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The History of God
FIELD No. 3E7F
Visual depiction of A Helicoprion shark with its spiral tooth whorl hunting in an ancient sea

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Vol. I · Animism

A Helicoprion shark with its spiral tooth whorl hunting in an ancient sea

bizarre and beautiful

cold marine 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 pair of rhinoceros hornbills at their tree nest hole in tropical forest

A pair of rhinoceros hornbills at their tree nest hole in tropical forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sea otter floating on its back in a kelp forest

A sea otter floating on its back in a kelp forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Tibetan fox sitting on a rocky mountain outcrop watching the valley below

A Tibetan fox sitting on a rocky mountain outcrop watching the valley below

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of An Andrewsarchus — the largest known predatory land mammal — stalking prey across a Mongolian Eocene plain

An Andrewsarchus — the largest known predatory land mammal — stalking prey across a Mongolian Eocene plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A chimpanzee using a stick tool to extract termites from a mound

A chimpanzee using a stick tool to extract termites from a mound

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A fire salamander on wet dark woodland moss after rain

A fire salamander on wet dark woodland moss after rain

natural-animal