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The History of God
FIELD No. AF4C
Visual depiction of A large dragonfly resting on a reed stem above a still pond

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

Vol. I · Animism

A large dragonfly resting on a reed stem above a still pond

wings catching afternoon light

reflection below, muted earthy palette, loose brushwork, naturalist sketchbook style, 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 An Ichthyosaurus pod leaping from a Jurassic sea at sunset

An Ichthyosaurus pod leaping from a Jurassic sea at sunset

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Basilosaurus — ancient serpentine whale — writhing through a warm Eocene sea

A Basilosaurus — ancient serpentine whale — writhing through a warm Eocene sea

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A crown-of-thorns starfish moving across a bleached coral

A crown-of-thorns starfish moving across a bleached coral

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A giant squid rising from the deep

A giant squid rising from the deep

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A humpback whale mother and calf swimming through sunlit open ocean

A humpback whale mother and calf swimming through sunlit open ocean

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Mosasaurus bursting through the Cretaceous sea surface to take a pterosaur

A Mosasaurus bursting through the Cretaceous sea surface to take a pterosaur

natural-animal