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The History of God
FIELD No. 01C8
Visual depiction of A Goliath beetle on a West African forest floor

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

Vol. I · Animism

A Goliath beetle on a West African forest floor

enormous shining black and white carapace

the largest beetle alive, warm ebony and cream 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 cave lion pride dragging prey through an ice age European forest

A cave lion pride dragging prey through an ice age European forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A family of meerkats at sunset

A family of meerkats at sunset

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A grey wolf howling at dawn from a rocky ridge

A grey wolf howling at dawn from a rocky ridge

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A mandrill male displaying vivid facial colouring in a West African forest clearing

A mandrill male displaying vivid facial colouring in a West African forest clearing

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A pod of dolphins surfing the bow wave of a vessel at sunset

A pod of dolphins surfing the bow wave of a vessel at sunset

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Siberian crane in flight over the Poyang Lake wetlands in winter

A Siberian crane in flight over the Poyang Lake wetlands in winter

natural-animal