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The History of God
FIELD No. D072
Visual depiction of A Morpho butterfly chrysalis splitting open as the adult emerges

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

Vol. I · Animism

A Morpho butterfly chrysalis splitting open as the adult emerges

vivid blue wings unfolding

droplets of fluid, jungle light filtering in, 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 black stork wading silently in a shallow Carpathian forest stream

A black stork wading silently in a shallow Carpathian forest stream

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A dense krill swarm in Antarctic waters

A dense krill swarm in Antarctic waters

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A golden eagle descending in a full stoop on a mountain ptarmigan

A golden eagle descending in a full stoop on a mountain ptarmigan

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A jewel beetle on a tropical leaf

A jewel beetle on a tropical leaf

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Pachycephalosaurus charging head-first at a rival on an open plain

A Pachycephalosaurus charging head-first at a rival on an open plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sandhill crane pair foraging through shallow coastal wetland at sunrise

A sandhill crane pair foraging through shallow coastal wetland at sunrise

natural-animal