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The History of God
FIELD No. A502
Visual depiction of A kiwi bird foraging in fern-covered New Zealand forest floor at night

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

Vol. I · Animism

A kiwi bird foraging in fern-covered New Zealand forest floor at night

long probe bill in leaf litter

small wings, deep earthy brown 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 school of hammerhead sharks circling a seamount

A school of hammerhead sharks circling a seamount

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A thylacine pair in Tasmanian bush at dusk

A thylacine pair in Tasmanian bush at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of An American bison herd thundering across a wide open plain

An American bison herd thundering across a wide open plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of The last woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island four thousand years ago

The last woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island four thousand years ago

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A chamois bounding in long leaps across an impossibly steep mountain face

A chamois bounding in long leaps across an impossibly steep mountain face

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A fennec fox at the entrance to its desert den at dusk

A fennec fox at the entrance to its desert den at dusk

natural-animal