate forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Brachiosaurus stretching its neck into the canopy of a Jurassic forest

A Brachiosaurus stretching its neck into the canopy of a Jurassic forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A dung beetle rolling its perfect sphere across sun-baked African savanna

A dung beetle rolling its perfect sphere across sun-baked African savanna

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A great horned owl perched on a snow-dusted pine branch in moonlight

A great horned owl perched on a snow-dusted pine branch in moonlight

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A lioness crouching low as she stalks a wildebeest across open plain at golden hour

A lioness crouching low as she stalks a wildebeest across open plain at golden hour

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A peregrine falcon in a vertical stoop dive above a coastal cliff

A peregrine falcon in a vertical stoop dive above a coastal cliff

natural-animal