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The History of God
FIELD No. 5014
Visual depiction of A Microraptor gliding between trees in a Cretaceous Chinese forest

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Vol. I · Animism

A Microraptor gliding between trees in a Cretaceous Chinese forest

four feathered wings

iridescent dark plumage, cool jade 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.

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A silk moth caterpillar on a mulberry leaf

natural-animal