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The History of God
FIELD No. 3DB3
Visual depiction of A giant ground sloth rearing up at a human hunting party in a Pleistocene North American forest

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Vol. I · Animism

A giant ground sloth rearing up at a human hunting party in a Pleistocene North American forest

the megafauna last stand

warm amber and shadow 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 common kingfisher perched on a reed above a canal at dawn

A common kingfisher perched on a reed above a canal at dawn

natural-animal

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

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

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A hippopotamus pod resting in a slow African river

A hippopotamus pod resting in a slow African river

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Mesonyx — wolf-like condylarth — scavenging a carcass on an Eocene riverbank

A Mesonyx — wolf-like condylarth — scavenging a carcass on an Eocene riverbank

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A raccoon carefully washing food at a creek's edge at twilight

A raccoon carefully washing food at a creek's edge at twilight

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A snow leopard poised on a Himalayan ridge at dawn

A snow leopard poised on a Himalayan ridge at dawn

natural-animal