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The History of God
FIELD No. 39D0
Visual depiction of A giant armadillo emerging from its burrow at dusk on the Cerrado

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Vol. I · Animism

A giant armadillo emerging from its burrow at dusk on the Cerrado

armoured plates golden in last light

red earth mound, deep ochre and rust 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

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A common toad migrating across a wet road on a rainy night

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A giant river otter family fishing together in an Amazonian oxbow lake

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 Visual depiction of A hummingbird hawkmoth hovering before a flower

A hummingbird hawkmoth hovering before a flower

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 Visual depiction of A Mongolian gazelle herd moving across vast open steppe at dusk

A Mongolian gazelle herd moving across vast open steppe at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A remora attached to a shark's belly

A remora attached to a shark's belly

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Spinosaurus wading into a North African river to catch a sawfish

A Spinosaurus wading into a North African river to catch a sawfish

natural-animal